1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,921 In the American penal system, the public prosecutor is represented 2 00:00:04,004 --> 00:00:06,841 by two distinct groups, but of equal importance. 3 00:00:06,924 --> 00:00:08,843 The police, who investigate crimes, 4 00:00:08,926 --> 00:00:11,011 and the prosecutor, who pursues criminals. 5 00:00:11,095 --> 00:00:13,013 This is their story. 6 00:00:13,097 --> 00:00:15,015 Thirty meters. 7 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:16,934 My grandmother would have succeeded. 8 00:00:17,017 --> 00:00:18,978 Too bad she wasn't dressed. 9 00:00:19,895 --> 00:00:21,814 How much does he have to pass between the posts? 10 00:00:21,897 --> 00:00:24,024 I just know what you owe me. Twenty dollars. 11 00:00:24,108 --> 00:00:25,901 Double or nothing. 12 00:00:26,944 --> 00:00:27,945 You should do like Mr. C. 13 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:29,905 He plays the gap, he pays me in cash! 14 00:00:29,989 --> 00:00:31,031 Is he a loser too? 15 00:00:31,115 --> 00:00:33,951 Keep betting on the Jets, and I will be rich. 16 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:35,035 Mr. C? 17 00:00:37,997 --> 00:00:38,998 Bobby! 18 00:00:40,875 --> 00:00:42,001 You have to go to the checkout. 19 00:00:44,962 --> 00:00:45,963 Bobby? 20 00:00:46,964 --> 00:00:48,007 Hey, Mr. C? 21 00:01:02,938 --> 00:01:04,064 Dominic, call the police. 22 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:11,864 His name is Bobby Cassidy. He has lived here for about six months. 23 00:01:11,947 --> 00:01:14,116 No one is supposed to live here. It is for commercial use. 24 00:01:14,867 --> 00:01:16,952 The owner is somewhere in the south of France. 25 00:01:17,036 --> 00:01:18,037 What else? 26 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,916 He is a painter, he is in the Picasso genre. 27 00:01:21,999 --> 00:01:23,042 Stay around. 28 00:01:24,001 --> 00:01:26,921 We don't have much. No trace of break-in. 29 00:01:27,004 --> 00:01:28,839 It's not a burglary. 30 00:01:28,923 --> 00:01:30,966 The shooter left 200 dollars or so, 31 00:01:31,050 --> 00:01:34,887 that this poor guy had removed at a distributor in the Bronx. 32 00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:37,973 “Metropolitan Credit”. Yesterday, around 2 p.m. 33 00:01:38,057 --> 00:01:39,975 I usually drink with friends. 34 00:01:40,893 --> 00:01:42,978 Drinking alone is good. 35 00:01:43,062 --> 00:01:46,899 So, we have 68 TVs, 96 VCRs, 36 00:01:46,982 --> 00:01:48,984 thirty-seven microwaves and walkmans. 37 00:01:49,068 --> 00:01:50,986 Maybe he was selling stolen goods. 38 00:01:51,070 --> 00:01:52,947 I have lots of bills. 39 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:54,824 He paid full price. 40 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:55,908 Inspector. 41 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,827 Come see this. 42 00:01:57,910 --> 00:01:59,036 The dead man wears a sheath. 43 00:02:00,871 --> 00:02:01,997 It looks like my grandmother's. 44 00:02:02,081 --> 00:02:04,083 Yeah, did you see what's in there? 45 00:02:05,918 --> 00:02:06,961 Yes. 46 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:09,004 An old undercover trick. 47 00:02:09,088 --> 00:02:11,006 How so ? Was this guy a cop? 48 00:02:12,049 --> 00:02:14,009 I better call Van Buren. 49 00:02:14,093 --> 00:02:15,928 Bad time to kill a cop. 50 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:16,971 Are there any good ones? 51 00:02:17,054 --> 00:02:17,930 No. 52 00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:20,015 But he risks the electric chair. 53 00:03:09,023 --> 00:03:09,940 FUNERALS 54 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:11,901 His real name is Bobby Croft. 55 00:03:11,984 --> 00:03:13,861 Undercover for seven years. 56 00:03:13,944 --> 00:03:14,904 So, lots of enemies. 57 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:15,988 Who was he working on? 58 00:03:16,071 --> 00:03:18,115 The secret services are stingy with details, 59 00:03:18,908 --> 00:03:21,827 but like everyone else, quick to complain. 60 00:03:21,911 --> 00:03:23,120 Did you question the other resident? 61 00:03:23,871 --> 00:03:25,915 Yes, he came home around midnight. 62 00:03:25,998 --> 00:03:26,957 Nothing seen, nothing heard. 63 00:03:27,041 --> 00:03:30,836 Even though the gun made a noise, Croft was already dead. 64 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,922 There must be surveillance cameras. 65 00:03:33,005 --> 00:03:34,965 You are used to the OCLCO budget. 66 00:03:35,049 --> 00:03:37,927 Croft would have been lucky that we reimburse him for his pens. 67 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:40,930 The police still enough to pay a guy for backup. 68 00:03:43,974 --> 00:03:45,976 Officially, I was Bobby's backup. 69 00:03:47,019 --> 00:03:49,855 In the street, he didn't want to know anything about me. 70 00:03:49,939 --> 00:03:51,857 - Afraid of blowing your cover? - Yes. 71 00:03:51,941 --> 00:03:54,902 Once he became Bobby Cassidy, the rest of his life is gone. 72 00:03:54,985 --> 00:03:56,904 That's what it's like when you're undercover. 73 00:03:56,987 --> 00:03:58,822 This is how you get killed. 74 00:03:58,906 --> 00:03:59,949 Did he have family? 75 00:04:00,032 --> 00:04:02,993 A girlfriend. But she didn't see him often. 76 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:06,872 He was doing not much other than work. 77 00:04:06,956 --> 00:04:08,999 He didn't have time to make reports, either. 78 00:04:09,083 --> 00:04:11,085 Bobby kept me informed by phone. 79 00:04:13,045 --> 00:04:15,089 He had Ted Quinlan in his line of sight. 80 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:18,008 A smart guy who deals in Hell's Kitchen 81 00:04:18,968 --> 00:04:20,844 and who calls himself a second-hand dealer. 82 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:21,887 Drugs? 83 00:04:21,971 --> 00:04:23,889 Croft wasn't into stolen goods? 84 00:04:23,973 --> 00:04:26,100 Among others. He had to drown the fish. 85 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:29,937 There it says that Croft asked for $125,000. 86 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:32,940 Yes, it was supposed to be useful to put an end to Quinlan, 87 00:04:33,023 --> 00:04:36,902 but they changed the place transaction and we lost them. 88 00:04:36,986 --> 00:04:39,905 And you didn't think to call Croft or stop by his house? 89 00:04:39,989 --> 00:04:41,991 We said to ourselves that it was all Bobby, 90 00:04:42,074 --> 00:04:43,951 and that he was going to show up later. 91 00:04:44,952 --> 00:04:46,036 Did you find the money? 92 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:49,915 The heroine? 93 00:04:54,003 --> 00:04:55,004 You have your mobile. 94 00:04:55,087 --> 00:04:57,006 This bastard got greedy. 95 00:04:58,090 --> 00:05:00,884 QUINLAN IMPORT-EXPORT WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 96 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:02,886 I'm a street kid. 97 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:05,097 Who would have believed that I would end up in import-export? 98 00:05:05,889 --> 00:05:07,016 From what we see, Mr. Quinlan, 99 00:05:07,099 --> 00:05:09,977 your merchandise comes especially Mexican poppy fields. 100 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:12,938 This is defamation. I'm going to call my lawyer. 101 00:05:13,022 --> 00:05:14,898 Program his number. 102 00:05:14,982 --> 00:05:18,902 I'll think about it. Are you coming to buy or look? 103 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:20,904 Was Bobby Cassidy a regular customer? 104 00:05:20,988 --> 00:05:22,114 A loser. 105 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:24,825 He wanted me to sell video recorders. 106 00:05:24,908 --> 00:05:26,952 You offered him hero instead? 107 00:05:27,036 --> 00:05:29,121 I offered him a baroque armchair. 108 00:05:29,872 --> 00:05:31,832 What if we stopped the bullshit? 109 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:34,877 His name was Croft, not Cassidy, and he was a cop. 110 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,880 He is dead and that really pisses us off, do you understand? 111 00:05:37,963 --> 00:05:39,006 A cop? 112 00:05:39,965 --> 00:05:41,008 Too expensive for him, the chair. 113 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:44,970 Routine question, Mr. Quinlan, where were you last night? 114 00:05:45,054 --> 00:05:48,849 Like every evening. I was dining at Stafford's. 115 00:05:48,932 --> 00:05:49,933 Accompanied? 116 00:05:50,934 --> 00:05:52,895 My accountant, Paul Sandig. 117 00:05:52,978 --> 00:05:54,980 We reviewed my projections. 118 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:57,858 He ate a pepper steak. 119 00:05:57,941 --> 00:05:59,985 I had fettuccine Alfredo. 120 00:06:00,944 --> 00:06:03,989 We stayed there from 8 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. 121 00:06:04,073 --> 00:06:05,824 For business? 122 00:06:05,908 --> 00:06:07,868 Strictly professional. 123 00:06:07,951 --> 00:06:11,914 Quinlan Import-Export exceeds forecasts by 30%. 124 00:06:11,997 --> 00:06:15,876 Ted has a gift for predicting rate changes. 125 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,127 You are smart, Mr. Sandig. 126 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:19,004 You know what Quinlan is selling. 127 00:06:19,088 --> 00:06:21,090 I am a chartered accountant. 128 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,926 I review financial data 129 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:25,010 provided by my customers. 130 00:06:25,094 --> 00:06:27,971 What they don't provide is out of my scope. 131 00:06:28,972 --> 00:06:30,933 I knew Bobby Croft. 132 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:33,936 He worked at the Criminal Investigation Department at 37. 133 00:06:34,103 --> 00:06:37,940 His wife dumped him and he carried himself volunteered to be an undercover agent. 134 00:06:38,023 --> 00:06:40,109 Sometimes I hate this job. 135 00:06:40,859 --> 00:06:42,903 It's not my best day either. 136 00:06:42,986 --> 00:06:45,823 The shooter emptied his magazine one meter away. 137 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:46,990 - The six balls? - Yes. 138 00:06:47,074 --> 00:06:49,868 But we're not talking about Lee Harvey Oswald. 139 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:52,955 Entry points extend from his shoulders to his knees. 140 00:06:53,122 --> 00:06:57,918 And he kept shooting after Croft's death. 141 00:06:58,001 --> 00:06:59,795 The shooter panicked. 142 00:06:59,878 --> 00:07:00,963 Or he wanted to be sure. 143 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,005 One last thing. 144 00:07:02,089 --> 00:07:06,009 Traces of semen and secretions vaginal on his underwear. 145 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:09,805 I believed that he didn't have time for that. 146 00:07:09,888 --> 00:07:11,056 Catch this guy. 147 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:14,977 ARGOS DINNER WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 148 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:17,062 I wanted to be Bobby's wife. 149 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:20,107 I wanted children from him. 150 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:24,903 I was content of a weekend in the Poconos. 151 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:28,907 Yes, being undercover and married... 152 00:07:28,991 --> 00:07:29,992 He was thinking of you. 153 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:31,910 Stop it. 154 00:07:31,994 --> 00:07:34,121 If he really thought about me, he would have resigned. 155 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:36,957 And last night? 156 00:07:37,124 --> 00:07:40,961 We were together... at my house. 157 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:44,047 He had to take me in Atlantic City this weekend. 158 00:07:45,007 --> 00:07:46,925 Do you know when he left, Sarah? 159 00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:51,847 We left together around 11 p.m. 160 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:55,893 He brought me here before he came home. 161 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,854 Did he talk about a meeting later? 162 00:07:58,937 --> 00:08:02,024 He listened to his answering machine. 163 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:05,027 I believe... 164 00:08:06,904 --> 00:08:08,864 I think he called someone back. 165 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:11,992 I'm not looking forward to going home. 166 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:15,829 Every time a cop dies, the divorce rate doubles. 167 00:08:15,913 --> 00:08:17,122 My wife is worried. I understand it. 168 00:08:17,873 --> 00:08:19,958 She'll be better once we lock her up. 169 00:08:20,042 --> 00:08:22,085 She'll be better when we bury her. 170 00:08:23,045 --> 00:08:25,881 The little lady wants blood? 171 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:27,966 A cop killer? Rather, yes. 172 00:08:29,092 --> 00:08:31,011 Are you sensitive, Lennie? 173 00:08:32,971 --> 00:08:36,850 Albert Grazzo, 22 years old, a scar from here to there. 174 00:08:36,934 --> 00:08:39,019 Three years ago, he enters a Korean boui-boui, 175 00:08:39,102 --> 00:08:42,814 takes 141 dollars and a raspberry ice tea, 176 00:08:42,898 --> 00:08:45,943 and leaving, he kills Mr. and Mrs. Lee, for fun. 177 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:47,069 Where are you going with this? 178 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:50,989 He goes straight to his girlfriend's house on 98th and Columbus. 179 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:53,825 When we arrive, Logan and I meet again 180 00:08:53,909 --> 00:08:54,952 face to face with a .38. 181 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:57,829 - And ? - And he dropped his gun. 182 00:08:57,913 --> 00:09:00,958 He did well. We hesitate to kill a cop. 183 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:02,876 I tell myself that if he had risked 184 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,921 the electric chair for the two Koreans, 185 00:09:06,004 --> 00:09:07,881 he would have thought twice about it. 186 00:09:07,965 --> 00:09:08,882 I don't want to finish 187 00:09:08,966 --> 00:09:11,927 in a pool of blood in the middle of a boo-boo on Columbus. 188 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:17,891 Curtis. 189 00:09:20,018 --> 00:09:21,061 THANKS. 190 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:25,023 -His girlfriend's call log. -Croft called Quinlan? 191 00:09:25,107 --> 00:09:26,108 It's just like. 192 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,986 He called the restaurant where Quinlan dined. 193 00:09:29,987 --> 00:09:32,823 INTERROGATION ROOM WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4 194 00:09:32,906 --> 00:09:33,991 He called you, Ted, 195 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:36,910 and an hour later, he was riddled with bullets. 196 00:09:37,119 --> 00:09:38,870 I told you. 197 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,872 He was a loser. 198 00:09:40,956 --> 00:09:42,958 This is what happens to them, in my neighborhood. 199 00:09:43,041 --> 00:09:43,959 Really ? 200 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:45,961 And according to you, whose fault is it? 201 00:09:46,962 --> 00:09:48,922 You will tell me when you find out. 202 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:50,924 And this call? 203 00:09:51,008 --> 00:09:54,011 As usual, it was to give me crappy computers. 204 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:57,014 I didn't pay attention. 205 00:09:57,097 --> 00:10:01,101 It could do it, Ted, except we know Croft was a cop. 206 00:10:01,893 --> 00:10:03,979 He asked for more than $100,000 207 00:10:04,062 --> 00:10:05,939 to buy you heroin. 208 00:10:06,023 --> 00:10:07,816 And we didn't find the heroin 209 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:09,943 nor the money at home. 210 00:10:10,027 --> 00:10:12,112 I'm not an expert in baroque armchairs, 211 00:10:12,904 --> 00:10:14,865 but I know how much one and one make. 212 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,950 You deserve a promotion, then. 213 00:10:20,996 --> 00:10:23,999 My coffee is getting cold. I'll get some more. 214 00:10:37,929 --> 00:10:38,889 I have rights. 215 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,015 My look, my rules. 216 00:10:41,892 --> 00:10:43,852 My teammate is a patient man. Me ? 217 00:10:43,935 --> 00:10:46,104 I get angry quickly, especially when someone lies to me. 218 00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:48,899 I told you, I didn't kill that cop. 219 00:10:48,982 --> 00:10:51,943 The more you lie, the more it annoys me. 220 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,989 I advise you to change your underwear. 221 00:10:58,992 --> 00:11:00,994 Listen to me carefully, you piece of trash. 222 00:11:02,037 --> 00:11:04,831 The body in the morgue, it could be me. 223 00:11:04,915 --> 00:11:07,918 So when I see you sitting there with that smirk, 224 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,836 I really want to keep busy 225 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:10,879 of you myself. 226 00:11:10,962 --> 00:11:12,881 It's getting out of control. 227 00:11:12,964 --> 00:11:14,007 I didn't see anything. 228 00:11:14,091 --> 00:11:15,884 I can't breathe. 229 00:11:15,967 --> 00:11:18,887 Look, it's just you and me. 230 00:11:18,970 --> 00:11:21,890 If you die, it will pass for self-defense, 231 00:11:21,973 --> 00:11:23,934 and they will even give me medals. 232 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,102 Get him out of there. 233 00:11:27,062 --> 00:11:28,063 Rey. 234 00:11:31,942 --> 00:11:32,943 Do you have a minute? 235 00:11:40,909 --> 00:11:42,077 This son of a bitch is loaded with cash. 236 00:11:42,869 --> 00:11:43,995 Do you know the 4th Amendment? 237 00:11:44,079 --> 00:11:45,997 - He killed a cop. - He has rights. 238 00:11:46,081 --> 00:11:47,958 I'll go get him some tea 239 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:50,001 and apologize for wrinkling his shirt. 240 00:11:50,085 --> 00:11:51,086 Calm down. 241 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:54,881 What ? This guy is messing with us. 242 00:11:54,965 --> 00:11:57,843 If I let you go back there, he will pursue us. 243 00:11:57,926 --> 00:11:58,885 - Are you afraid? - No. 244 00:11:58,969 --> 00:12:02,889 That you let this kid bully a witness scares me. 245 00:12:02,973 --> 00:12:06,893 Guys like Quinlan don't know good manners. 246 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:09,980 So I must leave you turn Curtis into Rambo? 247 00:12:10,063 --> 00:12:12,858 Remember where it led your last teammate. 248 00:12:12,941 --> 00:12:13,984 Free Quinlan. 249 00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:15,110 - Immediately. - What ? 250 00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:18,947 Detective Curtis, to arrest someone, 251 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:20,866 we need proof. 252 00:12:20,949 --> 00:12:22,033 Release it. 253 00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:38,842 Still angry? 254 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:39,843 Oh, that's nothing. 255 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:41,887 Had to see her when I took a long break. 256 00:12:41,970 --> 00:12:43,889 A cop died, after all. 257 00:12:43,972 --> 00:12:46,016 She doesn't want to testify at your trial. 258 00:12:46,099 --> 00:12:48,935 She hates going to court. 259 00:12:49,019 --> 00:12:52,022 It just happened. A mandate for Quinlan's financial records. 260 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,024 What, he didn't declare his maid? 261 00:12:55,066 --> 00:12:57,027 Croft used marked notes. 262 00:12:57,110 --> 00:13:00,030 If we go back up the trail, Maybe it will lead to Quinlan. 263 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:01,072 Or to the good one. 264 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:08,872 Financial file from Quinlan Import-Export. 265 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:10,832 I doubt it will be useful to you. 266 00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:12,125 We're following orders, Mr. Sandig. 267 00:13:13,043 --> 00:13:14,961 Are you cleaning up his things? 268 00:13:15,045 --> 00:13:16,963 I do my job as an accountant. 269 00:13:17,047 --> 00:13:20,008 Is everything there? Debts, minutes, bank statements? 270 00:13:20,091 --> 00:13:21,885 Everything he gave me. 271 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:24,095 I am not his guardian. 272 00:13:26,932 --> 00:13:29,976 When I see numbers like that, It gives me heartburn. 273 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,937 And that's just the official money. 274 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:33,021 Is it progressing? 275 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:35,899 Great. I did all of January. 276 00:13:35,982 --> 00:13:39,027 The public prosecutor wants us to speed up. 277 00:13:40,904 --> 00:13:42,030 This would be a case of jurisprudence. 278 00:13:42,113 --> 00:13:43,990 That doesn't seem to make you happy. 279 00:13:44,074 --> 00:13:47,035 If justice were colorblind, I would dance in the street. 280 00:13:47,118 --> 00:13:49,955 The only color What I'm thinking of is blue. 281 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:52,832 Cop Killers will be executed first. 282 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:56,086 We must prove that Quinlan knew Croft was a cop 283 00:13:56,878 --> 00:13:58,880 before starting to fill the syringe. 284 00:13:58,964 --> 00:14:00,090 Listen to this. 285 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:05,095 On January 21, Quinlan wrote a check at the New York Department of State. 286 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:06,972 Yes, professional tax. 287 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:08,974 But why did he pay for it twice? 288 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:11,059 He wrote another check 15 days later. 289 00:14:11,935 --> 00:14:13,061 He has another company. 290 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:16,898 I have a friend there. 291 00:14:19,901 --> 00:14:21,903 Since your marriage, no news. 292 00:14:21,987 --> 00:14:23,947 Children, work, I was very busy. 293 00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,992 What ? Don't the inspectors eat lunch? 294 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:28,994 That's it. I have it. 295 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:32,831 Check number 262 corresponds to the tax 296 00:14:32,914 --> 00:14:34,916 for Quinlan Import-Export. 297 00:14:36,001 --> 00:14:39,921 And check 275 was for CJC Corp. 298 00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:41,881 Do you have a file for the second one? 299 00:14:41,965 --> 00:14:44,926 There's no shortage of files here. 300 00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:46,845 CJC Corp. 301 00:14:46,928 --> 00:14:49,973 Ten thousand shares issued, ten thousand shares outstanding. 302 00:14:50,056 --> 00:14:53,935 All owned by Edward Quinlan. 303 00:14:54,019 --> 00:14:55,020 Anything else? 304 00:14:55,979 --> 00:14:58,898 Registered August 12, 1992. 305 00:14:58,982 --> 00:15:01,109 Headquarters: New York. 306 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:04,904 Three accounts at Crédit métropolitain. 307 00:15:04,988 --> 00:15:05,989 The ticket from the distributor. 308 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:07,949 This is where Croft withdrew the money 309 00:15:08,033 --> 00:15:09,868 the day he was killed, right? 310 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:12,871 METROPOLITAN CREDIT 520 GREAT COMPETITION 311 00:15:12,954 --> 00:15:13,955 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 312 00:15:14,039 --> 00:15:16,958 For a year, every week, 313 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:21,004 deposits of $9,000 are made on Quinlan's three accounts. 314 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:24,007 At ten thousand, it triggers a federal report. 315 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:25,884 So we didn't do anything wrong. 316 00:15:25,967 --> 00:15:28,887 Complicity in money laundering? 317 00:15:28,970 --> 00:15:29,929 Are you kidding? 318 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:31,973 I'm as surprised as you are. 319 00:15:32,057 --> 00:15:34,934 Our software is designed to report that sort of thing. 320 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:38,813 Either your computer has caught a cold, or someone corrupted it. 321 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:40,106 The software works perfectly. 322 00:15:42,025 --> 00:15:43,985 It was manually bypassed. 323 00:15:44,903 --> 00:15:47,072 This short circuiter has a name? 324 00:15:48,031 --> 00:15:50,033 God, I knew this would happen. 325 00:15:50,992 --> 00:15:52,994 What if you told us? 326 00:15:53,078 --> 00:15:55,121 He told me it would only be one time. 327 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,958 He wanted to hide some cash, because of his divorce. 328 00:15:59,042 --> 00:16:02,003 A weekly deposit for a year? 329 00:16:02,087 --> 00:16:04,005 He ran into the worst lawyer in the world. 330 00:16:04,089 --> 00:16:06,925 Come on, Mrs. Byman. You knew what it was. 331 00:16:07,008 --> 00:16:08,927 I never asked any questions. 332 00:16:09,010 --> 00:16:12,013 When I wanted to stop, he told me I had gone too far. 333 00:16:12,097 --> 00:16:15,850 He recorded all our conversations. 334 00:16:15,934 --> 00:16:17,018 And said he would use it. 335 00:16:17,102 --> 00:16:20,021 How much did Quinlan pay you? 336 00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:23,066 Quinlan? 337 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:25,068 Who is Quinlan? 338 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:28,947 Who are we talking about here? 339 00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,824 Paul Sandig. 340 00:16:30,907 --> 00:16:32,909 Sandig? That damn accountant. 341 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:34,953 I swear I don't know any Quinlan. 342 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:36,871 And Croft? 343 00:16:37,956 --> 00:16:40,041 -Cassidy? - Sorry. 344 00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:43,920 Do you recognize this face? 345 00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:49,926 The day before yesterday he arrived an hour after Mr. Sandig. 346 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:54,013 Sent by this one. He wanted the same service. 347 00:16:54,097 --> 00:16:55,932 And what did you tell him? 348 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,893 That I didn't know what he was talking about. 349 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:00,812 Then I called Mr. Sandig. 350 00:17:00,895 --> 00:17:01,980 He said he didn't send anyone. 351 00:17:02,063 --> 00:17:03,982 He asked me to describe it. 352 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,069 Am I going to get in trouble? 353 00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:12,115 Sandig discovers that Croft is looking for him and panicking. 354 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:14,909 This paper-pusher by Paul Sandig would be a murderer? 355 00:17:14,993 --> 00:17:15,910 - No. - For what ? 356 00:17:15,994 --> 00:17:17,912 Because he's in an ivory tower 357 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:19,873 and he has a diploma on the wall? 358 00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:22,917 Sandig left the restaurant before Quinlan. 359 00:17:23,001 --> 00:17:25,795 He had time to arrive at Croft's house. 360 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:28,923 He didn't want to see these diplomas in a cell in Attica. 361 00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:31,092 We can stop it for money laundering. 362 00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:34,929 I want him to go down for murder. Let's see these tapes. 363 00:17:35,013 --> 00:17:35,930 I'm asking for a warrant. 364 00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:37,891 While you're at it, call Profaci. 365 00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:40,018 Tell him to stop Quinlan for whitening. 366 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:43,897 Paul will be furious upon his return from Tarrytown. 367 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:46,858 Let him complain to Judge Fishbein. 368 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:47,942 This must be a mistake. 369 00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:50,028 Paul is president from his son's sports club. 370 00:17:50,111 --> 00:17:52,864 His wife runs the parents' association. 371 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:53,948 He's not a criminal. 372 00:17:54,032 --> 00:17:55,825 Other storage spaces? 373 00:17:55,909 --> 00:17:58,912 Yes, but I assure you that you are wasting your time. 374 00:17:59,037 --> 00:18:00,914 WHITNEY, SANDIG ACCOUNTING EXPERTS 375 00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,999 It's terrible. I'm waiting for customers. 376 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:06,044 Show us everything you got and we leave. 377 00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:09,005 Paul keeps some papers in there. 378 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:12,967 He's the one who has the key. 379 00:18:14,886 --> 00:18:15,929 Will you open this for me? 380 00:18:30,902 --> 00:18:32,862 Me, send someone? You idiot. 381 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,823 I didn't tell him anything. 382 00:18:34,906 --> 00:18:35,949 Did he leave a name? 383 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,910 Then the teller describes Croft. 384 00:18:38,993 --> 00:18:40,995 - We're heating up. - We're burning. 385 00:18:41,079 --> 00:18:42,914 Next up is Marty Prince. 386 00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:44,916 Where do I know this name from? 387 00:18:44,999 --> 00:18:47,001 That scumbag insurance adjuster. 388 00:18:47,085 --> 00:18:50,046 He almost fell for fraud two years ago. 389 00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:52,924 Paul, this is Marty Prince. 390 00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:54,092 I have the info on Cassidy. 391 00:18:54,884 --> 00:18:56,010 Not on the phone. 392 00:18:57,887 --> 00:18:58,847 I don't understand. 393 00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:00,890 What does an insurer have to do with this? 394 00:19:00,974 --> 00:19:03,852 I knew everything about my second wife's boyfriend 395 00:19:03,935 --> 00:19:04,936 before going to court. 396 00:19:05,019 --> 00:19:07,105 Insurers find everything about everyone. 397 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:10,942 Prince had to meet up on Croft and tell Sandig he was a cop. 398 00:19:11,025 --> 00:19:13,069 It is therefore premeditated murder. 399 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:15,029 Go see Prince. 400 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,117 Sandig wanted information on a new client. 401 00:19:20,034 --> 00:19:23,872 He pays well. I don't ask questions. 402 00:19:23,955 --> 00:19:25,874 What did you find about Cassidy? 403 00:19:25,957 --> 00:19:27,876 First of all, that wasn't his real name. 404 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:29,043 No banking history. 405 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:31,087 Sandig didn't need you for that. 406 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,841 But I knew he was a cop. 407 00:19:34,924 --> 00:19:35,967 How did you know? 408 00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:38,928 Nothing escapes me, gentlemen. 409 00:19:40,930 --> 00:19:45,852 Mr. seized during a descent. 410 00:19:45,935 --> 00:19:47,812 The car was never resold. 411 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:51,858 Unless the cops have created a rental company, 412 00:19:51,941 --> 00:19:53,818 he had to be the best in New York. 413 00:19:53,902 --> 00:19:55,945 There, he is the deadest in New York. 414 00:19:56,905 --> 00:19:58,031 Everything I did was okay. 415 00:19:58,114 --> 00:20:00,116 Stick around, okay? 416 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:02,952 Let's go search Sandig's house. 417 00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:04,078 If we find a weapon... 418 00:20:05,997 --> 00:20:08,833 You've been here for hours. What do you hope to find? 419 00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:10,877 What is written on the mandate. 420 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,962 Evidence linked to a homicide. 421 00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:14,005 It's ridiculous. 422 00:20:14,088 --> 00:20:17,926 My husband is an accountant, not a murderer. 423 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:19,969 Paul! 424 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:22,096 My office and now this? 425 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:23,973 - It's what ? - An error. 426 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,017 - Did you call the lawyer? - We're looking for him. 427 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,061 I will pursue you, and the city too. 428 00:20:29,103 --> 00:20:31,856 Jenny, take them. Off to bed, boys. 429 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:32,982 Look at this. 430 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:36,903 A .38 Special? 431 00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:38,988 That's not all. 432 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:43,076 There must be $125,000. 433 00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:50,041 Paul Sandig, I'm arresting you for the murder of Inspector Robert Croft. 434 00:20:50,124 --> 00:20:51,918 You can remain silent. 435 00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:55,838 Everything you say could be and will be held against you. 436 00:20:55,922 --> 00:20:57,048 You have the right to a lawyer. 437 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:03,012 “Case 2715. Prosecution against Paul Michael, 438 00:21:03,096 --> 00:21:05,014 charged with intentional homicide." 439 00:21:05,098 --> 00:21:06,891 What are you pleading? 440 00:21:06,975 --> 00:21:08,017 Not guilty. 441 00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:09,936 Miss Kincaid? 442 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:11,938 We request detention without bail. 443 00:21:12,021 --> 00:21:13,898 Mr. Sandig has no record. 444 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:15,858 He is integrated into his community 445 00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:18,820 and it will deposit enough liquid to guarantee its presence. 446 00:21:18,903 --> 00:21:20,071 It is a capital crime. 447 00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:22,991 It's ugly to be the first. 448 00:21:23,992 --> 00:21:25,910 The accused will be held without bail. 449 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:27,912 Following. 450 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:31,082 SO. 451 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:34,836 Claire, how are you today? 452 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:37,005 If you ask if the state is going to seek the death penalty, 453 00:21:37,088 --> 00:21:38,006 I don't know. 454 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:40,842 You haven't told Jack about it? 455 00:21:40,925 --> 00:21:43,803 Adam Schiff has 120 days to decide. 456 00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:44,929 I'll remind you. 457 00:21:46,889 --> 00:21:48,933 Sandig has not yet been tried 458 00:21:49,017 --> 00:21:51,894 that the newspapers demand already its execution. 459 00:21:52,061 --> 00:21:54,063 Because that’s what the people want. 460 00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:58,109 Pataki received the death penalty the main argument of his campaign. 461 00:21:58,985 --> 00:21:59,986 Political propaganda. 462 00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:01,904 The voters followed. 463 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:03,948 You immediately think propaganda. 464 00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:05,116 Come on, Jack. 465 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:09,871 The homicide rate is at its lowest for 25 years without the death penalty. 466 00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:12,832 Pataki failed to mention it during the campaign. 467 00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:15,877 So what? People are fed up with crime, that's all. 468 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,963 My neighbor would like us to kill the old lady upstairs 469 00:22:19,922 --> 00:22:21,841 because her dog barks all night. 470 00:22:21,924 --> 00:22:25,928 The law only applies to major crimes like the murders of police officers, 471 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:30,016 murders with torture, the assassination of witnesses to crimes. 472 00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:35,938 I have carefully examined the file. 473 00:22:36,105 --> 00:22:38,066 We can have Sandig's head. 474 00:22:39,067 --> 00:22:40,985 On the envelope filled with heroin, 475 00:22:41,069 --> 00:22:43,988 We have his prints and Croft's. 476 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:45,907 The balls match. 477 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:48,076 He knew Croft knew 478 00:22:48,993 --> 00:22:51,037 for money laundering and that he was a cop. 479 00:22:58,002 --> 00:23:00,963 You must see the situation as a whole, Adam. 480 00:23:01,047 --> 00:23:04,092 Paul Sandig justifies the death penalty alone. 481 00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:07,011 He is white, rich, 482 00:23:07,095 --> 00:23:09,847 and he killed a policeman. 483 00:23:09,931 --> 00:23:12,100 Not in anger, but in cold blood. 484 00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:14,018 Are you sure? 485 00:23:14,102 --> 00:23:17,021 Maybe he was nervous. Maybe he panicked. 486 00:23:17,105 --> 00:23:19,023 He has a wife and children. 487 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:25,029 I appreciate your enthusiasm, to both of them. 488 00:23:26,948 --> 00:23:29,033 But the law makes you bear all responsibility. 489 00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:38,918 MAGISTRATES’ CLUB WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 490 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:42,880 I'm happy to no longer be at the helm. 491 00:23:42,964 --> 00:23:45,049 We no longer know where are the legitimate fights. 492 00:23:46,884 --> 00:23:48,886 The Constitution lives, Adam. 493 00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:50,096 It expands, retracts. 494 00:23:51,055 --> 00:23:53,099 She must reject what is useless. 495 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:55,017 Otherwise, she dies. 496 00:23:55,101 --> 00:24:00,982 You have changed your mind since the affair Prosecution against Davis? 497 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,066 No. 498 00:24:02,984 --> 00:24:05,987 What is constitutional is not necessarily moral. 499 00:24:06,946 --> 00:24:08,823 Johnson, of the Bronx, said 500 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:11,033 that no one would be executed in its jurisdiction. 501 00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,952 This is absurd, Al. 502 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,872 A prosecutor who speaks in terms of absolutes 503 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:17,874 fails in his responsibilities. 504 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:21,836 If absolutes aren't your thing, 505 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:23,880 there are circumstances 506 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:26,007 where the death penalty would suit you, right? 507 00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:29,969 Objection! Unfounded assumption. 508 00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:34,974 I called you... 509 00:24:35,057 --> 00:24:36,976 So I can get you out of trouble. 510 00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:41,981 You would have liked to plead manslaughter? 511 00:24:43,941 --> 00:24:44,984 Question. 512 00:24:45,943 --> 00:24:49,113 Can anything be moral if it does not apply to everyone? 513 00:24:50,907 --> 00:24:53,034 Sandig kills Croft in the Bronx and he remains alive. 514 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,995 In Manhattan, he dies? 515 00:24:57,872 --> 00:24:58,873 Answer. 516 00:24:58,956 --> 00:25:02,919 Morality does not play a role and never has played a role 517 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:05,046 an important role in the penal system. 518 00:25:06,088 --> 00:25:07,882 Very nice speech. 519 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:09,008 Oh no. 520 00:25:09,091 --> 00:25:13,095 You're the one making the speeches and who has your photo in the Times. 521 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,098 This is the price of success. 522 00:25:21,062 --> 00:25:25,858 I want that you seek the death penalty. 523 00:25:25,942 --> 00:25:27,902 It's the right choice, Adam. 524 00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:28,986 It's the law. 525 00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:30,863 You don't have to use it. 526 00:25:30,947 --> 00:25:34,909 I would like to be Solomon, Ms. Kincaid, but that is not the case. 527 00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:38,913 I'm just an elected representative who hasn't slept for three nights. 528 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:41,082 You're not going to tell me it's good... 529 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,043 If we don't ask for capital punishment, 530 00:25:45,962 --> 00:25:50,007 what do we say about the position of society regarding cop killings? 531 00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:53,886 Okay, what Sandig what he did is despicable, 532 00:25:53,970 --> 00:25:55,930 but how many people are sentenced to death 533 00:25:56,013 --> 00:25:59,100 because of a bad lawyer and no because they committed a heinous crime? 534 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,936 Paul Sandig won't have this problem. 535 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:04,897 He just hired Helen Brolin. 536 00:26:06,941 --> 00:26:09,860 OFFICE OF JUDGE IDA BOUCHER MONDAY DECEMBER 2 537 00:26:09,944 --> 00:26:11,028 Look at the facts. 538 00:26:11,112 --> 00:26:14,824 Two overzealous cops got a little angry 539 00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:15,950 and they walked on, no, 540 00:26:16,033 --> 00:26:18,995 They trampled on my client's rights. 541 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,915 If the lawyer refers to the search which made it possible to discover the cassettes, 542 00:26:22,999 --> 00:26:26,961 it was carried out following of a warrant signed by Judge Fishbein. 543 00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:31,882 But the mandate concerned the office by Mr. Sandig, i.e. suite 242. 544 00:26:31,966 --> 00:26:34,010 The tapes come from suite 248. 545 00:26:34,093 --> 00:26:35,970 This is the storage location. 546 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:39,932 Even interpreting the mandate restrictively, 547 00:26:40,016 --> 00:26:43,978 the accused's associate authorized the police to access the locker. 548 00:26:44,061 --> 00:26:45,980 A partner can consent 549 00:26:46,063 --> 00:26:47,940 to search common property. 550 00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:51,861 If the substitute knew his job, it would save us time. 551 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:55,948 As shown in the agreement between Messrs. Sandig and Whitney, 552 00:26:56,032 --> 00:26:58,909 they had a space sharing agreement. 553 00:26:58,993 --> 00:27:01,954 They didn't share customers, profits or losses. 554 00:27:02,038 --> 00:27:06,792 So it was not a partnership in the legal sense of the term. 555 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:09,962 Mr. Whitney did not have the power to consent to anything. 556 00:27:11,088 --> 00:27:12,840 She's right. 557 00:27:12,923 --> 00:27:14,884 In any case, Mr. Whitney had 558 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:15,968 apparent power. 559 00:27:16,052 --> 00:27:18,971 - The cops... - Apparent power is limited. 560 00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:21,849 If he had a key, that could have been discussed. 561 00:27:21,932 --> 00:27:24,935 But a bolt cutter? It's ridiculous. 562 00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:27,063 Alright. The tapes are inadmissible. 563 00:27:28,064 --> 00:27:29,857 Thank you, your honor. 564 00:27:29,940 --> 00:27:33,903 I also ask that any proof linked to the illegal search 565 00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:35,946 is also excluded, 566 00:27:36,030 --> 00:27:39,909 in particular the testimony from the insurance expert, 567 00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:41,077 Mr. Marty Prince. 568 00:27:42,078 --> 00:27:42,995 Heard. 569 00:27:43,079 --> 00:27:45,998 Therefore, your honor, the state has no proof 570 00:27:46,082 --> 00:27:49,085 establishing that my client knew that the victim was a police officer. 571 00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:52,922 The murder charge no longer stands. 572 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:56,884 They were not associated. Pathetic. 573 00:27:56,967 --> 00:28:00,096 Jack, we can still send Sandig in prison for 25 years. 574 00:28:03,974 --> 00:28:06,102 They tie you up, plant you a needle in the arm 575 00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:07,978 and inject you with poison. 576 00:28:08,062 --> 00:28:09,855 It's barbaric. 577 00:28:09,939 --> 00:28:11,941 I'm not going to cry for Paul Sandig. 578 00:28:12,108 --> 00:28:13,859 Revenge is sweet. 579 00:28:13,943 --> 00:28:14,985 Yes. 580 00:28:15,069 --> 00:28:17,988 It's natural, there is nothing to apologize for. 581 00:28:18,072 --> 00:28:20,866 No, except it's illegal. 582 00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:22,910 That's exactly what I'm saying. 583 00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:26,831 There is no private right of action in the penal system. 584 00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:30,000 The State has the obligation to inflict adequate punishment. 585 00:28:30,084 --> 00:28:32,878 That's what prisons are for. 586 00:28:32,962 --> 00:28:35,005 Life imprisonment without parole is enough. 587 00:28:35,089 --> 00:28:37,007 I have a question, Claire. 588 00:28:37,091 --> 00:28:39,009 Why do you think 38 states 589 00:28:39,093 --> 00:28:41,846 as well as the federal government and the army 590 00:28:41,929 --> 00:28:45,891 suddenly adopted or readopted the death penalty? 591 00:28:45,975 --> 00:28:47,977 Like you said, people are fed up with crime. 592 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:51,021 And the death penalty gives this feeling of control 593 00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:52,857 what society demands. 594 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:55,109 People are frustrated by the ambiguity of the system. 595 00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:56,902 They want to be certain 596 00:28:56,986 --> 00:29:00,823 that Charles Manson will never walk any street again. 597 00:29:00,906 --> 00:29:02,908 There are no less draconian ways 598 00:29:02,992 --> 00:29:03,993 to gain trust? 599 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,077 No. 600 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:07,830 I don't think so. 601 00:29:07,913 --> 00:29:09,874 And if the State does not take revenge, 602 00:29:09,957 --> 00:29:10,875 the people will do it. 603 00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:13,878 There will be many others Ellie Nessler who will go to court 604 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:15,004 with a loaded gun. 605 00:29:16,005 --> 00:29:16,964 You kill a cop, 606 00:29:17,047 --> 00:29:19,925 how long will it take before the cops kill you? 607 00:29:20,885 --> 00:29:23,971 Judicial execution is a means to prevent street justice. 608 00:29:24,054 --> 00:29:28,934 After the decision of Judge Boucher, it is not. 609 00:29:29,018 --> 00:29:29,935 Maybe so. 610 00:29:30,019 --> 00:29:32,813 The law considers it a capital crime 611 00:29:32,897 --> 00:29:34,940 the murder of a crime witness. 612 00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:35,983 So what? 613 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:37,067 Think about it, Claire. 614 00:29:37,985 --> 00:29:40,946 Bobby Croft witnessed numerous criminal activities. 615 00:29:41,030 --> 00:29:42,948 But we can't prove it. 616 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:44,909 I think so. 617 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:47,995 RIKERS ISLAND THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 618 00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:49,955 You may not be aware, 619 00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:52,958 but I'm supposed to denounce others, not myself. 620 00:29:53,042 --> 00:29:56,003 Ted, a deal is a deal. It doesn't matter what their reasons are. 621 00:29:56,086 --> 00:29:58,005 As if Mr. Big Need, here, 622 00:29:58,088 --> 00:30:00,925 acted in my interest. 623 00:30:02,927 --> 00:30:03,928 All right. 624 00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:06,013 What do you need? 625 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:07,973 Easy. 626 00:30:08,057 --> 00:30:11,936 Say you sold drugs to the guy you called Bobby Cassidy. 627 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:14,939 What do I gain from it? 628 00:30:15,898 --> 00:30:17,107 Two years for money laundering. 629 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:19,944 - Forget it. - It's worth it, Ted. 630 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:23,072 Lawyers suck at business. 631 00:30:24,031 --> 00:30:25,950 You don't understand? 632 00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:28,953 He needs me to get the head of the cop killer. 633 00:30:29,036 --> 00:30:30,996 And he is prepared to pay dearly. 634 00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:33,916 One year. And a year's reprieve. 635 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,085 Listen to me carefully. 636 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:38,963 Do you want my testimony? 637 00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:41,924 You give up the accusation of money laundering 638 00:30:42,007 --> 00:30:44,927 and you grant me total immunity for everything I say 639 00:30:45,010 --> 00:30:46,887 which could be held against me. 640 00:30:46,971 --> 00:30:48,013 - This is ridiculous. - All right. 641 00:30:52,977 --> 00:30:54,103 You should be the one paying me. 642 00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:01,110 Have we become so wild? 643 00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:03,112 And also bloodthirsty? 644 00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:06,949 It's been a long morning. Can we get straight to the point? 645 00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,952 The accused worked for Mr. Edward Quinlan, 646 00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:13,872 a notorious drug trafficker which the victim was investigating. 647 00:31:13,956 --> 00:31:17,876 According to the prosecution, Mr. Sandig killed Mr. Croft 648 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,839 to prevent him from testifying against Mr. Quinlan. 649 00:31:21,922 --> 00:31:23,924 - Mr Quinlan will give evidence. - Quinlan? 650 00:31:24,008 --> 00:31:25,843 He is a notorious criminal. 651 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:29,013 He will certify having sold drugs to Bobby Croft. 652 00:31:29,096 --> 00:31:31,015 The jury will draw its conclusions. 653 00:31:31,098 --> 00:31:32,891 - Your honor... - Please. 654 00:31:32,975 --> 00:31:35,019 I'm not a sports journalist! 655 00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:37,896 I'm going to read all of this. 656 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:39,982 You will have my answer this evening. 657 00:31:51,076 --> 00:31:52,119 Bad news? 658 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:58,792 Judge Boucher reinstated the charge of premeditated murder. 659 00:31:58,876 --> 00:31:59,793 You won. 660 00:32:02,046 --> 00:32:03,047 Congratulations. 661 00:32:21,023 --> 00:32:24,026 SUPREME COURT, ROOM 49 MONDAY DECEMBER 23 662 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:46,965 JUDGE IDA BOUCHER 663 00:32:51,929 --> 00:32:54,098 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do you have a verdict? 664 00:32:54,890 --> 00:32:56,016 Yes, your honor. 665 00:32:57,017 --> 00:32:58,102 Accused, stand up. 666 00:33:02,106 --> 00:33:03,941 For the sole charge, 667 00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:06,819 premeditated murder, what is your verdict? 668 00:33:06,902 --> 00:33:10,906 We declare the accused, Paul Sandig, guilty. 669 00:33:14,910 --> 00:33:16,995 I request the annulment of the verdict. 670 00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:18,872 Rejected. 671 00:33:18,956 --> 00:33:20,082 The hearing is suspended. 672 00:33:21,083 --> 00:33:24,962 The hearing of the sentence Sentencing begins Tuesday at 9 a.m. 673 00:33:27,923 --> 00:33:28,924 Tuna? 674 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,968 Is this how you celebrate a victory? 675 00:33:31,093 --> 00:33:32,928 Chicken salad. 676 00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:36,098 It won't be over until after the hearing of the sentencing. 677 00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:37,975 There it will be tuna. 678 00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:42,896 Don’t plan a menu. 679 00:33:43,981 --> 00:33:47,901 My request for declaratory judgment regarding the decision of Judge Boucher. 680 00:33:47,985 --> 00:33:49,111 - You deny it. - Yes. 681 00:33:49,903 --> 00:33:52,906 As well as my appeal and my conclusions. 682 00:33:53,991 --> 00:33:56,910 New York State Law on the death penalty 683 00:33:56,994 --> 00:34:00,080 is far from being compliant to the Constitution. 684 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:04,877 She's brilliant. 685 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,921 His appeal is based on due process of law. 686 00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:09,923 What happened to cruelty? 687 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:11,842 It's in the past. 688 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,927 Brolin argues that according to the Constitution, 689 00:34:14,011 --> 00:34:16,889 a state does not have the power to take a life. 690 00:34:17,973 --> 00:34:21,018 It would take months of research. 691 00:34:22,978 --> 00:34:25,856 APPEAL SECTION TUESDAY JANUARY 28 692 00:34:25,939 --> 00:34:28,817 The Fourteenth Amendment stipulates, among other things, 693 00:34:28,901 --> 00:34:31,945 that "no State will take or will not apply a law 694 00:34:32,029 --> 00:34:36,867 depriving anyone of their life, of his freedom or property. 695 00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,952 You are not going to mention the gray areas? 696 00:34:39,036 --> 00:34:40,913 I hate gray areas. 697 00:34:40,996 --> 00:34:41,955 Far be it from me. 698 00:34:42,039 --> 00:34:43,957 I will stick exclusively 699 00:34:44,041 --> 00:34:47,836 to what the editors specifically included in the Constitution. 700 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,963 And in particular the taking of life... 701 00:34:50,047 --> 00:34:52,841 ...without following the procedure provided for by law. 702 00:34:52,925 --> 00:34:55,010 The death penalty law schedules a hearing 703 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:57,971 which answers all constitutional requirements. 704 00:34:58,055 --> 00:34:59,932 Procedurally, yes. 705 00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:02,017 There I speak due process of law. 706 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:06,897 Limits imposed on a State wishing regulate certain aspects of life. 707 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:09,900 The Supreme Court sharply limited state power 708 00:35:09,983 --> 00:35:13,821 to undermine what she considers be fundamental rights. 709 00:35:13,904 --> 00:35:16,031 I believe that the court limited these fundamental rights 710 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:21,829 to sex, marriage, to procreation and education. 711 00:35:21,912 --> 00:35:22,913 Forgive me, your honor. 712 00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:25,833 The court did not say that this list was exhaustive. 713 00:35:25,916 --> 00:35:27,835 And what right do you want to add to it? 714 00:35:27,918 --> 00:35:29,002 Don't be stupid, Douglas. 715 00:35:29,086 --> 00:35:33,048 The most fundamental right of all. The right to live and breathe. 716 00:35:33,966 --> 00:35:37,845 If we recognize that it is a fundamental right, 717 00:35:37,928 --> 00:35:42,891 any law that restricts it must be subjected to careful scrutiny. 718 00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:46,019 In other words, the State's motive must be compelling 719 00:35:46,103 --> 00:35:51,817 and the means to achieve this objective must be paramount. 720 00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:52,985 Isn't it indisputable 721 00:35:53,068 --> 00:35:56,822 that crime prevention serves the interest of the State? 722 00:35:56,905 --> 00:36:01,076 Yes, but execution is not necessary to prevent crime. 723 00:36:01,994 --> 00:36:06,081 This is a fact which clearly attests the latest crime figures. 724 00:36:06,874 --> 00:36:08,000 In addition, we estimate 725 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:12,963 at 118 million dollars annually the cost of the death penalty for a State. 726 00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,007 Wouldn't we fight crime better? 727 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:19,011 if these funds were used to recruit more police? 728 00:36:20,971 --> 00:36:22,055 THANKS. 729 00:36:23,891 --> 00:36:25,893 With all due respect, 730 00:36:25,976 --> 00:36:29,021 his analysis of the Fourteenth Amendment is totally wrong. 731 00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:30,981 It seemed very sensible to me. 732 00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:34,985 She concentrated on a single clause of the Constitution. 733 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:38,989 Although the Fourteenth Amendment deals with this subject in general, 734 00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:43,827 the fifth amendment refers to capital crimes. 735 00:36:43,911 --> 00:36:45,996 And requires due process of law. 736 00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:48,874 Its application, yes. 737 00:36:49,917 --> 00:36:52,002 In Gregg v. Georgia, the court ruled 738 00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:54,963 the death penalty in accordance with the constitution 739 00:36:55,047 --> 00:36:57,841 as long as it is administered without arbitrariness 740 00:36:57,925 --> 00:36:59,051 nor bias on the part of the jury. 741 00:37:00,052 --> 00:37:03,805 To this end, the discretionary power of the jury was restrictive, 742 00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:07,017 which limits the factors presented at the sentencing hearing. 743 00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:09,019 If I'm not mistaken, Mr. McCoy, 744 00:37:09,102 --> 00:37:12,022 a series of recent decisions supported the fact 745 00:37:12,105 --> 00:37:14,858 that the jury is free to hear any proof 746 00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:17,819 that an accused could present in his favor. 747 00:37:17,903 --> 00:37:18,737 Yes, but... 748 00:37:18,904 --> 00:37:20,948 So there is an inherent contradiction. 749 00:37:21,031 --> 00:37:25,911 It seems to me that the decision to take life is so inherently subjective 750 00:37:25,994 --> 00:37:28,997 that it defies coherence required by the Constitution. 751 00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:30,832 This would not be valid 752 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:33,877 that if we rejected the viability of the jury system. 753 00:37:33,961 --> 00:37:37,005 Show me a jury capable of controlling his prejudices and his emotions to the point 754 00:37:37,089 --> 00:37:38,840 to be objective. 755 00:37:38,924 --> 00:37:42,844 The Constitution cannot prohibit 756 00:37:42,928 --> 00:37:45,055 what his text explicitly allows him to do. 757 00:37:46,056 --> 00:37:47,099 Thank you, your honors. 758 00:37:53,981 --> 00:37:54,982 Mr. McCoy. 759 00:38:02,072 --> 00:38:03,865 I wanted to tell you... 760 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:06,910 I shouldn't talk to you, Mrs. Sanding. 761 00:38:09,079 --> 00:38:11,915 He's not bad, you know. 762 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:13,959 He killed a police officer. 763 00:38:15,919 --> 00:38:16,962 He panicked. 764 00:38:23,051 --> 00:38:24,886 Do you know the worst? 765 00:38:26,930 --> 00:38:27,973 Paul and I, 766 00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:31,935 we voted for Governor Pataki. 767 00:38:43,905 --> 00:38:47,993 Notwithstanding the full argument and, I must admit, 768 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:50,996 very convincing of the defense... 769 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:53,874 No need for an editorial, Shawn. 770 00:38:54,082 --> 00:38:58,837 This court judges, by three votes to two, 771 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,840 that the controversy on the subject 772 00:39:01,923 --> 00:39:05,927 is not yet concrete enough to be the subject of a decision. 773 00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:07,888 In other words, 774 00:39:07,971 --> 00:39:11,099 the problem of constitutionality of the law will not be resolved 775 00:39:11,892 --> 00:39:14,978 that when someone will actually be sentenced to death. 776 00:39:15,062 --> 00:39:18,899 When it happens, if it happens, we will resolve this matter. 777 00:39:19,024 --> 00:39:21,943 The case is postponed for sentencing. 778 00:39:22,944 --> 00:39:24,946 This is how to hand over the baby. 779 00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:27,115 They made the right decision, Jack. 780 00:39:28,075 --> 00:39:32,079 They just hope the jury saves them to have to tackle the problem. 781 00:39:34,915 --> 00:39:37,834 It's already hard enough 782 00:39:37,918 --> 00:39:41,004 without your accusing look every time you look up. 783 00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:44,883 I'm not the criminal. I didn't kill a cop. 784 00:39:44,966 --> 00:39:46,885 So it’s a value judgment. 785 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:49,096 We can execute Sandig because he killed a cop 786 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,808 rather than a hairdresser or a dishwasher. 787 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:54,935 This is not a value judgment. It's the law. 788 00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:59,064 Whether you like it or not, society established a hierarchy of evil. 789 00:40:04,027 --> 00:40:08,824 Paul Sandig deprived the community of an individual essential to his well-being, 790 00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:11,868 and I believe he deserves to lose his life. 791 00:40:11,952 --> 00:40:13,954 The system is full of flaws, Jack. 792 00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:17,040 What if someone falls in? How to rationalize this? 793 00:40:17,124 --> 00:40:20,001 First there is the trial, 794 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:22,003 then the sentencing hearing, 795 00:40:22,087 --> 00:40:24,965 then appeals, and more appeals. 796 00:40:25,048 --> 00:40:26,925 Counter-powers. 797 00:40:28,009 --> 00:40:28,969 It's unlikely. 798 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:30,887 Unlikely? 799 00:40:31,972 --> 00:40:33,056 And are you satisfied with that? 800 00:40:36,977 --> 00:40:39,896 SUPREME COURT, ROOM 49 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11 801 00:40:39,980 --> 00:40:43,859 I've known him since I was 15. 802 00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:46,027 We have been married for 11 years. 803 00:40:47,028 --> 00:40:48,989 Was Paul ever violent? 804 00:40:49,906 --> 00:40:51,032 He is a gentle man. 805 00:40:51,992 --> 00:40:55,954 Even with boys, I never saw him raise his hand... 806 00:41:00,876 --> 00:41:02,085 Everything is fine, Mrs. Sandig. 807 00:41:02,878 --> 00:41:03,920 Take your time. 808 00:41:07,007 --> 00:41:08,967 He's not a murderer. 809 00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:11,011 He did this to protect us. 810 00:41:11,094 --> 00:41:12,888 So that his sons do not know... 811 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:14,973 Thank you, Ms. Sandig. 812 00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:22,063 So that his sons don't know what, Mrs Sandig? 813 00:41:25,025 --> 00:41:26,943 That he helped a criminal. 814 00:41:27,027 --> 00:41:29,946 That he was laundering money for a dealer? 815 00:41:31,907 --> 00:41:35,035 He wanted to stop, but he did not allow it. 816 00:41:36,036 --> 00:41:38,955 He threatened him. He told him he would come after us. 817 00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:41,958 He was tied hand and foot. He couldn't do anything. 818 00:41:42,042 --> 00:41:43,877 It could happen to anyone. 819 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:48,006 So, as long as we are stressed, but otherwise we are a good guy, 820 00:41:48,089 --> 00:41:50,842 can you shoot a cop with six bullets? 821 00:41:50,926 --> 00:41:51,927 Objection! 822 00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,887 I withdraw. No more questions. 823 00:41:56,973 --> 00:41:59,100 I didn't know what to do. I was scared. 824 00:42:02,103 --> 00:42:04,064 Do you feel any remorse, Paul? 825 00:42:05,899 --> 00:42:06,900 Every moment. 826 00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:10,946 I don't sleep anymore, I don't eat anymore. 827 00:42:11,905 --> 00:42:13,114 I no longer look my sons in the face. 828 00:42:15,075 --> 00:42:17,827 If I could go back, I would. 829 00:42:17,911 --> 00:42:18,995 It was a mistake. 830 00:42:22,082 --> 00:42:23,959 No more questions. 831 00:42:28,004 --> 00:42:31,007 How much money have you laundered for Mr. Quinlan? 832 00:42:32,968 --> 00:42:34,886 About six million dollars. 833 00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:41,101 How much money did you make with Mr. Quinlan? 834 00:42:43,979 --> 00:42:45,021 Almost a million dollars. 835 00:42:45,105 --> 00:42:48,858 Maybe the threats weren't your only reason to quit. 836 00:42:48,942 --> 00:42:49,985 Objection! 837 00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:51,069 Rejected. 838 00:42:52,988 --> 00:42:54,030 What to say? 839 00:42:55,031 --> 00:42:56,116 I screwed up. 840 00:42:56,866 --> 00:42:58,910 You killed someone. 841 00:43:00,036 --> 00:43:03,957 You knew he was a police officer and you killed him anyway. 842 00:43:05,959 --> 00:43:08,044 I've been a real bastard, okay? 843 00:43:09,963 --> 00:43:11,840 Believe me, 844 00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:15,051 I hated myself for what I did, but I couldn't get out. 845 00:43:18,054 --> 00:43:19,973 Our life was going... 846 00:43:20,056 --> 00:43:21,891 It was going to be ruined. 847 00:43:26,104 --> 00:43:29,024 I'm ashamed of what I did to this inspector. 848 00:43:31,985 --> 00:43:33,862 I kept the gun... 849 00:43:35,905 --> 00:43:37,073 to kill myself with it. 850 00:43:39,909 --> 00:43:41,036 What stopped you? 851 00:43:48,084 --> 00:43:50,003 I don't want to die. 852 00:43:53,923 --> 00:43:55,008 I'm sorry. 853 00:44:00,013 --> 00:44:01,097 I'm sorry. 854 00:44:03,099 --> 00:44:04,976 I made a mistake. 855 00:44:08,897 --> 00:44:09,898 You are welcome. 856 00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:12,067 I don't want to die. 857 00:44:23,036 --> 00:44:25,997 SUPREME COURT, ROOM 49 MONDAY FEBRUARY 17 858 00:44:37,884 --> 00:44:41,054 JUDGE IDA BOUCHER 859 00:44:43,932 --> 00:44:46,851 Have you reached a unanimous verdict? as for the sentence? 860 00:44:46,935 --> 00:44:48,103 Yes, your honor. 861 00:44:50,939 --> 00:44:53,858 We condemn the defendant, Paul Sandig, 862 00:44:53,942 --> 00:44:55,902 to the death penalty, 863 00:44:55,985 --> 00:44:58,863 as prescribed in section 22B 864 00:44:58,947 --> 00:45:02,992 of the corrective law of New York State. 865 00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:12,919 The defense requests a probe. 866 00:45:13,002 --> 00:45:14,045 No objection. 867 00:45:15,088 --> 00:45:18,883 Each of you, in accordance his duties to the State of New York, 868 00:45:18,967 --> 00:45:21,970 and with respect to the accused, Paul Sandig, 869 00:45:22,929 --> 00:45:26,015 did he support the death penalty? by lethal injection? 870 00:45:28,935 --> 00:45:29,936 Yes. 871 00:45:31,020 --> 00:45:32,897 Yes. 872 00:45:32,981 --> 00:45:34,023 Yes, your honor. 873 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:36,067 Yes. 874 00:45:37,986 --> 00:45:39,028 Yes, your honor. 875 00:45:40,029 --> 00:45:41,114 Yes, your honor. 876 00:45:42,949 --> 00:45:43,992 Yes. 877 00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:46,911 Yes, your honor. 878 00:45:48,913 --> 00:45:49,956 Yes. 879 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,083 Yes, your honor. 880 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:55,003 Yes, your honor. 881 00:45:56,921 --> 00:45:58,006 Yes.