All language subtitles for Law and order S09E18 - Juvenile

In the criminal justice system

the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,

the police
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Have you got
Patti LaBelle
in there?

Because I just
love Patti.

No Patti this morning.

I've got eight...
No, nine... Yeah,
eight of her records.

Hmm. Is that all?

Oh, my God!

Stay down. Down!

Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox!

Victim was shot
in the chest.

Looks like he was
on his way out.

Name's Gerald Fox.

The guy that writes
that City Life column?

For The Ledger.
EMS took him
to Lenox Hill.

His driver, Alex Kostov,
saw the shooter run off.

The lady with the dog
see anything?

Had her face buried
in the sidewalk.

We're still canvassing
for other witnesses.

While you're at it,
check the street
for the gun.

What'd you see?
Unbelievable.

I just parked the car,
and then heard this bang.

This guy comes tearing out.
Ran like a mad man,
over to Amsterdam.

You get a good look
at his face?

Everything
happened so fast.

He... Dark hair.
Was 30, or 40.
Maybe six foot.

Was Fox a regular?

He had this standing
pick up with my company.

I took him to The Ledger
every morning, 7:00 a. m.

He ever talk
about his problems
on the way to work?

Nah, mostly hockey
and music.
We both like jazz.

Other than that,
not really.

All right, go ahead.
Leave your name with
Sergeant Sebago, all right?

Now I know why I stopped
reading Fox's column.

Why's that?

Local news depresses me.

He's a lucky guy.

Is that a fancy medical term
for "He's gonna make it?"

Well, the bullet passed
through the lung,
then out the back.

We've got him
sedated for now.

He say anything about
what happened before
the sedative kicked in?

No, he was out of it
when he got here.

Surgeons do a laparotomy,
to see the extent
of his injuries.

Then, maybe you'll be
able to talk with him.

Anybody come by
to visit him?

Yeah, his girlfriend.
The pretty one out
in the waiting area.

Thanks.
Mmm.

I just saw
Gerald last night.

What time was that?

Early.
Around 6:00.

We had dinner,
and then I went
home around 8:00.

And you went home
right after dinner?

He went to hang out
at a bar in Queens.

A cop bar.

I beg your pardon?

He was, um, doing
investigation for some
columns he's writing.

The first one
was in the paper
last week.

What was it about?

Some woman who works
for this drug gang.

The, um...
Def 40... Something.

- The Def 44 Crew?
- Yeah, that's it.

He said they're
pretty dangerous.

Are they?

Oh, I read the article.

It's a day-in-the-life
kind of thing.

A grandmother who moves
drug money in her Honda
for the Def 44.

Not a bad plan.

I never did a drug-stop
on a blue-haired lady.

You know,
Fox did a piece
last year

about the housing department's
taking kick-backs

from mobbed-up unions.

City launched
an investigation,

a lot of heads rolled.
The guy's Good.

His girlfriend
said he was working
on a follow-up article.

Met with some
cops last night,
at a bar in Queens.

She know
the name of the bar?

Fox didn't say.

And, we can't ask him.
He's in bad shape.

Shot close-range in the chest.
CSU recovered a. 25 slug.

He has a standing pick-up
with a car service.

Looks like
he opened his door,
expecting his driver.

Uniforms found
a. 25 in a trash can
on Amsterdam.

Ballistics got
a match on the slug.

But, the gun
was clean for prints.

You get a serial number?

Yeah. Reported stolen.
19 years ago.

LaMotte interviewed
the owner. Dead end.

It's just like Fox to
poke around where
he doesn't belong.

Go to The Ledger. See
what he was digging into.

We'll need
the grandmother's name
from Fox's column.

Fox never gave me
her name.

How about his notes?

I can't turn
those over to you.

First amendment is still
kind of an important thing
around here.

More important
than your star
columnist's life?

Look, if I make
an exception this time...

Yeah, yeah. Slippery slope.
We've heard it all before.

We think his article
ticked off the Def 44s.

If they went
after him once...

Fox has been doing
this for 25 years.
He knows the risks.

He ever get any calls?
Any threatening letters?

Hey, he's an
investigative reporter!

We'll need
to go through them.

Yeah, Cheron.
Excuse me,
huh, fellows?

We could call
the D.A's office.

Maybe they can
go to court

and get The Ledger to
give up Fox's notes.

Better idea.

I once worked a case
with a D.A.
in Queens narcotics.

The drug-running grannies.

We've heard rumors
about them a year ago.

But, you never
came across any?

Gerald Fox is the
only one who has.

You don't sound
too thrilled about it.

Neither is my boss.
How'd you like to get
scooped by a reporter?

And the last thing
Fox would do

is talk to you
about it.
Uh-huh.

So, where'd Fox
find his source?

You tell me.

Well, maybe one of your
Cl's decided to branch out.

Cl wouldn't talk
to a reporter.

Even if a few dollars
changed hands?

It's possible.
Whoever it is,
we have feelers out.

How about we talk
to your feelers?

I'm not sure
I want to jeopardize
my investigation.

Maybe you won't have to.

I can't believe
Dalton brought me in.

This is an attempted
murder Investigation.

Gerald Fox.
The Ledger.

I don't care
if it's Rudy Giuliani.

I get made walking
into this building,
it's my ass.

Look, you're already
here, right?

So, you might
as well help us out.

I read the column.

This lady Fox talked to,
doesn't ring a bell.

I'm not close
enough to the money.

Anybody you're working with?

Guy I'm supposed
to meet tonight.

Street captain
named Delgado.

Manages 10, 15 spots.

We're gonna wanna
take Delgado down,
sweat him for a name.

Screw that!

I'm not under for nine
months to clip this more
with a couple ounces!

You won't
be compromised.

With you two
making the collar?

Is there
a problem with that?

Look, we'll have
your squad
make the collar.

We'll come in
on the back end.

Who're these guys?

We're the guys
who can get you
a ticket home.

Homicide detectives
from Manhattan.

Homicide?
Relax.

We just need
some information on
one of your mules.

Off of this?
A-2 felony weight.

You're looking
at six years.

You got
no probable cause.

I was just meeting
my cousin, for coffee.

Coffee?
What, you bring
your own sugar?

I can jam
you and girlfriend
up for a year,

waiting for
a suppression hearing.

She ain't my girlfriend.

Look, you help us
with a name,

you and your pal
both walk.

What kinda name?

A Colombian woman.
Uh... In her 50's,
drives a Honda.

She moves money
for your employers.

You boys be
doing your police work
out of the paper?

What do you mean?
That crap
about the abuela.

The Ledger printed up?
That's some funny-ass
stuff, man.

Me and my bros,
we love that.

You want the walk, Delgado,
stop playing games.

Come on, man. Half a million
in some old lady's trunk?

That's better
than Chris Rock.

Maybe you're trying
to protect her.

Check it out.
No one stashes
in a wheel well.

It's the first
place cops look.

Then they got old grandma
making drops in Corona.

My people go over there,
we get capped.

By who?
Corona Paganos.

And, yo, that old lady
be talking about her family.

Christina, Julio,
tío Pepi...

What did he say?

Ten words or less?

Anybody who believes what
Fox wrote is an idiot.

Fox did what?

His article
on the Def 44 Crew

is a product
of his imagination.

The guy won a Berger Award.
He got a Polk Nomination.

Listen,
we talked to five or six guys
who run with the Def 44.

Fox's grandmother story
is a running joke.

That son of a bitch.

We need a list of all
the stories he worked on,
all his notes.

I ought to take
that Berger Award,
and shove it...

Koblenz,

you know where
Fox keeps his notes?

We went through
his scrapbooks,

ran his by-line
in a news database.

Ray's checking the status
on anybody he wrote about,
who was ever arrested.

Come across
any retractions?

Well, a few months ago,
he wrote an article
that looked promising.

A sporting goods company
owner who allegedly torched
a couple of his stores.

Arson for profit?

Some nut who didn't
like his Air Jordans.

The owner sued The Ledger,
they settled out of court.

One of the names popped.
A guy named John Franchetta.

Johnny Franchetta.
The mobster
who pushed, uh...

Rebecca Hampton
out the window.
77th street

- Central Park West.
- Central Park West.

What, you two been
taking your vitamin E?

Oh, no, no. It was
a big scandal back then.
All over the papers.

Famous Broadway actress,
two-bit hood boyfriend.

It was one of
the first trials
Fox covered.

Put his name on the map.

Well, Franchetta was
paroled to the city
two weeks ago

on a 20-to-life
sentence.

20-year-old case,
20-year-old gun?

Maybe Gerald Fox forgot
to print a retraction.

Listen, we can toss
Franchetta's room

if we call in
his parole officer.

The manager says
Franchetta's been
here since the 5th.

He comes and goes.
Mostly goes.

Can't say I blame him.

We're thinking he might
have picked up a gun
since he got out.

Well, he violates,
if he gets in touch with
any of his old friends.

Nothing, except for
a few changes of clothes
and bottle of Stoli.

When's Franchetta
due to report back
into your office?

Three days.
Anything you can
hold him on?

He was late to his
last appointment,
10 Minutes.

Do us a favor.
If he surfaces,

violate him,
and take him
into custody.

I wrote a letter
to the parole board
opposing his release.

Why should they listen to me?
I only helped convict the guy.

We're looking at Franchetta
for the Gerald Fox shooting.

He got busy fast.

Any reason he might
go after Fox?

A few years
after his conviction,
one of the jurors

claimed that her verdict was
influenced by Fox's coverage.

Fox's articles
put Franchetta

at the crime scene
the day of the murder.

Wasn't he?

Not that we could prove.

And who was Fox's source?

We assumed it was
someone who was afraid

to step forward because
of Franchetta's
mob connections.

It didn't seem
to matter to the jury.

They convicted because
of what Fox printed in
his column?

There was a feeding frenzy
for Johnny Franchetta's head.

Fox made a meal of it.

So, without Fox's coverage,
you think Franchetta might
have walked?

Everything I had
was circumstantial.

Rebecca's daughter
was too scared
to take the stand,

but, her son testified

that Franchetta once held
a. 38 to Rebecca's head
and dry-fired it.

And, all this was
on the front page,
before the trail,

with Fox's by-line.

There was definitely
a presumption of guilt.

So, Franchetta's got
a reason to go after Fox.

And maybe
Rebecca Hampton's son.

I got a letter about
Franchetta's parole hearing.

I never thought
they'd let him out.

He hasn't tried
to contact you?

I would've called
the police if he had.

Any strange
phone calls, letters,
things like that?

No, nothing.

Is there anything else?

This is the apartment
where your mother...

That was her bedroom.

Was that her
with Burt Lancaster?

At Elaine's
after the Tonys.
Are we done?

Sorry. I was a big fan.

It's not something
I like to talk about.

Hi. Frederick
kept me waiting,

so, I'm getting
my haircut on Friday.

And who's this?
The police.

I'm Detective Curtis.
That's Detective Briscoe.

Hi, I'm Nicole Hampton.

Johnny Franchetta
is out on parole.

Since when?
A couple of weeks.

So, you two
still live here?

I've lived here since college.
Nicole stays here sometimes.

You just dropped by
to tell us about Johnny?

I'll explain everything
after they leave.

Curtis.

I don't know what
else to tell you.

Yeah, if anything
unusual happens,
give us a call.

Franchetta's P.O.

Nice meeting you,
Detective Curtis.

I can't believe this.
I've been out two weeks.

And now you're here.

You been in touch
with Gerald Fox?

Oh, the reporter
who set me up.

That's original.

Try and look past
your narrow frame
of reference.

A miscarriage
ofjustice
is what that was.

And maybe, you're still
pissed off about it.

Fox took one in the chest
on Tuesday morning.

No, no, no, fellas.
Not me.

Okay.
Then, where were you
Tuesday morning?

Last time
I gave an alibi,
I did 20 years.

You're looking
at another 20,

unless you can account
for yourself on Tuesday.

I was in bed.
Making up for lost time
with a lady friend.

Yeah, Johnny
was at my apartment.

He showed up
Saturday night
for dinner,

stayed through
Wednesday for dessert.

How about Tuesday morning,
around 7:00?

Tuesday? I was here,
at the diner.
6:00 to 1:00.

Johnny have a gun?

No. What's this all about?

A reporter named
Gerald Fox got shot.

We think
Johnny had a bone
to pick with him.

Johnny never
mentioned Fox.

We've been dating
two years now.
He tells me everything.

He was behind bars
up until two weeks ago.
How does that add up?

My brother's doing time.
He introduced us visiting day.

Johnny changed.
He even goes to church.

He tell you that?

I picked him up
at Good Shepherd Church
on Sunday.

73rd and Central Park West?

Yeah.

Just down the block
from Andrew Hampton.

Twenty years ago,
I talked to the cops.

I talked to
the reporter.

Gerald Fox?
Fox!

Fox. Yeah, that guy.

He wouldn't
leave me alone.
How come?

I was working the day
Miss Hampton was killed.

I told Fox I saw
the service elevator
stop on her floor

when I was downstairs
sorting the mail.

Did Franchetta have a key
to the rear entrance?

Yeah, so he could
get up to see her.

But, all
the residents had them.

You tell Fox
about Johnny's key?

Yeah. The next day,
I look at the paper,

I'm his anonymous source.

He wrote things
I never said.

The police know about
your conversation with Fox?

I don't think so.

I didn't want
to get involved.

I stand behind
everything I wrote

about the Hampton murder.

Well, we talked
to the doorman
at her building.

And he says
he never told you

Franchetta was there
the day of the murder.

Twenty years.
Doorman's
got a good memory.

Franchetta says
you framed him.
This guy backs him up.

It wasn't Franchetta
who shot me.

Five minutes.

We're listening.

That morning,

somebody called
from my car service.

Asked If my pick-up
was at 6:30.
I said, "No,

"7:00," like it always is.

It wasn't
Franchetta's voice.

How can you be sure?

He's been calling me
from prison.

He wants me
to clear his name.

Franchetta wants you
to clear his name?
Now, that's a story.

I made some
calls for him.

Who'd you call?

Franchetta's old lawyer.

Rebecca Hampton's mother.

What, after 20 years,
your conscience
bothered you?

I wanted to keep
Franchetta happy.

So he wouldn't expose
how you railroaded him.

My editor
know about this?

Not yet. But he knows
about the Def 44 Crew.

Christina and Tio Pepe's
brief stint
on that soap opera.

You have to put
your thumb on the scale
to make an impact.

Sometimes, the facts get
in the way of the story.

Tell that
to Johnny Franchetta.

I got the LUD's
on Franchetta's
girlfriend's phone.

He was
on a collect-call
when Fox got shot.

Then Franchetta
didn't shoot him.

Fox told you
he did some
checking around?

So Franchetta
would think
he was on the case.

So, Fox makes
a couple of calls,

talks about
re-investigating.

Word gets out
to someone who'd rather
let sleeping dogs lie.

Ugh! I have a feeling
this is going to get ugly.

I'm not re-opening
the Hampton Case.

Not your call.

You got to admit, Arlene,
the case against
Franchetta had some holes.

A reporter
embellished a story,
and we panic?

This was
a high-profile case.

Or a high-profile
disaster.

A juror claimed
Fox's articles affected
the deliberations.

And Franchetta moved
for a new trial.

It was denied.

Jailhouse motion.

There's not a shred
of hard evidence
that exculpates him.

Do you really wanna
dig up a 20-year-old
land mine, Adam?

Do I have a choice?
An innocent man
may have gone to jail.

I don't think
Franchetta was
innocent.

He called Fox,
he'll call
somebody else.

We need to get
some answers.

Volunteers?

Send me the file.

Twenty-year-old
landmine.

Let's see if it's
gonna blow up.

Our theory is whoever
killed Rebecca Hampton,

got spooked
by Fox's calls.

And then took a shot
at Fox to scare him off.

So, officially,
if anybody asks,

we haven't re-opened
the Hampton murder.

We're Investigating
the shooting of Gerald Fox.

Sounds like
pretty thin cover.

Better we should have
reporters talking to our
witnesses, before we do?

Sure it won't look
like we're hiding
something?

Adam doesn't want us
misleading anybody.

He just wants
the investigation to be
ours and not the media's.

His idea of
a quarterback sneak.

You saw what happened
the last time.

Well, if he thinks
it'll clear this up,
I'm all for it.

Franchetta badgered me
for years after
I represented him.

"They framed me.
Can't you do something?"

The usual prison bull.

Then, Fox calls me
out of the blue.

Did you tell
anyone he called?

No.

I tried to locate some
of Johnny's old alibi
witnesses for him.

Two of the guys are dead.

One's in Leavenworth
doing life plus something,

one has Alzheimer's.

Suddenly, you're convinced
Franchetta's Innocent?

This wasn't
about Franchetta.

You practice law
in this city,

can't hurt to have a guy
like Fox on your side.

Oh!

This is not about Fox.

This is about
the Hampton murder.

No, Mr. Hagaman,
I'm just looking
for background.

I've been around
the block a few times,
Miss Carmichael.

You're reconsidering
Franchetta's conviction.

Should I be?

Well, Rebecca Hampton
wasn't the first girlfriend

who Franchetta
slapped around.

He had a reputation
for getting physical.

It was all in the papers.
What more do you want?

Something beside what
Fox wrote in his column.

Her son testified
he put a gun to her head.

I'm the prosecutor,
you're supposed to
be the defense lawyer.

Well, you had
to be there,
Miss Carmichael.

Franchetta's blood
was in the water.
I was there.

With a stick,
beating back the sharks.

Fox called me.

He said he was looking
for the man that killed
my daughter.

I told him
to look in Sing Sing.

Why did he call you?

My grandchildren
aren't listed.

Imagine, he thought
I would help that thug.

I hung up the phone.

Did you mention
Fox's call to anyone?

Just Andrew and Nicole.

And how did
they react?

How the hell
do you think
they reacted?

They don't want to go
through this again.

And now you're here,
asking me all
these questions.

Is it possible there was
someone besides Franchetta,

who wanted to kill
your daughter?

Me. Life was one big party.

She thought she could
do anything she wanted,

and with anyone
she wanted.

Hoodlums, politicians.

Maybe there was a jealous
ex-boyfriend who didn't
like her seeing Franchetta?

Any man dating Rebecca
knew he was in
for the short haul.

The only ones jealous
of Johnny were her kids.

Rebecca's boyfriends
took up all her time.

With no father around...

Sounds like they resented
their mother's lifestyle.

That's right.

When Rebecca died,
I moved in
to take care of them.

After six months,
I asked
their Uncle Mickey

to go stay with them.

I'd had enough.

Well, Grandma
told us Fox called her.

But, she didn't
mention the details.

Didn't you think it was
worth mentioning
to the police?

Andrew told me not to.

Why?

The last thing Andrew
wants is to replay

this whole psychodrama
in the papers.

He has two kids
in Arizona.

They don't know anything
about their grandmother

and the life
in the fast lane.

You think there's
anything to the theory

that Johnny Franchetta
didn't kill your mother?

Now, how does that help you
figure out who shot Fox?

It's possible
the wrong person
was convicted

for your mother's murder.

You seem like
an intelligent woman,
Miss Carmichael.

Johnny Franchetta
was a criminal.

The paper said that he was
in the building when
my mother was killed.

Gerald Fox admits
that he made that up.

You can't be
serious about this.

I wouldn't be here
if I wasn't.

Well frankly,
Miss Carmichael,

we'd prefer that you keep
your nose out of it.

This is a private matter.

A criminal investigation
is not a private matter.

I'm gonna
call my brother.

We know people who can
put a stop to this!

I'm sorry Nicole
lost her composure.

She's very sensitive about
this whole Hampton legacy.

But, why
all these questions
about my mother?

It's possible
Johnny Franchetta
was innocent.

That's where Nicole
said you were going.

Why didn't you tell
the detectives that
you knew

Gerald Fox was looking
into your mother's case?

My sister and I
have been through a lot.
We put this behind us.

I have to be honest,
Mr. Hampton.
It looks suspicious.

You think I shot Fox?

You fit the description.

Can you tell me
where you were,

Tuesday morning,
around 7:00 a. m.?

I was on my way
to work. I walked.

From the upper
west side?

It's the only exercise
I get.

Did you stop on the way,
maybe pick up a paper,
a cup of coffee?

I'm not lying to you.

Come in for a line-up.
I'll stop asking questions.

I have a stack
of breakdowns
to get through.

Tomorrow, then.

I don't think so.

I took over as guardian
about six months
after Rebecca died.

Lived with Andrew and Nicole
for about two years.

Are you still close?

I see Andrew for a drink,
about every four or five
months.

Nicole, I bumped into her
in a restaurant
a few years ago.

How did Andrew get along
with his mother?

Well, that's
a strange question.

It's still a question.

You think
it was Andrew?
That's crazy.

He was the only stable
member in the family.

Then he must have
butted heads
with his mother.

Well, it wasn't easy being
the man in the house.

What do you mean?

Well,
between Rebecca and Nicole,
Andrew had his hands full.

Nicole was a problem?

Rebecca Junior.

Inappropriate boyfriends,
alcohol, drugs.

She pulled a gun on
one of her boyfriends.

She had a gun?
Well, I don't know,

maybe it belonged
to somebody else.

I didn't see it myself.
Andrew took it away from her.

When was this?

I'm not sure.

I mean,
Nicole's blow-outs
all run together.

Well, how long
after you moved in?

It was a year, I think.

Why is that important?

Yeah, I got a carry permit
for a Raven Arms. 25
in 1978.

Managed a club
called The Dragon's Tail.

You know, cash deposits
in the middle of the night.

Ever dated a girl named
Nicole Hampton back then?

Sure. Nicole,
she was a regular.
She's still alive?

Very much so.

Still beating
the odds, huh?

You two date?

Oh, I wouldn't
call it dating.

More like
a roller-coaster ride.

What do you mean?

Well, she got me
fired from my job.

She dropped
a couple of Quaaludes,
totaled my car.

She was a hell
of a good time,

if you could contain
the damage.

How long did you
stay with her?

Five months.
Girl was out of control.

Pretty low self-esteem.
I always figured it was
because she got raped.

Raped by who?

Some guy who was in jail.
That's what she told me,
anyway.

Did it ever occur to you
that Nicole may
have taken your gun?

I never
gave it a thought.

I lived in a house
with four guys,

lots of parties,
people in and out.

I reported it stolen,
bought another one.

Hey, if Nicole took it,
it wouldn't surprise me.

Why'd you call me
down here?

To be perfectly honest,
Miss Hampton,

we think your brother
shot Gerald Fox.

You people
with your theories.

Although,
you're from Texas.
I should have known.

First Johnny Franchetta,
and now this.

I never went
to college myself.
Too much to do.

Like stealing guns?

Guns?

We talked to your
old boyfriend,
Bennett Wainwright.

Who?

He was a bartender,
at The Dragon's Tail.

Okay, Benny.
He remembered me?

He said you were
hard to forget.

Hmm.

So, what's he up to
these days, hmm?

You stole his gun
20 years ago,

your brother used it
to shoot Gerald Fox.

Where did
Andrew keep the gun,
Miss Hampton?

You know, no matter
how much you harass me,

I won't point the finger
at my brother.

Don't you wanna know
the truth about
your mother's murder?

Can't you just
leave us alone?

I have someone waiting
for me at Chanterelle.

Fox's driver just picked
your client out of a line-up.

So what if he says
he recognizes him?

Shooter's on the run,
back to the eyewitness.

Give us a break,
Miss Walsh.

We can link Mr. Hampton
to the murder weapon.

I read the statement.
19 years ago.

The owner's not
sure who stole it.

It's just a coincidence
he used to date your sister?

It could be.

Attempted manslaughter
on the Fox shooting.

We'll package it up
with the other matter.

The Rebecca Hampton murder?

It gives him a motive
for shooting Fox.

Fox was looking into
the Franchetta Conviction.

You were afraid
of being exposed.

Why would I
kill my mother?

Everyone we talked to

said you had
a contentious
relationship.

She didn't give you
the time of day.

You resented
the life she led,
the parties.

The men like
Johnny Franchetta.

I was in the library
at the Trinity School.

My sister was with me
the whole time.
She backed me up.

Andrew, maybe
you better not go on...
No, it's okay.

We came home from
school together.

There were police
all over the place.

My mother was dead.

Give us a minute.

He said he was
with his sister

the whole time
at school.
He wasn't?

It's not what he told
the detective
who interviewed him

the day his mother
was murdered.

So, where was he?

Not where was he,
where was she?

A uniform stationed
at the door
of the building

logged Andrew Hampton
in, at 4:17, alone.

What time was
Nicole Hampton
logged in?

She wasn't. Here.

They missed it
20 years ago.

Maybe they figured
Nicole left school,
came in the back door.

Or, there was such
a media frenzy

about Johnny Franchetta,
no one ever looked.

Let's go back in.

So, Mr. Hampton,

you're certain
your sister can vouch

for your whereabouts
at school that day?

I'm positive.
Ask her.

I don't have to.
I know what she'll say.

She didn't get along with
your mother so well, either.

Nobody got along
with my mother.

Especially since your mother
didn't stop Johnny Franchetta
from abusing her.

What are you
talking about?

We contacted one of
Nicole's old boyfriends.

She told him
Franchetta raped her.

You...
You don't understand.

Then you explain it
to me.

Andrew, you don't have
to explain a thing.

Your mother
didn't do anything
to stop Franchetta,

so Nicole killed her.

Nicole had a messed-up
childhood, Mr. McCoy.

But, she didn't
kill our mother.

Lieutenant.

Patrol Officer
Charles O'Dell logged you
into the building at 4:17.

After school,
like I said.

No mention
of your sister.

Well, maybe
they missed her.

The detectives
in your apartment
that day didn't miss her.

"Interviewed
Nicole Hampton at 3:45."

So?

So your sister
left school,

pushed your mother
out the window,

and hid in the building.

She told the police
she was with you.

This had gone
far enough.

You never contradicted her.

That's why you shot
Gerald Fox.

To keep the secret
that you two have had
for the last 21 years.

We're arresting
your client for

the attempted murder
of Gerald Fox.

Pick up Nicole Hampton.

We're charging her
with murder.

Good afternoon, sir.

Nicole Hampton?

Detective Curtis?
Stewart.

You're under arrest
for the murder
of Rebecca Hampton.

You have the right
to remain silent.
Stewart!

Anything you say
can and will be
used against you

in a court of law.
Don't let them
do this to me!

Stewart!
You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,
one will be appointed to you.

You understand
these rights?
Yes, I understand.

Watch your head.

"Case number 1134.
People v. Andrew Hampton.

"One count
of attempted murder. "

My client
pleads not guilty.

People?

Your Honor,
the defendant was identified
by an eyewitness,

and can be linked
to the weapon.

It's a matter of luck
he's not here facing
a murder charge.

People request
half a million
dollars bail.

Something more reasonable,
Your Honor.

150 cash or bond.
That's thousands, Arthur.

May 15th. Next.

"Case number 1135.
People v. Nicole Hampton.

"One count of murder
in the second degree. "

These cases related,
Miss Carmichael?

Yes, Judge.
Mr. Hampton shot
Mr. Fox in order

to cover for this
defendant, who murdered
their mother, in 1978.

There is no jurisdiction
in this court...

Will you let her finish?

Your Honor,
the defendant

was 15 years old
at the time
of the alleged murder.

You dispute that,
Miss Carmichael?

No, Judge. But, this court
has concurrent jurisdiction

with the family court
for juvenile offenders
charged with murder.

Not in 1978, they didn't.

This is the relevant
penal law in effect
until 1979.

There is no
jurisdiction here.

So, let's not waste
anymore of the court's
valuable time.

It appears he's right.
People have an argument?

Not at this time.

Send Miss Hampton
across the street, Arthur.

This case is transferred
to family court
for arraignment.

Apologize to the lawyers
who've been waiting
in the hall.

This next case isn't
on the sign-in sheet.

"Docket number 931.

"In the Matter
of Nicole H."

Is this some
kind ofjoke?

Your Honor,
the respondent
is charged

with a crime
she allegedly committed,
when she was 15.

You want bail for this?

I want remand, Your Honor.
This is a murder case.

Well, I can send her
to juvenile detention,

where she will have
to attend sex-ed classes,

and play basketball
in the yard
with 14-year-olds.

She should not be
on the street.
The defendant...

Excuse me,
the respondent,
killed her mother

and concealed her acts
for 21 years.

Save it,
Miss Carmichael.
I'm moving to dismiss.

According to the law
in effect at the time
the crime was committed,

the best possible
outcome for the People,

is a juvenile
delinquency
adjudication,

and confinement
until age 21.

This whole thing
is a waste of time.

Do you care
to respond to that,
Miss Carmichael?

I'd like a few days,
Your Honor.

Sounds reasonable.

What do you want me
to do with her
in the meantime?

She's been remanded
to Vernon C. Bain.

Kiddie jail.
Let's hope the beds
aren't too short.

I'm not laughing.

Maybe next time
you won't get
caught flat-footed.

Abbie hasn't been around
as long as we have, Adam.

That's why
they print
the law books.

And who are the idiots
who forgot to
close the loophole?

Those idiots
are my friends.

Back then,
juvenile offenders
were treated

like misbehaving
children, not felons.

Rehabilitation
instead of punishment.
Another brilliant idea.

When that didn't work,
juvenile delinquents
became criminals again.

Little criminals.

If today's law applied,
Nicole Hampton would be
serving a life sentence.

I see. So, we
warehouse her.
For what?

You're defending
Nicole Hampton?

I'm questioning
the wisdom of treating
juveniles like adults.

I don't see
any convictions
on her rap sheet.

Drugs, guns, a couple
of botched marriages.

Maybe jail would have
straightened her out.

Or changed her
into a career criminal.

I feel like I'm back
in moot court.
Yes,

let's do something
about the here and now.

There has to be
some reasonable alternative

to dismissing the case.

It was never the law's intent
to create a loophole

for Miss Hampton
to slip through.

Then, it's up to
the state legislature
to fashion a remedy.

Not a judge
in a family court.

Assuming I could do
something, Mr. McCoy,
what would it be?

Apply the statute
that's now in effect.

Let us prosecute her
as a juvenile offender.

Well, if I did that
and she was convicted,

where would she serve
her sentence?

In an adult facility.

And what would
the maximum penalty be?

Nine-to-life.

You'd be treating her
more harshly now,
than you could back then.

If she was prosecuted
when she was 15,

she'd face five years
in a juvenile facility,

not a life sentence,
in a maximum-security prison.

Times have changed.
She is the one
who concealed her crime.

I have big problems
with this, Mr. McCoy.

There's no such thing
as a 35-year-old
juvenile delinquent.

So, how are we
supposed to
prosecute her?

I sympathize with you,
Mr. McCoy,

but, my hands are
tied by the statute.

Motion to dismiss is granted.
The respondent is released.

Mr. McCoy,
do you plan to appeal
the judge's ruling?

Possibly. I'm not sure
the court's decision
was wrong.

So, you finally catch
Rebecca Hampton's killer,

and there's nothing
you can do about it?
We're still looking into it.

Do you have anything to
say to Johnny Franchetta?

If and when I do,
I'll say it to him
in person.

Now, if you'll excuse us.

Miss Hampton, do you admit
that you killed your mother
in 1978?

She has no comment.

How does it feel
to get away
with murder?

Deal with them, Andrew.
No more questions.

Please, let us through.

Great work,
people. Wonderful.

We tried to handle
the media.

Looks like the media
handled us.

Man-handled
is more like it.

So much for
keeping it low-key.

This woman
killed her mother,

and let an innocent
man go to jail.

You're telling me
there's nothing
we can do about it?

It's not our fault, Adam.
There's a glitch in the law.

So, I just sit here
and dodge the flak.

Yes.

Put him through.

We're filing a civil action
against The Ledger.

It's going to be hard
to prove our case,

unless you convict
Nicole Hampton.

It's not our job
to grease
the wheels for you.

We're as upset
about it as you are.

He did the 20 years.

You blew the chance
to have him
acquitted in 1978.

Now, wait a second.

Johnny got the best
defense money could buy.

Or, you get what you pay for.
We cleared Mr. Franchetta,

because we interviewed
witnesses.

And scrutinized
police reports.

Don't lay it all on me.
Your people missed it, too.

We didn't
represent him.

Somebody's going
to compensate me
for what happened.

I wouldn't push it,
Mr. Franchetta.

There's no statute
of limitations
on unreported

sexual offenses
against minors.

What sex offense?

You raped
Nicole Hampton.

Rape?

The little bitch
threw herself at me.

Talk to us,
Mr. Franchetta.

What, so you can
throw me back in jail?

Assuming it was
only statutory rape,

you've more than
served your time.

I'd be careful
here, Johnny.

Yeah, right.
Like last time.

Me and Nicole,
we had a thing.

You had a sexual
relationship with
a 15-year-old?

Fifteen going on 40.
You have the letters?

Nicole wrote him
for about three years,
after he went upstate.

"My dearest Johnny.

"I think about you more,
now that you're not here.

"The way you used
to touch my body

"with your strong hands. "

You get the picture.

So much for rape.

Nicole Hampton
killed her mother

to eliminate
the competition.

Hmm. Still nothing
we can do about it.

"That thing Andrew
said at your trial

"about pointing the gun
at my mother,

"he told me
it never happened. "

Her brother lied
at the trial.

Why didn't you raise this
in Mr. Franchetta's appeal?

The appeal was denied
before he got that.

Andrew lied to
protect his sister.

You could argue
he was her accomplice.

And he was 17.
Not a juvenile.

You'll make us copies?

We plan to charge
Mr. Hampton with murder
in the second degree.

This is an outrage.
Mr. McCoy can't
prosecute the real killer,

so he trumps up
a charge against
Mr. Hampton.

What do you want me
to do, Ms. Walsh?

Stop this railroad job
before it gets started.

All right, calm down.

What about this, Mr. McCoy?

Andrew Hampton lied
at a murder trial
20 years ago,

in order to fabricate
a conviction against
an innocent man.

Doesn't make out murder.
Perjury, hindering
prosecution, maybe.

He concocted an alibi
with his sister,

so she could slip out of
school and kill their mother.

He's doing this,
so Adam Schiff can

clean some of
the egg off his face.

I'm doing this
because I think
your client

was complicit
in a murder.

I can't stop him,
Ms. Walsh.

Sounds like he can
make a case.

What's this going
to accomplish, Jack?

I have no intentions
of trying Andrew Hampton

for the murder
of his mother.

But, he might
implicate his sister
in the Fox shooting.

We have no proof
she was involved.

I don't know that,
and you don't know that.

She's manipulated
him for 21 years.
Why not this time?

Well, how far you
going to push it?

Until one of them breaks.

I have a life sentence
to use as leverage.

Oh, my God!

Two nights in here,
and I got lice.

What you're doing
to my brother
is despicable!

He concealed
your crime in 1978.

The two of you
shot Gerald Fox to
protect your secret.

I had nothing
to do with that.

She didn't, Mr. McCoy.

Why should
we believe you?

She's been using you
as her doormat
for the last 20 years.

It's a nice theory,
but, what are you going
to present to the jury?

This dime-store
psychology?

We're not going to a jury.
We're gonna work out
a couple of pleas right here.

Of course,
if Miss Hampton won't admit
to acting as an accomplice

in the Fox shooting,
then I'll try her brother

as an accomplice
in the murder
of Rebecca Hampton.

You're blackmailing me.

What kind of deal
are we talking about?

Five years then,
five years now.

A gesture, acknowledging
her responsibility.

Responsibility for what?

The murder
of your mother.

Nicole?

Are you crazy?

There it is,
Mr. Hampton.

What do you
want me to do?

Tell us exactly
how your sister
was involved

In the Fox shooting.

She didn't do anything.

You're willing to go
to jail for 25 years
to protect her?

She never asked
for any protection,
for anything.

Even when
she needed it.

With Johnny Franchetta?

He took
advantage of her.

Your sister
seduced him.
That's a lie.

She killed your mother
so she could have him
all to herself.

Oh, please!
We have the letters

she wrote to him
in prison.

"Dearest Johnny,

"my friend says that
they have these trailers

"where they
let you do it.

"If they have
one at your jail,

"maybe I could
come visit you. "

Come on, Andrew,
it was a joke.

A bikini shot.
Was that a joke, too?

I felt sorry for him.

I don't
understand, Nicole.

They're just doing this,
because I got away
with something.

You were sleeping
with him!

You told me
it was mom's fault.
You little whore!

Don't call me
that, Andrew!

You said
you were raped.

You'll say
whatever it takes
to get your way!

She didn't give
a damn about us!

All the times I came,
and rescued you in
the middle of the night!

I needed you.

You never even
thought about me.
It was always you.

You!

No, we always
looked out
for each other.

Remember what
you said, Andrew?

Two people
in a lifeboat.

As soon as
you're ready,
Mr. Hampton.

My sister

told me what time
Fox went to work.

No, he's lying.

She told me to shoot Fox,

or they'd find out
what she did.

Mr. McCoy, my brother's
been in therapy.

He's got a lot of problems.
How could you do this to me?

Maybe he's doing it
for himself.

I'm dropping
the murder charge
against you.

And you're under arrest
for the attempted murder
of Gerald Fox.

Son of a bitch.

Andrew Hampton
accepted our offer.

Attempted Man One,
six to 12 years in jail.

Well, hopefully
his sister
will be joining him.

You don't think he can
convince a jury
Nicole put him up to it?

I think
she'll toss her hair
back a few times,

and convince them
she didn't.

Pretty cynical, Abbie.

Well, if that doesn't work,
she could always give
an interview to The Ledger.

Hmm.