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NARRATOR: In the criminal
justice system,
sexually based offenses
are considered
especially heinous.
In New York City,
the dedicated detectives
who investigate
these vicious felonies
are members
of an elite squad known
as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
Morning.
Weekend quiet, I hope.
Yep, except the blackouts
Friday night on 58.
What the hell happened?
Friedman and Sons.
Scheduled
renovation rewiring.
Oh, yeah.
Cameras come back
online okay?
Tony's checking it now.
Boss, you better
see this.
What's wrong?
She's there.
Then the power
went out.
Someone pulled her
into the men's room.
Call the cops,
Special Victims Unit,
and let's search 58.
Hey, do you mind?
Sorry.
Lady, come on!
No evidence of a crime.
Look at the picture.
A guy pulled a woman
into the men's room.
It screamed ***.
Well, you can't
have a ***
without a victim.
Thanks.
We're on it.
Cleaning woman,
Valerie Martin,
swiped her lD badge
into the building
Friday night at 6:00 p.
m.
but never swiped out.
Okay, could she have left
without using her badge?
No, she would have
set off the alarm.
What floors
does Valerie clean?
This one and
the one below.
Already searched 57,
boss.
You check
the storage rooms
and utility closets?
Yes, sir.
Any unoccupied
office space?
There's an empty suite,
northeast corner.
Janitors use it
for storage.
Ready?
(VALERlE MOANlNG)
STABLER: Rise and shine.
(VALERlE GASPS)
Valerie Martin?
Martin.
You've been here
all weekend.
I got roommates.
Me and Hector
needed some privacy.
Let's get them dressed
and out of here.
TONY: All right,
you two, let's go.
If that's Valerie,
who's this?
STABLER: And where
the hell is she?
So Jane Doe gets yanked
into the 58th floor
men's room.
Any video showing
how she got up there?
No record of her
entering the building.
No video of her face.
No sign of her anywhere.
Other than
the cleaning woman,
anybody else spend
the weekend here?
All workers
and visitors
who entered the building
Friday morning are
on record as leaving.
How we doing
on the canvass?
Before 8:00 a.
m.
,
Captain.
It's going to
be a few hours
until everyone's present
and accounted for.
Get patrol to
help you out.
Hopkins, what the hell
is going on here?
Richard Morgan,
owns the building.
Police situation, sir.
There may be a crime victim
missing on the premises.
I'm Captain Cragen.
These are Detectives
Stabler and Benson.
They're not searching
without a warrant, Richard.
Each of our tenants
has a right to privacy.
Which we have no intention
of violating, Ms
Block.
Ingrid's
my chief counsel.
Runs my life.
I'm telling you, Richard,
if we let them traipse
through every office,
we could be in breach
of our leases.
Mmm-hmm.
This woman is somewhere
in your building.
Maybe hurt,
barely alive.
We really need
your cooperation.
You got it.
What else can we do?
Put the word out to
all of your tenants
to get us the name
of anybody who didn't
show up for work.
Done.
Hopkins,
keep me posted.
Updates every hour.
Yes, ma'am.
Unit one, please repeat.
What's up?
CSU wants you on 58.
Men's room.
Blood smears
all over this wall.
Nothing on the stalls
or the sink.
Or on the floor.
How did the perp
manage that?
No idea.
Even if he
cleaned up with bleach,
there'd still be
traces of blood.
Ghosts don't bleed,
so she's got to be here.
Now you've got
a bloody victim,
five minutes of blackout
to get rid of her.
What's the quickest
way out?
Service elevators
in the trash room
down the hall.
These elevators
have a camera?
Yeah.
They weren't
affected by
the power shutdown.
We checked the video.
Didn't see our perp
or the victim.
Any cameras
in the stairwell?
Nope, they're never used.
Could he have
gotten her out this way
without setting off
the alarm?
Sure, if he knew
the combination.
Ready when you are.
Do it.
Floors look clean.
Walls.
There's something
on the trash can.
Yeah, we've got
blood inside.
When and where
does the trash go out?
The dumpsters out
by the loading dock.
Right about now.
FlN: Hey, hey!
Whoa! Whoa!
Stop that thing!
Hey, hey!
Drop it! Drop it! Police!
BENSON:
You find anything?
Check it out.
Bloody paper towels.
Must have used it to
clean up the bathroom.
Everybody grab
a dumpster.
FlN: Whoa.
Don't even bother.
Oh, God.
(EXHALES)
Wrapped her up
nice and tight.
Hope he left trace evidence
inside for Warner.
CSU combed
the dumpsters.
Nothing other
than the corpse.
How did the perp get
into the men's room
without being seen?
Well, it had to be
during the first blackout,
which means he knew
when the 58th floor
was going to go dark.
Victim walks
down the hallway.
He pulls her in
a split second before
blackout number two.
The timing is too precise
to be a random grab.
He must have known her
and lured her there.
Then what?
He bashed her head in.
That explains the blood
on the bathroom wall.
He laid down plastic
so her blood wouldn't
get on the floor.
Then he wraps her up.
He wipes up the blood.
Drags her
down this hallway
into the trash room.
He knew
the blackout schedule,
when the garbage
got picked up,
and his escape route.
Had to be
an inside job.
We're interviewing
all the maintenance
and security employees.
It's amazing
he pulled it off.
What's even more amazing,
it happened before.
When?
October 1987.
Nancy Pierce, 27.
***, strangled,
and left to decompose
in an air vent
two blocks away
at Trent Towers.
Perp got away with it?
Perp got popped.
Daniel Hardy,
maintenance man
at Trent Towers,
doing the full monty
at Sing Sing
for Nancy's ***.
So he's been in prison
for two decades.
Can't be the same guy.
Unless he had
an accomplice
we never collared.
Well, hopefully,
Jane Doe will tell us more
when she's unwrapped.
Any word from Warner?
She said
she's swamped.
It's going to
be a few hours.
Well, take a good book
to the M.
E.
's, John.
Liv, Elliot,
head up to Sing Sing.
See if Mr.
Hardy
had help murdering
Nancy Pierce.
I didn't have a partner,
because I didn't kill Nancy.
STABLER: You're eligible
for parole in three years.
Now, the board
could let you go,
you come clean.
I'm not going to admit
to what I didn't do.
Then why won't you
look at her?
Because I loved her.
And she loved me.
BENSON: Until
she didn't anymore.
So you *** her and
choked her to death.
They found ***
inside her that
matched your blood type.
Except it wasn't mine.
I was convicted
before there was DNA.
Take a swab from me.
Compare it.
It's not our job.
Call your lawyer.
Really?
My lawyer gave up after
the Supreme Court ruled
we didn't have the right
to demand DNA tests
to prove our innocence.
If I *** Nancy,
if I killed her,
then why would
I ask you to do this?
CLERK: Here you go.
If we find the DNA from
Nancy Pierce's ***,
we should run it.
Because you think
Hardy's innocent?
(CELL PHONE RlNGlNG)
Because I once put
an innocent man away
in prison
before we had DNA.
Benson.
MUNCH: Liv, Warner's
unwrapping Jane Doe now.
We'll send you
a photograph.
She's got head trauma
and a wide ligature
on her neck.
Do you recognize her?
Renee Simmons.
She was a secretary
in Mr.
Morgan's
accounting department.
BENSON: And why didn't
you report her missing?
Because she wasn't.
She wasn't speaking
to you, Counselor.
I laid off Renee
and 12 others
Friday morning.
We collected
their lD badges
and swiped them out.
They all left
the building immediately.
Is there a reason
Renee would come back
Friday night?
Clean out her office?
We did it for her.
I'll handle this,
lngrid.
You don't have
to answer to them.
Ingrid, please.
Renee is dead.
We're going
to need to speak
with her coworkers.
Maybe one of them
knows who did this.
Well, anyone
who knew Renee
knows who did this.
Her husband,
Matt Simmons.
Guy went nuts
after she divorced him.
What do you
mean "nuts"?
Enough for an order
of protection.
But we couldn't
legally keep him
out of the building.
He works for
Friedman and Sons
as a stockbroker
on the 58th floor.
Simmons didn't
swipe out.
Well, if Renee
left the building
after being laid off,
how did her ex
get her back in
without being seen?
FlN: Let's ask him.
Hey, Matt!
Got a sec?
FlN: Hey!
Where are you going?
He's closed.
Weed.
Felony weight.
At least eight ounces.
No wonder
you had the munchies.
Please cut me a break
on the weed, man.
The SEC will yank
my trading license.
Your license?
Your whole life is about
to go up in smoke, pal.
Renee? Oh, my God.
Was she the one
that was killed
on the 58th floor?
You should know.
Medical Examiner says
you bashed her head in
and strangled her.
No, I didn't do that.
Yeah, you did.
You wrapped her up,
hauled her down the steps,
and dumped her
like some trash.
(STUTTERlNG)
I didn't kill Renee.
I swear.
FlN: This was
your big chance.
You knew they were
going to cut the power
to your office,
and you knew
she got laid off.
And you knew
she needed money.
Is that how you
lured her back, Matt?
Offer to give her some?
FlN: Had her
creep in through
the loading dock,
walk up all those steps
to the 58th
where you snatched her
in the men's bathroom?
Please!
Why would I kill her?
The same reason she got
a restraining order
against you.
You're obsessed.
I was pissed.
She was banging
that *** ball
boss of hers, Morgan.
Richard Morgan?
How do you know that?
I followed them.
Lunch at the same hotel
every Tuesday.
What they were eating
wasn't on any menu.
I wanted Renee
out of my life.
But not like this.
Richard Morgan, 56.
CEO of RichMo lnvestments.
Fifteen years on
the Fortune 500.
Big philanthropist.
Martial arts enthusiast.
He teaches karate to
underprivileged kids.
Also a tenant at
Trent Towers in 1987
when Nancy Pierce
was murdered there.
BENSON: Same MO
as Renee Simmons,
same *** weapon.
Ligature marks
are identical.
Twenty-two years
between murders
is a long time.
If Morgan is our guy,
why no similar killings?
Maybe he just
didn't need to.
Or we haven't found
his other victims yet.
We think he was
screwing Nancy
way back when?
He was having an affair
with Renee Simmons.
He could have
killed them both to
cover up his dalliances.
Or some other secret
they learned
during pillow talk.
And Daniel Hardy
takes the fall.
Anything in
Nancy Pierce's case file
that can help us?
There are vouchers
for blood and ***
from her body.
I've got
the property clerk
looking for them now.
Well, I meant anything
that could help us
suss out Morgan's motive
for killing Nancy.
Well, according to
Morgan's testimony
at Hardy's trial,
it was all Hardy.
Let's see.
"Daniel Hardy
had the master keys
to the building.
"
"Daniel Hardy
had a temper.
"
Ah.
Listen to this one.
"That night, I saw
Hardy yelling at Nancy
in the hallway.
"Next thing any of us knew,
she had disappeared.
"
Morgan was master
of the universe.
I was a slave,
a nobody.
I still am.
STABLER: Okay.
Nancy.
She was an accountant?
She was a junior partner
at a small firm.
Around the time
she disappeared
Did she seem nervous?
No, the opposite.
She was excited.
She tells me
she's gonna pay for me
to go to college.
She was going to
buy an apartment.
That she was
going to be rich.
How rich?
Half a million bucks.
From Morgan.
He was going to
buy out her firm.
Nancy was gonna
take her piece of the action
and quit.
He flipped out.
Said she had to stay on
to get the money.
The next day,
goes back to the office
to get her stuff.
And then, Sunday
They find her dead.
Nancy was murdered Friday,
October 23rd, 1987.
That was four days
after the stock market crashed
on Black Monday.
Now, the market
tanks again.
Any cat with
Morgan's kind of scratch
must have taken a bath.
Well, that's reason
to lay people off,
not motive to
*** two women.
Not if he had
something to hide that
both women knew about.
MUNCH: Like his money.
What do you got?
Richard Morgan
is broke.
Morgan's books show
investments
totaling almost
But all his accessible
bank accounts show
that he only has
$5 million on deposit.
So he would
have been wiped out
if one of his big
clients cashed out.
Or a bunch of smaller ones.
We called some of them.
Morgan's been stalling
on paying them back.
It sounds like he went
to the Bernie Madoff
school of investing.
Makes sense to me.
That's more
than enough motive
to *** Nancy Pierce
and Renee Simmons.
They both worked
in accounting.
They both had access
to his books.
They must have stumbled
onto his Ponzi scheme.
Renee didn't just
stumble onto it.
Buddy at the lRS said
she was their informant.
He found out,
he whacked her,
and he tried to
blame it on the ex.
Old habits die hard.
And two women
paid with their lives.
This guy knows
we're onto him.
He's going to skip town.
Not if we clip
his wings first.
MORGAN: Guy shows me
the yacht he buys
with his bailout bonus.
(BLOCK LAUGHS)
And you know what he says?
"Your tax dollars at work.
"
(ALL LAUGHlNG)
I'm done with you guys
harassing my client.
We've only just started.
Stand up, Mr.
Morgan.
You're under arrest for
Fraud and Grand Larceny.
You're ruining
his reputation.
Save it for arraignment,
Counselor.
It'll all work out.
Excuse me.
"Docket ending 2-4-5.
People v.
Richard Morgan.
"Charges are"
Is this right?
Two hundred and thirty
counts each,
Grand Larceny and Fraud
in the First Degree,
and 20 counts of
lncome Tax Evasion?
Your Honor,
you're looking
at Bernard Madoff,
The Karate Kid edition.
That's prejudicial, Judge.
I want her censured.
MASKlN: I don't see any
jury here, Ms.
Block,
and she certainly
isn't going to prejudice me.
How do you plead,
Mr.
Morgan?
Not guilty.
The defendant
has a private plane
and ample means
to flee the country.
We request
remand to Rikers.
Remand is excessive.
My client wasn't charged
with a violent crime.
Yet.
Mr.
Morgan is
also being investigated
for *** and ***.
And when he's charged
with either of those,
he'll await trial
in Rikers.
The defendant will
surrender his passport
and be confined
to his home
with an electronic
monitoring device.
Bail is denied.
We're in recess.
Press is staked out
at every exit.
News travels fast.
Boy, you're not kidding.
The US Attorney called.
They're indicting
tomorrow.
Well, if we're going
to get Morgan
on those murders,
it's now or never.
You're wasting
my client's time.
BENSON:
Well, your client
better get used
to having a lot of time
on his hands.
But that's not all
he has on his hands,
though, is it?
Is something
about this funny?
MORGAN: Well,
I was just thinking
about your accusation
that I bilked my clients
out of hundreds of
millions of dollars.
You don't seem
too sorry,
considering you ruined
a lot of lives.
Including the poor ***
who's sitting in prison
for the ***
you committed 22 years ago.
As memory serves,
Daniel Hardy was convicted
by a jury of his peers.
It's interesting that
you remember his name.
I don't know
what you mean.
If you had DNA to
prove any of this,
we wouldn't be
having this little chat.
Unless you're going to
arrest my client again,
he's going home.
I am going to
get Daniel Hardy
out of prison.
And make sure
he takes every cent
that you have left.
Good luck on
your hamster wheel.
Shall we?
That ***
will do anything
to protect his money.
Even the ice princess
can't get him out of this.
MAN: You ruined me!
(GUN FlRlNG)
(PEOPLE CLAMORlNG)
COP: Drop the gun!
Drop it! Now!
Okay.
Calm down, sir.
Get against the wall.
Get against the wall.
No pulse.
What the hell happened?
We were taking Morgan out
when the old geezer
got off the elevator
and shot him.
He stole everything
from me.
All I've worked for
my whole life is gone.
You okay?
I'm fine.
BLOCK: I heard him
the first time.
He pointed the gun
right at me,
and then he fired.
Twice.
I saw the blood on me
and thought I was hit.
Well, that's really
all I need from you.
Is there somebody
that I can call
to take you home?
No.
But thank you.
I'm sorry
about your client.
STABLER: The guy's name
is Thomas Rooney,
Wife recently died of cancer.
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Morgan would not
give him his money back.
FlN: Tutuola.
Said he had
nothing left to lose.
How did he know
that Morgan was here?
El, property clerk
on two.
Yeah, Stabler.
I've got vouchers
that say it is there.
Well, just Okay.
Yeah, thanks.
DNA from the Nancy Pierce
case is gone.
Which means Daniel Hardy
is now officially,
eternally screwed.
He is staying in prison
for the rest of
his miserable life.
BENSON: Miss Block!
Miss Block.
Everything okay?
Yes.
I'm sorry.
I realized I just
need to ask you
a few more questions.
So, if you don't mind.
I've told you everything
about the shooting.
BENSON: This isn't
about the shooting.
This is about the pictures
of the two women that
your client murdered.
I saw how disturbed
you were by the photos,
Counselor.
And yet, when your boss
of 25 years gets murdered
in cold blood
right in front of you,
you seem relieved.
Why is that?
I don't know.
Yes, you do.
You've known all along.
I don't know what
you want me to tell you.
I just want the truth.
Did you help Richard Morgan
carry out his Ponzi scheme?
Absolutely not.
Did you know
about it?
No.
I had suspicions.
But I was his lawyer.
The attorney-client privilege
forbade me
from revealing anything
Richard ever said to me.
That *** stole
millions of dollars.
He killed two women.
He never told me
he planned
to kill anyone.
Come on, Liv.
Ask her about Hardy.
I'm gonna rake it
out of that ***.
Hold on, Elliot.
You're not going
anywhere.
BLOCK: What do you
want from me?
BENSON: Something
that will help us
free Daniel Hardy.
I can't help you
with that.
Well, you are
his only chance.
Thomas Rooney
made sure of that
when he murdered your boss.
I have a duty to preserve
my client's confidentiality.
He's dead.
The law says
it doesn't matter.
Richard Morgan let
an innocent man
take the fall for a ***
that he committed.
I took an oath.
You're protecting
a corpse!
My life was
protecting him.
Don't you understand?
If I betray him now,
I betray everything
I've stood for.
Ingrid.
Morgan's gone.
You don't have to
cover for him anymore.
An innocent man
is gonna spend
the rest of his life
in prison.
Unless you step up.
I realized Richard
murdered Renee Simmons
on Friday afternoon.
After he did it.
Because he told you?
He didn't have to,
but I knew.
Because I knew 22 years ago
he murdered Nancy Pierce.
How did you know?
Have you ever seen
a shadow box?
Sure, a small display case
that you hang on the wall.
Richard had one
in his office.
It held every karate belt
he'd ever earned.
I didn't see that
in his office
the other day.
Because
last Friday afternoon,
Richard brought it
to my office
and asked if I could
hold onto it for a while.
After he murdered
Renee Simmons.
So, you're saying,
that Richard Morgan
did the exact
same thing
in Trent Towers.
Richard brought me
the shadow box
that day, too.
Said he was renovating
and asked if he could
leave it with me.
We were all in shock
when Nancy's body
was found,
and Richard was busy
with his renovation.
It got me thinking.
I knew he'd
just bought out
Nancy's accounting firm
and that
she wanted to leave.
It didn't take a genius
to put two and two together.
So several days later,
I asked him
if he had anything to do
with Nancy's ***.
And he said
"As a matter of fact,
yes.
"
I pleaded with him.
I told him,
"Richard, Dan Hardy,
the maintenance guy,
"is going to jail
for killing her.
"
Do you know what he did?
(SCOFFS)
He giggled and said,
"l know.
Isn't it great?"
So, all these years
You've known
that Daniel Hardy
is an innocent man.
There isn't
a day that goes by
that I haven't thought
about that poor man.
Yeah, boo-hoo-hoo.
She let him rot in prison
for two decades.
What the hell is
wrong with her?
CABOT: If she had
come forward,
she would have
been disbarred.
Maybe gone to prison.
For providing evidence
that would set a wrongfully
accused man free?
Only Massachusetts
allows an attorney
to break privilege
if he or she knows
of actual innocence.
And since privilege
doesn't die
with the client,
she just committed
career suicide.
BENSON: So what did
you do with the box
after you realized
why Morgan gave it to you
the first time?
I went home.
I couldn't sleep.
The next day when
I came into the office,
it was gone.
When I went
to see Richard,
it was already
back on his wall.
BENSON: And now?
Is it still in your office?
BLOCK: Yes.
In the back
of the credenza,
behind my desk.
He wasn't lying.
I found Nancy's
epithelial cells
all over the belt.
And Morgan's.
Arrogant ***
didn't even clean it up.
He just hung it
back on his wall like
he was untouchable.
Lucky for us.
Lucky for us lngrid Block
cleared her conscience.
She did us
a huge solid.
Yeah, 22 years too late.
There's more.
I found Renee Simmons' DNA
and blood on the belt, too.
That's why
the ligature marks look
the same as Nancy's.
The son of a ***
used the same belt
to *** both women.
And now, we have
bulletproof evidence
that Morgan killed Nancy,
and Daniel Hardy did not.
HARDY: You want to tell me
what's going on?
STABLER: You're
getting out, Daniel.
That simple.
It's over.
Richard Morgan.
He killed Nancy.
Richard Morgan.
Are you sure
about that?
Both their DNA was
on the karate belt
that he used to
strangle her.
The belt
from his office?
How did you find out?
Because I gave it
to them.
You?
You're Morgan's attorney.
Until he was killed
two nights ago.
Did you know
Richard killed Nancy?
Did you know that
Richard killed Nancy?
You knew.
You knew, and you
didn't say anything.
The law says
I couldn't.
(SHOUTS) The law?
You had that power
to get me out
and you didn't
say anything?
You let me sit here?
How do you live
with yourself?
Twenty years!
Let's go.
DONNELLY: The English judge,
William Blackstone, said,
"Better that 10
guilty persons escape
than one innocent suffer.
"
I am sad to say
that in this case,
our system fell far short
of that standard.
This court can
never repay you
the years you were
wrongfully imprisoned.
I can only apologize
for this gross
miscarriage of justice
which made you a victim.
That said, Daniel Hardy,
I am hereby setting aside
your conviction of ***
in the Second Degree.
I order
your record expunged
and your immediate
release from custody
of the State
Department of Corrections.
We are adjourned.
(GAVEL POUNDS)
Thank you
for everything.
I just wish there was
more we could do.
There is.
Ingrid Block?
Detective Stabler.
You're under arrest for
facilitating a ***.
Elliot, what are
you doing?
I'm getting justice
for Renee Simmons.
She put the ***
weapon right back
in Richard Morgan's hands.
So do you understand
your rights as I've
explained them to you?
I've already told you
everything I know,
and I'll act
as my own attorney.
Well, if I were you,
I'd hire someone
more ethical.
Detective Stabler,
please, understand
You can save that
for a jury.
Do you have any idea
what you've just done?
The job I was
hired to do.
You didn't clear
this arrest with me
or Alex.
You didn't even
tell your partner.
(SlGHS)
I followed the law.
We're not finished,
Detective.
Though you're
awfully close.
Captain,
it was a good collar.
I read
the facilitation statute.
Proof that
a little knowledge
is a dangerous thing.
Morgan gave his lawyer
the black belt he used
to strangle
his first victim.
She returned it to him.
Which she had
a legal right to do
to preserve
attorney-client privilege.
Ingrid Block knew
Morgan had killed once.
She knew he was capable
of doing it again.
When she handed
that belt back to him,
she facilitated
Renee Simmons' ***.
I am tired of
defense attorneys hiding
behind privilege
to withhold evidence.
STABLER: Ms.
Block
told us that in 1987,
Mr.
Morgan
confessed to her
that he had
strangled Nancy Pierce
with the black belt
from this box.
And how do you know
Mr.
Morgan later
killed Ms.
Simmons
with the same
black belt?
His DNA was on the belt
with both victims'.
Thank you, Detective.
Nothing further.
Detective Stabler,
who is this man?
Objection.
BLOCK: Goes to
the witness' credibility.
Overruled.
Answer
the question, Detective.
That is Victor Tate.
I arrested him
in 1998 for ***.
Did you later learn
he did not commit
that crime?
Yes.
Where is Victor Tate
now, Detective?
He's serving out
his sentence
in Sing Sing.
How is that possible
if he's innocent?
The only man that can
prove he is innocent,
the real ***,
committed suicide.
While in police custody.
So an innocent man
remains in prison
even though
you did your job.
Yes.
Detective Stabler,
do you believe
I'm responsible
for leaving
Daniel Hardy in prison?
Yes, I do.
But that's not
the only reason
you arrested me.
You did it to assuage
your own guilt about
Victor Tate, correct?
CABOT: Objection.
Withdrawn.
Nothing further.
As a lawyer, I took
an oath never to reveal
a client's secrets.
This trust is so sacred
it is protected by law.
Which means that
if you, you, or you
are ever arrested,
you can be sure
I will maintain
your confidentiality.
Attorney-client privilege
is a fundamental basis
to your right
to a fair trial.
Richard Morgan gave
this shadow box to me
in 1987
and admitted
using the black belt
to strangle Nancy Pierce.
Because he knew
I couldn't tell
the police.
I agonized about it.
I knew
I couldn't keep this,
because I'd be guilty
of obstructing justice
by concealing evidence.
My only legal option
was to give it back.
But before I could,
the shadow box disappeared
from my office.
To this day,
I have no idea how
Richard got it back.
Your witness.
So the belts
were stolen
and magically reappeared
on Richard Morgan's
office wall.
Did you ask him
how it happened?
Yes, he wouldn't tell me.
But of course,
you have no way to
prove this, do you?
Because your only
corroborating witness
is Richard Morgan,
and he's dead.
Correct?
I'm telling the truth.
Really? Because you
just told this court
you had a sacred duty
to protect client
confidentiality,
which you violated,
did you not?
To get an innocent man
out of prison.
If you were so concerned
about Daniel Hardy,
why didn't you come
forward 22 years ago?
Every day,
I wanted to come forward.
A wrongfully
convicted man sat in prison
because of my actions.
Until you decided
to break your oath.
And you did break it,
didn't you?
Richard was dead.
There was no way
my revelations
could hurt him.
So, which is it?
Keep the oath?
Break the oath?
Keep the belts?
Give the belts back?
I told you.
They disappeared
from my office.
And into
Richard Morgan's hands.
He used this black belt
to *** Renee Simmons.
You're right.
I should have
stopped him.
It's my fault.
Renee Simmons' ***
is my fault.
No more questions.
You really took
her apart in there.
I'll take that
as a compliment.
Alex.
(SlGHlNG)
This is wrong.
Am I missing something?
The only reason
we're in that courtroom
is because
you arrested
lngrid Block.
I think I made a mistake.
I want you
to drop the charges.
Too late.
McCoy certainly
won't let me,
and after what
I just did in there,
the jury has no choice
but to convict.
Unless I give them one.
If I didn't owe you one,
I'd never let you
bring me back.
Why are we here?
The guy
with his back to us.
What about him?
He's you.
What are you
talking about?
His name is Victor Tate.
I collared him
Last year, I found out
he didn't do it.
I screwed up.
He's going to be
serving out his sentence.
Nothing you can
do for him?
No.
But you can
for lngrid Block.
You want me
to help her?
Do you remember
Richard's karate belts?
What about them?
I don't think lngrid
gave them back to Richard
after Nancy's ***.
Someone with access
to her office did.
Block stole
Revenge isn't
going to get them back.
Helping that ***
going to get him out?
What do you care?
Her hands were
tied by the law.
Listen, man,
she should be punished
for what she did to me.
Richard Morgan
put you in here.
He's the one who stole
those years from you.
Now if lngrid Block
hadn't come forward,
that would be you.
You'd be pushing a mop
for the rest of your life.
Wednesday, October 28th, 1987
was my first day back to work
after my girlfriend,
Nancy Pierce's, funeral.
As soon as I came in,
I got a call
from Mr.
Morgan.
What did he want?
He asked me to
take the shadow box
out of your office
and put it back up
on his wall.
Why would he send you?
I was a building
maintenance man.
I had a master key.
Did you carry out
his request?
Yes, I did.
Why didn't you tell me
what you'd done?
Mr.
Morgan said
if I did, he'd fire me.
You didn't think
that was unusual?
When Mr.
Morgan asked,
I delivered.
What did he do
when you brought
the box back to him?
He smiled.
And then said,
"When you've
got a black belt,
you can do anything.
"
The next thing I know,
I'm being arrested
for Nancy's ***.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
No questions
for this witness.
The defense rests.
Mr.
Hardy,
you may step down.
Rebuttal, Miss Cabot?
None, Your Honor.
Then the defense moves
for a directed verdict
of not guilty
on the grounds
the People have not proven
beyond a reasonable doubt
I facilitated the ***
of Renee Simmons.
As reluctant as I am
to take this decision
away from the jury,
it's clear that
the defendant
had absolutely no intent
to commit a crime.
And for the record,
it is abhorrent to me
that a District Attorney
would so blatantly use
our system of justice
as a means to
a political end.
The defendant will rise.
Ingrid Block,
I find you not guilty
in facilitating a ***.
This court is adjourned.
(CLEARS THROAT)
I owe you an apology,
Counselor.
And I owe
all of you thanks.
Miss Cabot,
I represent Thomas Rooney
on his *** charge.
He's 80-years-old.
He's sick.
Any way you can
plead him out?
I'll see
what I can do.
Ingrid's a glutton
for punishment,
defending the guy
who murdered her boss.
I get it.
It's her way of helping
one of Morgan's victims.
If it were me,
I'd move on.
Well, maybe she's
grateful to Rooney
for taking the monkey
off her back.
Or she has
a guilty conscience.
STABLER: You called Rooney
two hours before
he murdered Morgan.
BENSON: You told him
that Morgan was here,
didn't you?
Did you tell Rooney
to kill him, too?
No, I just told him
where Richard would be.
But you knew
he was ready to explode.
You just lit the fuse.
All I did was
make a phone call.
Knowing that we'd never
be able to touch you.
Thomas Rooney did
what I should have done
I always hoped the law
would catch up with Richard.
The law doesn't
always guarantee justice.
But this time, I did.