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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.
Thirty-two-year-old white
female.
Blunt force trauma.
Victim's missing vehicle
pointed to a car-jacking.
You locate
her vehicle?
A burned-out hull
in the next county.
Did the pathologist uncover
distal skull fractures?
Yes, he did.
The scene's staged.
Was there
evidence of *** assault?
Nothing probative.
Was she in
a relationship?
A fianc�.
We looked at him.
I'd take another look.
A lot
of overkill for a robbery.
The rage is personal.
Were the signs of lividity
consistent with body position?
Did you get a chance to look
at those photos I sent you?
There are 82 members
who would be glad to help.
Present to the group.
Take
advantage of our expertise.
Vidocq's swamped.
There
isn't an open slot for a year.
Chester, stop
being so stubborn.
Ten years is a long time
to hold on to a case.
Then I'm asking you, Pen.
Your victim was dumped.
Sort through everything.
Determine
what belongs and what doesn't.
If he made mistakes,
I didn't find any.
Not yet.
Also,
re-interview any witnesses.
There weren't any.
That's not exactly true.
There was one.
Mmm.
What are you selling, Brett?
Criminal defense.
Yeah.
Hard to imagine.
You've worked Sex Crimes longer than
most and you're still passionate.
We need you.
Yeah, well, it's harder to care
when your clients are guilty.
Ours are accused
of SEC violations,
not diddling some
four-year-old on a playground.
Look, I'm sorry.
I have to go.
No more late night calls.
No
more *** victims and dead kids.
How do you sleep at night?
I don't.
Captain, we heard it was a cop shooting.
Everyone's using their cell phones.
How'd the press
get wind?
They followed the line
of brass out of 1 PP.
So, you have one dead cop and
one wounded.
Why are we here?
Because I fought for it.
Control this crime scene.
Well, who's our victim?
Precinct Detective
Edward Kralik.
Any suspects?
Yeah, one.
You're not
allowed to question him,
nothing is searched without a
warrant and you keep me on speed dial.
Who the hell is he?
Detective Chester Lake.
I see the circus is in town.
What do you expect? When
the cops shoot each other,
the clowns come out.
It's entertainment.
What's got him riled?
Guilt by association.
I count at least five GSWs.
He's officially dead.
Can I take him?
Forensics hasn't finished
mapping.
Let me get you an ETA.
Don't move!
Who the hell do you think
you're talking to, Detective?
You.
You're stepping in my
blood evidence, Inspector.
If you're finished,
Warner wants the body.
We're almost done.
We're
freezing the scene in time.
A virtual crime scene.
It's called ScanStation 2.
I don't know how
we lived without it.
You'll be able to look
from any angle you want.
The lasers are capturing
every detail in 3-D.
It can show us where
each shooter was standing.
Can it tell us who
pulled the trigger first?
No.
Only Lake
can do that.
Wish we could ask him.
No harm in checking
on his condition.
Hey.
How are you feeling?
Took through-and-throughs in
the arm and the leg.
I'll live.
You feel up to talking?
No.
It doesn't look good, Chester.
You need to give us your statement.
No, I don't.
This isn't going away.
Well, I don't expect it to,
but I know you won't question me,
at least not for the next 48 hours.
You're invoking?
Section 118-09.
No superior or investigating
officer can talk to me for two days.
It's called coerced
testimony.
You go down this road,
there's no coming back.
What's this about?
Give us something.
Are you interrogating
me, Detective?
No.
I'm watching you drown.
We can't clear Lake
without his statement.
If it was justified,
why not just say so?
He invoked and his silence proves
nothing.
What do we have on Edward Kralik?
Well, he came up
through the ranks.
Unspectacular but solid patrol
officer promoted to detective.
He works out of the 14.
According to witnesses, Lake and Kralik
were going at it outside his precinct.
How do they know each other?
They came up through
the same Brooklyn house.
Any history of beefs
between them?
None that we've found.
Then dig deeper.
A verbal argument between two
cops doesn't escalate to ***
without some damn
good reason why.
Find anything at
Lake's apartment?
A ticket stub for a train
from Philly, dated yesterday.
What was he doing there? Good question.
We dumped Lake's phone.
From the roaming charges,
he's been in Philadelphia
at the same time every month.
You have any idea why?
I said I don't know.
What do you mean?
You're his partner.
Do you know everything
about Olivia?
No, but I'd notice if she
disappeared once a month.
We'll find out.
I left messages
with the Philly numbers.
I'm expecting
call-backs.
We'll follow the evidence.
Since Lake's not talking, maybe we can
reconstruct what happened in that lot.
Thought you fell in.
I'm not used to
sitting to take a leak.
That's the price of turning a
vacant lot into the O.
K.
Corral.
You know you
shouldn't be here, Fin.
Neither should you, but
here we are.
I'm all ears.
I got nothing to say.
Well, my partner would never shoot
anyone except in self-defense.
Well, you don't know me, Fin, and
you never made any effort until now.
All you had to do
was pick up the damn phone.
I would have backed your
play.
I had it covered.
Yeah, those holes in
your body say different.
What's going on in Philly?
Really good cheesesteaks.
You got us running blind, man.
We're trying to save your ***.
If you don't walk me through
this, you're going upstate.
I hope you know
what you're doing.
I'm ruling Detective
Kralik's death a homicide.
Five gunshot wounds.
One 9 mm projectile hit the
left lung and pierced the heart.
The second lodged in the victim's
spine.
Either one could have killed him.
Center mass hits
from a right-handed shooter.
Problem is the nonfatal
shots came from behind,
penetrating the upper-right thigh,
right buttock and upper back.
You think Kralik was running away
and Lake shot him in the back?
Dropped him in his tracks, finished
him off with two to the chest?
It's possible.
There were shell casings
all over the crime scene.
They had to be
crouching and rotating.
I mean, would that explain
the back wounds?
It's a reach.
What
does Lake say happened?
Nothing, which is why
we're spinning our wheels.
Did Ballistics test-fire
Lake's gun?
All five shots
came from his Glock.
They're checking both guns
for ejection patterns
and matching
trajectory-to-wound tracks.
Maybe that will
give you some answers.
Or maybe we should start accepting
that Lake murdered Ed Kralik.
Did you find anything
on Lake's movements?
Not yet.
Then what's got
your undivided attention?
It's a cold case file
I found in Lake's desk.
One of ours?
Well, it's from Brooklyn, 10 years
ago.
He was still working on it.
In his recent notes, he said he wanted
to re-interview the first responders.
How does that connect
to the shooting?
Ed Kralik was one of them.
The notes mention
what they talked about?
I don't think
they got that far.
Excuse me.
I'm looking
for Detective Munch.
Right there.
May I help you?
I'm Penelope Fielding.
You left messages
on my voice mail,
so I caught the first train
in from Philly.
Is Chester all right?
He's stable.
Now, how do you
know him? What hospital is he in?
He's not seeing anyone right now.
What's your connection to Lake?
We belong to a group called the
Vidocq Society based in Philadelphia.
Once a month, we hear cold case
presentations from law enforcement
and redirect focus
on unsolved homicides.
Explains the frequent trips
out of town.
Okay.
Why would a cop spend his free time
trying to solve other people's cold cases?
Freedom.
We work without
politics or bosses.
Olivia, Elliot,
my office.
Do you think you can manage to
read Detective Lake his rights?
Did I miss something? I specifically
told you not to question him.
He's under the 48
- hour rule and shielded from interrogation.
Don't worry.
He didn't say anything.
Yeah.
And lucky for you,
because if he'd talked,
it would have been
inadmissible and under immunity.
Okay, so how are we
supposed to put this down
when most crimes are solved
within the first 48?
You know what?
That's not my problem.
So you either follow orders
or just stay out of the way.
This isn't my call.
Lake killed a cop in what appears
to be an unprovoked shooting.
So, why not wait for the rest
of the evidence to get processed?
What is the rush?
If it were anybody else,
he'd already be in shackles.
So just do your job.
He's running.
He hasn't been gone long.
IV is still pretty full.
I'll get hospital security
to help with the search.
I'll call Casey, get a subpoena
to dump Tutuola's phone.
You think Fin warned him?
Who else would have
told Lake we were coming?
We searched the hospital
from the ground up.
Units are parked
outside Lake's home.
Dumping my phones was
a *** move, Stabler.
Yeah, I called him.
I didn't think he'd run.
You should've stayed
out of it.
Take it easy.
He's my partner.
Who
you helped evade arrest!
Dial it down or you're
both going on report.
Lake is not
our problem anymore.
The Fugitive Apprehension will take it from here.
All those guys do is work out and
shoot guns.
They're gonna kill Lake.
Well, that's not how
FAT works, Detective.
Kralik's got a lot of friends on the
street that'd like to see Lake dead.
You gotta at least
let me look.
Where are you gonna start?
You don't even know the guy.
I know he didn't do it.
Three bullet holes in the
victim's back say different.
You ever think the force behind
the first two spun Kralik?
We're trained to keep firing
until the subject is down.
And you're assuming that
the fatal shots came first.
Have Ballistics run both
scenarios.
See which one fits.
You check out
Penelope Fielding?
She's legit.
She ran the
regional lab in Richmond,
consults at Quantico,
and volunteers at Vidocq.
All right.
Get her statement
and show her the door.
But Lake's only connection to Kralik
is a cold case.
Maybe she can help.
I know all about
the Vidocq Society.
So does the brass, and they don't
want them anywhere near this.
They've solved a lot
of open homicides.
Easy to do
when you pick and choose.
Yeah, but Lake has held
onto this case for 10 years.
He must have talked
to her about it.
Limited access only.
Then I want her gone.
Undocumented female,
Alisa Hernandez, 14.
Found *** and strangled
in a vacant lot 10 years ago.
Last seen leaving school with
her best friend, Cecelia Cruz.
When questioned, the girl said they
split up, and didn't see anything.
Cecelia was lying.
Her statement's full of elliptical
pauses which indicate invention.
She was scared.
The victim
was in the country illegally.
A good bet is that
her best friend was, too.
Lying makes sense when you're
running from Immigration.
I also suggested he
re-examine the crime scene
for what should be there
and what shouldn't.
Like our dead cop.
He responded to the call even though
it was outside his patrol sector.
That's suggestive.
Why? When I was in uniform, I went
to a lot of calls that weren't mine.
Alisa's killer used a ***
and tried to wipe the body down.
A lot of rapists do.
They didn't 10 years ago.
DNA was
just starting to get convictions.
But a cop would have forensic
knowledge, like Kralik.
We know Lake
confronted Kralik.
Phone dumps show he got a call
to his cell from a pay phone
a half-hour before
the shooting started.
If Lake knew
the guy was a killer,
he wouldn't have met him
in such an isolated spot.
Not if he thought this was finally
his chance to get the truth.
So we run Alisa's *** kit.
If
Kralik's our guy, Lake's off the hook.
I thought you got federal money
to get *** kits into CODIS.
It was 12 million bucks.
We had 20,000
kits.
You do the math.
Here it is.
Hernandez, Alisa.
Homicide, 11-10-97.
What happened to it?
Evidence storage got flooded.
A couple of refrigeration
units got burned out.
I told all this to
the other two dicks.
Tell me you got names.
Detective Lake.
Said he wanted
it pulled and sent to the lab,
but you can't fast-track a
specimen without command approval.
Who's the other detective?
Kralik.
Wanted to confirm
the request was made.
Captain Cragen of Manhattan SVU
wants this DNA sample rushed,
so I'm gonna
take it in myself.
I was getting the cold shoulder in
your precinct, so thanks for coming.
The bosses think
you'll make us look bad.
If you get me the 3-D scan
and the ballistic measurements,
I can recreate the most likely
scenario for what happened in that lot.
Our people can do that.
How long will it take them?
How many cases do they have that
are just as pressing as this one?
There is no other case.
That's
what you'd like to believe.
I ran a lab.
The world doesn't stop
because you want it to.
I can't help you, Pen.
Proving Kralik's a *** isn't
going to be enough to clear Chester.
I know he didn't shoot first.
Has there been any word?
Nothing.
Lake got shot twice.
He should be easy to find.
He's a resourceful guy.
You should know.
You seem pretty angry.
Yeah.
Before today, if anybody
had asked if Lake was involved,
I would have said no,
and I would have been wrong.
You think
he doesn't trust you,
when in fact, he's been
trying to earn your respect.
He said you were a hard
person to know.
Like he's easy.
Do you have any idea
where we can find him?
You could try his
ex-partner, Wesley Meadows.
They kept in touch.
I haven't heard
from Lake in six months.
Same damn conversation,
the Hernandez ***.
He was obsessed
about it?
Haunted.
His first case.
Poor kid gets yoked mid-day
and nobody sees nothing.
What about her best
friend, Cecelia Cruz?
Lying through her teeth.
Two girls walk home from school every
day, except the day one gets done?
Sell me a bridge.
You try
to re-interview Cecelia?
Lake tried, but her family
skipped.
Can't say I blame her.
Always thought
she was a victim, too.
You think
Cecelia was ***.
We saw some bruises,
couldn't look us in the eye
and couldn't bear to be
touched.
My gut was screaming.
You remember seeing Officer
Edward Kralik at the scene?
That the guy Lake popped? Yeah.
Sorry.
10 years is a lifetime ago.
All I remember is hitting the wall.
Since most of the neighborhood
is illegal, nobody talked.
Hernandez family
still around?
No, but I heard
they got amnesty,
so you might be able to track
them down through tax rolls.
Why are you
bringing Alisa up again?
I'm trying to move on,
live with it somehow.
We're very sorry,
but there's new evidence
that may tell us what
happened to your daughter.
I know what happened.
She got murdered in a country
that I told my family was safe.
I convinced them that this was
a great future for all of us.
Now, I'm here all alone.
Where is your family,
Mr.
Hernandez?
They went back to El
Salvador.
I couldn't leave.
Somebody should stay with Alisa,
visit her grave, remember her.
Detective Lake never forgot.
He's been working
on the case for 10 years.
Didn't help him to solve it.
Until now.
You found her killer? We believe so.
We think Cecelia Cruz witnessed
the attack.
We need to talk to her.
No.
You're wrong.
She would have told me
if she knew anything.
She was 14 years old, a scared little
girl who was in a lot of trouble.
She had no place to turn.
How does someone
lie about ***?
Because she was ***, too.
Why didn't Lake tell me
this when he called?
When was that?
Last night.
He wanted to talk to Cecelia,
but he didn't say why.
Where is she?
She works as a seamstress
for a designer downtown.
What the hell's going on here?
Three cops in two days?
So I was annoyed when
Cecelia said she had to leave,
but then the cop explained
it was about a ***.
Is this the guy?
Yeah.
He was in
pretty bad shape, too.
Started bleeding on the floor.
Cecelia had to help him out.
Said she was taking him to
a hospital.
How long ago?
we're on a deadline.
The guy's bleeding out,
and she doesn't call the cops.
What is Lake doing
involving a civilian?
There's a city-wide
alert out.
She's now his hostage.
We notified ESU that Lake
could have a civilian with him.
It's hard to believe he'd be so
reckless.
Any leads on his whereabouts?
Well, the tip lines
are going crazy.
He could be long gone
or anywhere in the city.
Not if he's bleeding out.
What
about hospitals or walk-in clinics?
No one matching Lake's description
has been admitted or treated.
News reports are saying
Lake took a hostage.
Who gave them that?
How about your partner after he took
Cecelia Cruz with a warrant on his ***?
And with Kralik dead, it
just It doesn't make sense.
Well, Lake had to
have a good reason.
For putting a witness in harm's
way? I'm open to suggestions.
How about a third shooter?
Thirty-one shots were fired in
that lot, same brand of ammunition,
all NYPD issue.
Ten came from Lake's gun.
Then
Kralik emptied his 15-round clip.
The remaining six bullets
came from an unknown source.
Okay.
Lake fires seven bullets
into Kralik's direction.
Three shots standing
and four shots crouching.
Five direct hits.
The other
two were found in a wall.
The first two hit
and spun him.
And based on his wound tracks, Kralik
was already falling to the ground
when the last three bullets
entered his body.
That proves Lake didn't
shoot him in the back.
Lake then rotates 30 degrees and
fires at what appears to be a void.
Did you find any shell
casings in the void area?
No.
The third guy policed his brass.
Did the bullets that hit Lake
match Kralik's gun?
The third shooter
fired six shots at Lake.
Two plugged him.
The other
four were found at the scene.
That gun in the system? Sorry.
If it's a cop,
I'm thinking drop gun.
That'd be my guess.
Looks like Lake took
Cecelia Cruz to protect her.
Another dirty cop means somebody
close to Kralik 10 years ago.
He have a partner
in Brooklyn?
Sean Lassiter, died
on the line last year.
We should talk to Kralik's widow.
See who his friends are now.
Tread easy.
Everybody's
already heated enough.
What do you want?
Let them in, Bill.
Mrs.
Kralik, I'm Detective Stabler and
this is my partner, Detective Benson.
We're very sorry
for your loss.
Please sit down.
Thank you.
Elliot Stabler.
Bill Jensen.
That's
Tom Crane.
Dave Foster.
You find that ***,
Lake, yet?
It's not their job
to find him.
It's mine.
You're with the Fugitive
Apprehension Team?
My unit usually brings them in
without incident, unless they fight.
I know he's a friend of yours,
so I just want to make that clear.
The guy's a hump.
Look.
I wanna find out what
happened that night.
Don't you?
No.
Word is,
he busted his stitches.
We wait it out,
maybe he'll bleed to death.
Yeah.
I told you.
That
puts us behind.
So what?
Stop it.
All of you.
That is not what I want.
I need to understand
why he killed my husband.
Why did he do it?
We're working on it.
Mrs.
Kralik, was there somebody
that your husband was close to?
Are you
looking at us?
Why? Did you know him in Brooklyn?
What has that got to
do with anything?
If you're looking for a way to justify
***, you can leave right now.
Get out.
That woman has no idea
who she was married to.
This comes out,
it'll kill her.
The cops seemed pretty riled.
So, let's check them out.
And then what do we do?
Dig up some dirt?
Hope we find a gun that matches
the slugs from the vacant lot?
When all Lake had
to do was ID the shooter.
You can't be sure that he
saw him.
It was dark out.
There were bullets flying.
What is your problem?
He didn't trust us.
And
maybe for a good reason.
Look.
All the evidence
pointed to his guilt.
Which means that we should have
taken a hard look at Lake, not Fin.
So, I shouldn't have
dumped his phone.
Fin's a straight shooter, Elliot.
All you had to do was ask him.
I think you need to
make this right.
Nothing on Jensen, Crane and Foster.
They all three came from Brooklyn.
I'm waiting on their jackets.
How long have
they known Kralik?
Jensen for 10 years.
Crane
and Foster worked his precinct.
They transferred
out last year.
Well, maybe we should be
looking at the academy rolls,
see who Kralik was close to.
That was the lab.
They made a
preliminary DNA match to Kralik.
They found his blood under
the victim's fingernails.
She fought back.
Maybe
that's why he killed her.
Well, they found a second *** sample,
but it was only a partial profile.
It's too degraded.
The guy's gonna skate.
We can still get him on the
attempted *** of a police officer.
That's a parole
sentence, Munch.
Well, it won't matter unless
we find out who he is.
ESU has Lake pinned
in an abandoned building.
Is the subject armed? I
repeat.
Is the subject armed?
Affirmed.
Suspect is armed.
Hold your position.
Manhattan SVU, LT.
How'd you find them?
BOLO on the female.
Cashier noticed when she bought
too many medical supplies.
FAT pinpointed their location.
But
with a hostage, it's our op, now.
Hey! Get your ***
back here!
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
That's Detective Lake's partner.
I don't give a damn if
it's his long lost brother.
You want this take-down to go
blood-free? You let him work.
Let him go.
You'd shoot me in the back?
If I have to.
Wait.
What are you doing? Take
it easy.
That's my partner.
He's not gonna use that gun.
Only 'cause
I'm low on ammo.
Okay.
Hand it over
and let's go.
Looking forward
to the perp walk?
Somebody's got to take
credit.
It might as well be me.
Now they're getting
into position.
And you know
what's next.
They're gonna throw in a few flash
bangs and we'll both be blind and deaf.
Whatever happened
to hostage negotiations?
Listen.
She brought you
those bandages.
That makes her an accomplice
to the felony skip.
You see where I'm going.
You want to put bracelets
on my wrists.
I'd rather do that
before someone gets hurt.
I'm already hurt.
I'm not going into custody
so I can be an easier target.
Lake, we followed
your bread crumbs.
We know Kralik is a ***,
and we can prove it.
Did you see the hump
that shot you?
Didn't get a good look.
Just
trying to fight for my life.
How'd you get lured?
Look, I got a call
from a guy named Bill Jensen.
He said he had
some information.
Now, when I showed up, son
of a *** just opened fire.
I don't know his name, but
I'll never forget his face.
He *** me.
Are you ready
to say that in court?
I'll tell whoever
will listen.
Captain, Kralik's shadow during
his academy days was Thomas Crane.
Why him?
Well, I pulled his jacket.
Excessive force, *** abuse,
intimidation complaints
Why does this ***
still have his tin?
Well, all his victims
had sheets and recanted.
CCRB cleared him.
What's his
present assignment?
The Fugitive
Apprehension Team.
Son of a ***.
Squeeze that trigger, and you'll be
dead before the slug leaves the pipe.
Alisa and I got caught in the middle
of a fight on our way home from school.
That's when the police
came to break it up.
What happened next?
Two cops told us they
would give us a ride home,
so we got into
the back seat.
They took turns raping us.
It felt like it
went on forever.
What happened
to Alisa Hernandez?
She fought back.
Scratching and clawing.
He punched her, but she
wouldn't stop screaming.
So, he put his hands around
her throat and squeezed.
Is one of the men who lured you and
then brutally *** you in this room?
Yes.
Thomas Crane.
Why didn't
they kill you, too?
I begged for my life,
promised never to tell.
He was angry that
Officer Kralik lost control.
When they started
fighting, I ran away.
Thank you.
Nothing further.
When did you become
a US citizen, Ms.
Cruz?
Objection.
Irrelevant.
Witness veracity,
Your Honor.
Answer the question.
You don't understand.
We didn't
have the money for amnesty then,
but I've been trying
ever since.
In other words,
you're here illegally.
You went to school here, you saw
doctors here, made money here,
but you paid no taxes here.
Is there a question or is
counsel just going to pontificate?
Is the D.
A.
's office
helping you with immigration
in exchange for
your testimony?
Objection.
Withdrawn.
Nothing further.
The jury's looking at my eyewitness
like she did something wrong.
People feel strongly about
immigration on both sides.
That's why your forensic
testimony needs to be solid.
Is this partial profile
enough to say he's a match?
Yes.
But it leaves you
wide open on rebuttal.
Okay.
Why?
All human cells except
platelets have thirteen loci.
The *** the lab tested
presented only nine,
which means it was
significantly degraded.
I'll need probabilities as
to the DNA match for Crane.
I can't give them
with what we have.
Okay.
Without it,
he walks.
Thomas Crane ***
and murdered a young girl,
and we gave him the badge to
hide behind while he did it.
I know what you want me to say,
but the science doesn't support it.
When the defense
gets these lab reports,
they might have enough
for reasonable doubt.
Can you live with that?
If I have to,
because I sure as hell won't risk my
reputation for a verdict we didn't earn.
We found blood and skin
under the victim's nails.
As you can see from
the overlay, 13 loci match.
Is there any doubt the DNA
belongs to Detective Edward Kralik?
None.
The second sample
found was ***.
The lab took a buccal swab
from Thomas Crane
and compared it with swabs from
the victim, Alisa Hernandez.
Here, nine loci match.
Although it's
a partial profile,
in my opinion, it
belongs to the defendant.
Thank you, Doctor.
Nothing further.
I have no questions.
I interviewed Detective Kralik about
his presence at the crime scene.
He said he couldn't remember,
and then he got hostile.
Well, didn't you have a very loud
and public brawl with the deceased?
He threw a punch after I collected
the cigarette butt he tossed.
Why did you do that?
Well, I thought he was
guilty of *** and ***.
I wanted to compare
his DNA to the evidence.
So, what happened next?
Well, I called in to get the *** kit
pulled from storage and sent to the lab,
but I got lured and then ambushed by
two shooters before I could have it done.
Well, how were you lured?
Well, I got a call
from a cop,
saying he had information
about the Hernandez ***.
He called himself Jensen,
but I ID'd the caller as Thomas
Crane in a voice-print lineup.
And you're sure that the second
shooter was the defendant, Thomas Crane?
Positive.
Nothing further.
Two shooters? You must
be a hard man to kill.
Well, I was lucky.
Did you find the gun matching
the bullets at the crime scene
in my client's possession?
It's easy to toss a gun
in this city.
Yes or no?
Not yet.
No.
You called the lab
to move the evidence.
What were you told
by the desk officer?
That I needed a boss
to request it.
Was that all you were told?
I don't recall.
You weren't told that the evidence was
too degraded and contaminated for testing?
No.
Objection.
Your Honor, I call for
an immediate mistrial.
There's a serious
cover-up going on here,
and I have proof that this
witness perjured himself
and the prosecution
violated Brady.
Your Honor, that's
ridiculous.
No one lied.
Counsel is accusing my office of conspiracy
in front of the jury just to score points.
Enough.
In my chambers.
Now.
DNA is the rock on which the
People have built their case.
They don't have
a credible witness.
Cecelia Cruz's immigrant status has
nothing to do with her eyewitness testimony.
And yet, they've placed more
emphasis on biological evidence
which I discovered
was compromised.
Is that true,
Ms.
Novak?
No.
The evidence was
tested by lab protocol.
Then where are their reports?
Because I don't have them.
Incomplete.
They're not finished.
And the dog ate my homework.
I will turn everything over
as soon as it is done.
See that you do.
And the conspiracy?
Detective Lake
perjured himself.
He was told that
the sample was too degraded
for testing by
the evidence intake officer.
Who's not a DNA expert.
If it's so degraded, how did
we find two separate profiles?
I think you want to win so badly, you'd
plant the evidence to frame my client.
The O.
J.
Defense.
That's
original.
Good for you.
Knock it off.
I grant the missing
lab reports are suspicious,
but you can't accuse sworn
officers without hard evidence.
The prosecution tried to
sandbag the defense, Your Honor.
And you'll have those reports
by close of business today,
or Ms.
Novak will
be in contempt.
Anything else?
Yes.
Just to show that
I play by the rules,
I'm issuing a subpoena
for Penelope Fielding
as a witness for the defense.
Ms.
Fielding, can you list
your credentials for the jury?
I hold a Masters in Population
Genetics and Statistics,
I ran a state crime lab and
I work with law enforcement.
When you ran the lab, which
departments reported to you?
Fingerprints, Ballistics,
Blood Spatter, Trace and DNA.
What is your opinion
on partial DNA profiles?
They can be an invaluable
investigative tool.
Really?
A suspect list can be narrowed or
even cleared using partial profiles.
"A partial profile is outside
all scientific standards
"and should be viewed
skeptically, if at all.
"
Who wrote that,
Ms.
Fielding?
I did.
An article published in a
journal of applied sciences
criticizing multiplex
PCR and, I quote,
"the disturbing trend of using partial
profiles in the criminal justice system.
"
In your expert opinion, Miss Fielding,
does the DNA found on Alisa Hernandez
match my client,
Thomas Crane?
I can't answer that.
Why not?
The sample is the equivalent of
less than a single human cell,
so I can't say with any certainty
that it matches the defendant.
Nothing further.
Have you reached a verdict?
No, Your Honor.
We're deadlocked.
Your Honor,
can we poll the jury?
Madam Foreman,
how do you find?
Guilty.
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Guilty.
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
Guilty.
Not guilty.
Not guilty.
No! Hector!
Let go of her.
Hey.
What's going on, here?
US Immigration Enforcement,
ma'am.
Please step back.
Where are you going
with my witness?
I can't tell you that.
You'll have to take it up
with a federal judge
on dispensation.
I'm sorry I never told you
about Alisa, Mr.
Hernandez.
Please believe me.
I'm sorry!
Where are you taking me? No!
I don't want to
Don't take me!
Don't do anything
stupid, Hector.
We can't win, can we?
No, I promise, I will re-file the
charges, and I will try him again.
Hey, Fin.
We're heading out for
a drink.
You want to join us?
No.
Somebody needs to check on
Lake.
He's not answering his phone.
Look, the situation
got a little heated,
and I want to say
that I'm sorry about that.
You're a bulldog, Stabler.
Quick to assume, slow to
admit when you're wrong.
Makes for a good cop
but a lousy human being.
Fin, hear him out.
Stay out of it, Liv.
That being said,
I know what it cost you.
Appreciate that.
I'm not done.
The problem is, you will still
be the same rat *** tomorrow,
and nothing you say
will ever change that.
What's that?
Fin's transfer request.
You wanted to see me,
Judge Donnelly?
Yes.
The D.
A.
Is declining to
re-file charges against Thomas Crane.
He *** and murdered Alisa Hernandez
and he gets to keep his badge?
Because of your actions,
Counselor.
With all due respect, ma'am,
this doesn't concern you.
It does now.
I'm being called
before the bar.
At my insistence.
Why?
Because you lost perspective,
and because I sit on
the peer review board
and I cannot allow you
to commit a Brady violation
and lie to the court
without consequence.
The reports weren't finished,
Your Honor.
I sent them back.
You lied to Petrovsky,
and now you are lying to me.
The lab reports were
dated and stamped.
We are civil servants,
Casey.
No one is falling
on their sword for you.
What I want to know is why.
Because the bad guys
can't always win.
He deserved to pay.
And so do you.
How much trouble am I in?
Censure.
Possible suspension.
For how long?
A year.
Maybe more.
What should I do?
Something else.
I have to go.