1. In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. sexually-based offensesCopy !req
3. are considered
especially heinous.Copy !req
4. In New York City,
the dedicated detectivesCopy !req
5. who investigate
these vicious felonies...Copy !req
6. are members of an elite squadCopy !req
7. known as
the Special Victims Unit.Copy !req
8. These are their stories.Copy !req
9. Let go, it's mine.Copy !req
10. Okay, now it's mine.Copy !req
11. Hey, boys, here you go.Copy !req
12. Come on, man,
let's go.Copy !req
13. Play nice.
Hey, Mama.Copy !req
14. Get away from here. Right now.Copy !req
15. What, bitch?
I think you need to chill.Copy !req
16. Charlie, can you send...Copy !req
17. Help!Copy !req
18. God, please, somebody help!Copy !req
19. Oh, Jesus!Copy !req
20. Come here. Help!
Somebody, please!Copy !req
21. Help me! Help!Copy !req
22. What?Copy !req
23. There was a shooting
at P.S. 387 in East Harlem...Copy !req
24. six year old girl,
died at the scene.Copy !req
25. They're bringing
the shooter up now.Copy !req
26. Why did we catch it?Copy !req
27. Brass thinks we're
better equipped to handle him.Copy !req
28. Good. Bring on the pervert.Copy !req
29. Does that look like
a cold-blooded killer to you?Copy !req
30. Where are we on the parents?Copy !req
31. Both of them called in sick today.
Nobody knows how to find them.Copy !req
32. Well, that fills in
a few blanks for me.Copy !req
33. Can you even charge
a 7-year-old with murder?Copy !req
34. Technically, he just made
the cutoff. Det. Benson?Copy !req
35. Yes.Copy !req
36. You left a message. Our son,
Elias, was involved in a shooting?Copy !req
37. They gave this address,
not a hospital, is he...Copy !req
38. Oh, God!
Please say he's alive.Copy !req
39. Mrs. Barrera, I'm sorry
about the misunderstanding.Copy !req
40. Elias wasn't the one
who was shot.Copy !req
41. Oh, thank God.
He was the shooter.Copy !req
42. What?Copy !req
43. Sir, do you own a gun?
No.Copy !req
44. Does your son have access
to one? I don't know how.Copy !req
45. He's either at home, school,
or his sitter's.Copy !req
46. And who's that?
Mrs. Strada. Where's our son?Copy !req
47. We want to talk
to him with you.Copy !req
48. But we can't do that
without your permission.Copy !req
49. If you would sign
a Miranda waiver...Copy !req
50. Fine. That's fine.
Just let us see him.Copy !req
51. Okay, come with me please.Copy !req
52. You run them through
License Division?Copy !req
53. He had no guns registered.Copy !req
54. Of course, the serial number
was filed off the gun he used.Copy !req
55. Punched them in the system, clean
sheets. No arrests, no warrant.Copy !req
56. We were at the emergency room
all morning.Copy !req
57. My baby girl was born
with a respiratory problem.Copy !req
58. We had to leave her
at the hospital.Copy !req
59. Why don't you
take a seat here. Elias?Copy !req
60. It's okay. All right.Copy !req
61. Elias, why don't we
have you sit right here.Copy !req
62. Hi, Elias, I'm Elliot.
How are you doing?Copy !req
63. We're going to talk today,
is that okay?Copy !req
64. Do you like school?Copy !req
65. What grade are you in?
Second.Copy !req
66. Second. That's a good grade.
I like second grade.Copy !req
67. What's your favorite subject?Copy !req
68. Okay. We're going to talk a little
bit about what happened today. Okay?Copy !req
69. Do you know Carly Jackson?Copy !req
70. Yeah?Copy !req
71. What can you tell me
about Carly?Copy !req
72. She's a girl.Copy !req
73. Yeah.Copy !req
74. Yeah.Copy !req
75. You like Carly?Copy !req
76. No? How come?Copy !req
77. She's always bothering me.Copy !req
78. How does she bother you?Copy !req
79. She chases me.Copy !req
80. She tries to kiss me.Copy !req
81. Okay.Copy !req
82. Can you tell me what happened
to Carly at recess?Copy !req
83. She fell down.Copy !req
84. What made her fall down?Copy !req
85. The gun.Copy !req
86. The gun. Okay.Copy !req
87. Who's holding the gun?Copy !req
88. Is Carly going to be okay?Copy !req
89. Elias, tell me
who had the gun.Copy !req
90. I did.Copy !req
91. You know what, I think we should
get a lawyer before we go on.Copy !req
92. Okay, sir. That's fine. You get a
lawyer. We got a phone out there.Copy !req
93. He has to stay with us, okay.Copy !req
94. Get Fin.Copy !req
95. Check out friends, family,
neighbors, school...Copy !req
96. anyone he could have
got that gun from.Copy !req
97. As slipshod as the screening process
is, I doubt he bought it himself.Copy !req
98. Watch it. Watch your back.
Come on.Copy !req
99. Elias and Carly fight a lot?Copy !req
100. Neither had been sent
to my office.Copy !req
101. Where were you when it
happened? Over there.Copy !req
102. I ran to her, called for help,
and then I saw Elias.Copy !req
103. Where exactly?Copy !req
104. Putting the gun
in the garbage can.Copy !req
105. Elias said that Carly
picked on him.Copy !req
106. Carly was the sweetest
little girl.Copy !req
107. Did we miss something?Copy !req
108. He wasn't a troublemaker.
He didn't even talk in line.Copy !req
109. He's always been an angel.
What made Elias do this?Copy !req
110. That's what we're
trying to find out.Copy !req
111. Mrs. Strada, do you keep
a gun here on the premises?Copy !req
112. Please.Copy !req
113. The kids you watch, could any
of them have brought one in here?Copy !req
114. Absolutely not.Copy !req
115. You wouldn't happen to have a phone
list for the parents, would you?Copy !req
116. Of course I do. Work and home.Copy !req
117. By the phone desk over there.Copy !req
118. Yeah, we'll need
a copy of that.Copy !req
119. Rudy, it's Buddy's turn.Copy !req
120. Ma'am, are you responsible
for every kid around here?Copy !req
121. Yes. They don't talk
to strangers...Copy !req
122. they don't leave the courtyard
without an adult.Copy !req
123. I take my job very seriously,
young man.Copy !req
124. Okay, Sammy,
where did Elias get the gun?Copy !req
125. From his pants.Copy !req
126. Before that?
I don't know.Copy !req
127. Did he ever talk about having a gun? No.Copy !req
128. When's the first time
you saw the gun?Copy !req
129. When he shot Carly.Copy !req
130. Why did Elias shoot Carly?Copy !req
131. I don't know.Copy !req
132. She pick on him a lot?Copy !req
133. She kissed him all the time.Copy !req
134. What would he do
when she kissed him?Copy !req
135. His face would get all red.Copy !req
136. Did she try
to kiss him that day?Copy !req
137. She was walking over.Copy !req
138. Cabot's hell bent
on charging the parents.Copy !req
139. Parental responsibility. It's a
hot-button issue. That's all it is.Copy !req
140. Well, we've got
no ammunition for her.Copy !req
141. Nothing about this
makes sense.Copy !req
142. Child homicides never do.Copy !req
143. What happened to that little boy
to make him want to take a life?Copy !req
144. Elliot, you're searching for
a way to make him a victim.Copy !req
145. The only victim here
is a dead little girl.Copy !req
146. Hi, can we help you?Copy !req
147. Yes, I'm Sonia Paredes,
Elias Barrera's teacher.Copy !req
148. The limit for class size is supposed
to be 32 students. I have 40.Copy !req
149. It must make it kind of hard to give
each student the attention they need.Copy !req
150. Impossible.Copy !req
151. I was in the teachers' lounge
when they told us.Copy !req
152. When they said it was Elias,
I got physically ill.Copy !req
153. Mrs. Paredes, is there something
that you want to show us?Copy !req
154. After 20 years of teaching,
nothing shocks you anymore.Copy !req
155. I wish this had.Copy !req
156. When did he draw this?Copy !req
157. Yesterday.Copy !req
158. Carly had a ponytail.Copy !req
159. Charge the boy.
With what?Copy !req
160. Murder.
He's seven.Copy !req
161. Yes, and if he were six, I would
send him home with his parents...Copy !req
162. as the law mandates.Copy !req
163. But he's not. The law is
not interpretive, Counselor.Copy !req
164. It is to be
very narrowly construed.Copy !req
165. He can be charged. He can,
but you know as well as I do...Copy !req
166. that the youngest
they've ever convicted was 11.Copy !req
167. Yes, but that was
pre-Columbine.Copy !req
168. Since then, there's been
an epidemic...Copy !req
169. of ever younger kids
killing kids...Copy !req
170. with no consequence.
People are fed up with it.Copy !req
171. And you're bored of being
the Chief Assistant DA.Copy !req
172. I know you're looking
to replace Lewin next fall...Copy !req
173. but let me tell you, if you think
you could put a little boy in jail...Copy !req
174. just so you can prove you're tough
on crime, you've got to be kidding.Copy !req
175. He's old enough to know the
difference between right and wrong.Copy !req
176. But not to understand the
consequences of his actions.Copy !req
177. He brought a gun to school.
He knew what he was doing.Copy !req
178. And this,
that gives us intent.Copy !req
179. Why don't you just apply
for a change of venue...Copy !req
180. to Texas so we can
have him executed?Copy !req
181. No, Manhattan Family Court
will be sufficient.Copy !req
182. Ms. Cabot,
am I reading this right...Copy !req
183. you're charging
a 7-year-old with murder?Copy !req
184. Yes, Your Honor.Copy !req
185. Surely there's an alternative.Copy !req
186. One has yet to present itself.Copy !req
187. The commission of the crime by
the respondent is undisputed.Copy !req
188. And evidence supporting criminal
intent has just come to light.Copy !req
189. How does the minor plead?
General denial, Your Honor.Copy !req
190. Remand recommendations?Copy !req
191. The People have not ruled out the minor's
home situation as a contributing factor.Copy !req
192. We therefore ask for the removal
of the minor from his home...Copy !req
193. and ask that he be remanded
to a detention facility...Copy !req
194. pending trial.Copy !req
195. Your Honor, the Barreras are a
loving, law-abiding, nuclear family.Copy !req
196. Elias should be released
into their custody.Copy !req
197. The Barreras have ties
outside the country.Copy !req
198. Flight risk is a significant
issue with the People...Copy !req
199. and the victim's family
who is here today.Copy !req
200. I'm ordering the minor be remanded
to the Wagner Detention Facility.Copy !req
201. I'm further ordering
a clinical evaluation...Copy !req
202. to determine whether or not he
understands the charges against him...Copy !req
203. and can help
in his own defense.Copy !req
204. No! Please, don't take my baby. Mommy!Copy !req
205. Oh, please!Copy !req
206. Olivia, can you believe
they ran this picture?Copy !req
207. Already a couple of hundred people
hanging outside the courthouse.Copy !req
208. Who'd have guessed
there'd be backlash...Copy !req
209. against charging a 7-year-old
with murder?Copy !req
210. Amnesty International, Children's
Defense Fund. Alex Cabot.Copy !req
211. I didn't want to charge him with
murder. I didn't have any choice.Copy !req
212. Now that you've got him in
the big house, is he spilling?Copy !req
213. Why he did it?
Where he got the gun?Copy !req
214. No, he's completely withdrawn. He
won't even talk to the social worker.Copy !req
215. How about spending less time on the kid
we caught, more on the adult we didn't.Copy !req
216. What did we send
License Division?Copy !req
217. The names of parents of the
other kids Mrs. Strada watches.Copy !req
218. Really? Well, guess
what Reyna McCreary owns?Copy !req
219. He did not get that gun
from my son.Copy !req
220. The gun registered in your name
is still in your possession?Copy !req
221. Yes, it is. You mind
if we take a peek at it?Copy !req
222. Yes, I do.Copy !req
223. There. You satisfied?
Put the gun down on the table.Copy !req
224. You carry that around
in your purse?Copy !req
225. You know, sometimes I don't
leave the hospital till 3:00 a. m.Copy !req
226. I have to take a subway,
a bus...Copy !req
227. and walk four blocks through
this neighborhood to get home.Copy !req
228. You know, carrying a
concealed weapon is a felony.Copy !req
229. I don't. I leave it here so the
appliances can defend themselves.Copy !req
230. You have a child living here. You
have a safe place to store this gun?Copy !req
231. Of course I do.Copy !req
232. Raphael. Get a move on.Copy !req
233. We're leaving in 10 seconds.
Coming.Copy !req
234. What's up? Raphael, right?Copy !req
235. Yeah.
You know Elias?Copy !req
236. Yeah.Copy !req
237. You heard about what happened?Copy !req
238. Yeah, he popped
that little girl.Copy !req
239. Lightweight,
compact hammerless.Copy !req
240. So simple,
even a 7-year-old can use it.Copy !req
241. This one especially. Safety's
tampered with, hair trigger.Copy !req
242. Gangbanger, drug dealer.Copy !req
243. Doesn't have the overkill they're
partial to, but not bad as a backup piece.Copy !req
244. Chambered round fits.Copy !req
245. Add a full clip, they get that
one extra bang for the buck.Copy !req
246. And speaking of the bang...Copy !req
247. the bullet Rodgers sent us,
after the autopsy.Copy !req
248. Hollow point?Copy !req
249. See the smooth edges where
it peeled apart on impact?Copy !req
250. The tip was filed down
in an "X" pattern, by hand.Copy !req
251. Little girl didn't have a
chance. Neither did this guy.Copy !req
252. It's hard to compare
the lands and grooves...Copy !req
253. because of their condition,
but look at the base.Copy !req
254. Here's a side-by-side
comparison.Copy !req
255. Same right twist,
same riflings.Copy !req
256. Where'd you get this one from?
A 23-year-old.Copy !req
257. Your gun's got
a second body on it.Copy !req
258. Shorty Esposito.
Latino male, 23.Copy !req
259. Got smoked in the ticker. Night
before your case. Close range.Copy !req
260. Got dumped in an alley a couple of
blocks from where your kid lives.Copy !req
261. You getting anywhere with it?
No, the case is cold.Copy !req
262. We were hoping maybe your
7-year-old did our guy, too.Copy !req
263. How do we know he didn't?Copy !req
264. M.E. makes our shooter a good four
inches taller than our stiff, so...Copy !req
265. Want to swap five's?Copy !req
266. Two busts for drug possession, just
short of enough for intent to sell.Copy !req
267. Mother swears by all known
saints he wasn't a dealer.Copy !req
268. We think drug deal gone south.Copy !req
269. Let's canvass the area between these
two. Got to be a link in there somewhere.Copy !req
270. Hold on. Elliot,
look at his pants.Copy !req
271. This can't be a coincidence.Copy !req
272. Heck, we might have
just found our link.Copy !req
273. Yeah, that guy I maybe seen
around. Tell me about him.Copy !req
274. He likes bubble baths
and long walks.Copy !req
275. I don't know jack about him.
I seen him on the block.Copy !req
276. With anyone in particular?Copy !req
277. You been following this story?
Who hasn't.Copy !req
278. Little boy who shot this girl
did it with the same gun...Copy !req
279. that was used
to whack this guy.Copy !req
280. Tell us what you know about this
guy? I know nothing about the guy.Copy !req
281. The stuff he was into, I don't want
to know. And what stuff would that be?Copy !req
282. Mumbo jumbo.Copy !req
283. Whenever I seen him,
he's coming out of Nestor's.Copy !req
284. You Nestor?Copy !req
285. Nicky Crow. Nestor sold me
the business last year.Copy !req
286. And exactly what kind
of business is this?Copy !req
287. Religious supplies.
For the practice of Santería.Copy !req
288. Then those would be
sacrificial chickens.Copy !req
289. It's legal. Santeros won
their Supreme Court case.Copy !req
290. Relax, we're not
from the ASPCA.Copy !req
291. You know him?
Yeah, he's a customer.Copy !req
292. Was. Know anything about it?Copy !req
293. Santeros don't sacrifice anything
further up the food chain than goats.Copy !req
294. Long Island cheerleader
three years ago.Copy !req
295. Mother and sister thought she
was possessed by a demon...Copy !req
296. and they suffocated her.
Santeras, right?Copy !req
297. That was an exorcism got
out of hand, not a sacrifice.Copy !req
298. Shorty Esposito,
religious kind of guy?Copy !req
299. Keeping the rituals a secret comes from the
slaves having to hide it from their masters.Copy !req
300. That's not an answer.Copy !req
301. Sure it is. It's in the
Constitution. Freedom of religion.Copy !req
302. It's like dogma
not to talk about it.Copy !req
303. I'd be violating his rights. He's
dead. He doesn't have any rights.Copy !req
304. You a priest?Copy !req
305. A Babalu?Copy !req
306. Babalu. Atheist. Businessman.Copy !req
307. 300,000 people
practice Santería in New York.Copy !req
308. They need to shop
someplace they can trust.Copy !req
309. Hey, maybe someone tried to drive an
evil spirit out of him with a bullet.Copy !req
310. My bet? That was his religion.Copy !req
311. That guy right there on the
corner, that's the steerer.Copy !req
312. He brings the buyer
to the money man.Copy !req
313. And him hanging back
with the gold chain...Copy !req
314. that's the money man.
He never touches the dope.Copy !req
315. They're all teens. Maybe they know
Elias through a little brother.Copy !req
316. Somewhere around here.
911!Copy !req
317. He's the lookout.Copy !req
318. What's your name, man?
Sammy.Copy !req
319. Sammy what?
Sosa.Copy !req
320. That's Mrs. Morales' boy,
Jamal.Copy !req
321. Shut up, old man. Hey, Jamal,
you just focus all right.Copy !req
322. You know this kid?
No.Copy !req
323. What about him?
Nope.Copy !req
324. Hey, how old are you?
Ten.Copy !req
325. Why don't you talk to him?
Come here a second.Copy !req
326. Know his name?Copy !req
327. Bobby Cruise.Copy !req
328. He's in here all the time.
Yeah, with him?Copy !req
329. No, another one of those boys.Copy !req
330. Eighteen or 19 years old.
Called Sweetness.Copy !req
331. Sweetness?
Real sweet tooth.Copy !req
332. We saw Homicide.
They aren't doing any better.Copy !req
333. Any luck on our sweet tooth?Copy !req
334. Former juvenile offender. Now 19.
Placed in foster care at age eight.Copy !req
335. Truancy. Shoplifting.Copy !req
336. Moving up to drugs, larceny,
gun possession.Copy !req
337. Given name is Antonio Strada.Copy !req
338. Last person who posted bail
was his great grandmother.Copy !req
339. Good old Mrs. Strada.Copy !req
340. My great-grandson has nothing to
do with that little girl's death.Copy !req
341. Mrs. Strada, you know Elias
got hold of a gun.Copy !req
342. And you know, as well as we
do, that Antonio has had...Copy !req
343. gun troubles in the past.Copy !req
344. Once.
Twice.Copy !req
345. He's changed.Copy !req
346. He's getting
his life together.Copy !req
347. He helps me with the kids.
Takes them to the park for me.Copy !req
348. He buys them candy.Copy !req
349. The kids call him Sweetness.Copy !req
350. The candy store that he takes Elias
to alone is off a known drug corner.Copy !req
351. Did you know that,
Mrs. Strada?Copy !req
352. No, I... Sunday night, a
young man named Shorty...Copy !req
353. was shot and killed with the same
gun Elias used to kill Carly Jackson.Copy !req
354. The last time
your great-grandson...Copy !req
355. was arrested
for gun possession...Copy !req
356. he was with Shorty.
They did time together.Copy !req
357. Mrs. Strada,
tell us where he is.Copy !req
358. You don't understand,
he had a horrible childhood.Copy !req
359. His father was in prison,
his mother...Copy !req
360. who knows where
his mother was.Copy !req
361. Please, don't hurt him.Copy !req
362. Antonio, police.
We want to talk to you.Copy !req
363. Sweetness?Copy !req
364. Nobody in here.
Got blood on the walls.Copy !req
365. Yeah, we got fresh blood
right here.Copy !req
366. We need backup.
Two-five-two, East 132.Copy !req
367. Body's down here.Copy !req
368. It's him.Copy !req
369. I need an ambulance now.Copy !req
370. Who did this to you? Who cut
you, Sweetness? Who cut you?Copy !req
371. Machete.Copy !req
372. What'd he say?Copy !req
373. I think he said Machet...Copy !req
374. Machete. Machete.Copy !req
375. Look at the pants,
they're both camouflage.Copy !req
376. This is not Carly,
this is Shorty.Copy !req
377. Meaning, Elias witnessed
this murder.Copy !req
378. When he drew this, he wasn't
plotting out Carly Jackson's murder.Copy !req
379. This was a cry for help. He wanted
somebody to know what he saw.Copy !req
380. He's been through an
interrogation, a court hearing...Copy !req
381. taken from his family...Copy !req
382. and placed in detention. Why wouldn't
he have said something by now?Copy !req
383. Look at the players involved.
Drug dealers and killers.Copy !req
384. If Elias was drawn into this world
at all, he knows what happens...Copy !req
385. to people who talk.Copy !req
386. So what are we going to do?Copy !req
387. When an accused stands mute, the
only thing the system can do...Copy !req
388. is interpret his actions.Copy !req
389. You know our take on it. Well,
I know what my boss' will be.Copy !req
390. He'll still see a bad apple
who likes seeing people dead.Copy !req
391. So Elias needs to talk.Copy !req
392. His attorney won his motion.
He's back home until the hearing.Copy !req
393. Go.Copy !req
394. You know, you people
have some nerve!Copy !req
395. It's been horrible
for the Barreras.Copy !req
396. They're prisoners
in their own home.Copy !req
397. The protesters, death threats, the
media trying to sneak into the building.Copy !req
398. You know, we try
to be good parents, we do.Copy !req
399. Social services is threatening
to remove their baby girl.Copy !req
400. Mr. Barrera, it is imperative
we talk to Elias.Copy !req
401. Why, so you can find something
else to charge him with?Copy !req
402. Mrs. Barrera,
we believe that your son...Copy !req
403. witnessed a murder
the night before the shooting.Copy !req
404. What?Copy !req
405. Oh, my God!Copy !req
406. Stay back.Copy !req
407. Elias, you remember me,
Elliot?Copy !req
408. How are you doing?Copy !req
409. We got a problem here,
big man.Copy !req
410. I hear you've been
dragged into something bad.Copy !req
411. Me and Sweetness, we talked.Copy !req
412. Now, he says he's got you all
hooked up and slinging for him.Copy !req
413. What do you do with all
the money that he gives you?Copy !req
414. Well, you buy games,
new kicks, what?Copy !req
415. Crayons?Copy !req
416. Okay, Elias. Your parents
know about everything.Copy !req
417. But you and me, right now...Copy !req
418. Elias, you and me
have got to fix this.Copy !req
419. He puts little bottles
in my pockets.Copy !req
420. Okay, that's good. You're
doing great. Now, you and me...Copy !req
421. let's talk about
the gun, okay.Copy !req
422. Tell me about this.Copy !req
423. He told me
to stay in the room.Copy !req
424. I didn't. I saw him
shoot the man.Copy !req
425. Okay. What's that
at the end of the gun?Copy !req
426. A pillow. You could hardly
hear the bang.Copy !req
427. Why did Sweetness
shoot Shorty?Copy !req
428. He didn't.Copy !req
429. Isn't that him
holding the gun?Copy !req
430. Well, who is it?Copy !req
431. Machete.Copy !req
432. What did you say?
Machete.Copy !req
433. Do you know Machete?Copy !req
434. Well, how do you
know his name?Copy !req
435. I heard Shorty say, "Stop, Machete,
don't, please, don't. Stop. "Copy !req
436. And then what happened?Copy !req
437. I heard sirens,
and Machete ran away.Copy !req
438. And what happened to the gun?Copy !req
439. Sweetness hid it in the couch.Copy !req
440. And then he got
a big suitcase.Copy !req
441. And I hid in the closet
because I was scared.Copy !req
442. Then what happened?
I heard him leave.Copy !req
443. Why did you take the gun?Copy !req
444. I didn't want him
to kill me, too.Copy !req
445. Okay.Copy !req
446. Okay. Now, this is very
important. Where did this happen?Copy !req
447. My sister was in the hospital.Copy !req
448. And you were at Mrs. Strada's?Copy !req
449. Mrs. Strada?Copy !req
450. What is going on?
No one is telling me anything.Copy !req
451. Mrs. Strada, where were you
Sunday night?Copy !req
452. Sunday between 10:00 and
midnight. I was asleep.Copy !req
453. Are you a sound sleeper?Copy !req
454. Well, I take meclizine
at night. It knocks me out.Copy !req
455. Hey, anything?Copy !req
456. Dried pee, Cheerios.Copy !req
457. Old lady got kids?
She takes care of them.Copy !req
458. Our guy apparently
cleaned up after himself.Copy !req
459. Make sure you check sinks,
drains, traps, sponges.Copy !req
460. Trash cans, light switches,
even lifted a few base boards.Copy !req
461. No trace of blood yet.Copy !req
462. Pillow's missing.Copy !req
463. Okay, close the curtains.Copy !req
464. We got blood.Copy !req
465. Wheel marks.
Yeah.Copy !req
466. Like the kind
on a big-ass suitcase.Copy !req
467. They just stuffed old Shorty
in there and wheeled him on out.Copy !req
468. Elias was right about the suitcase.
He also said he heard sirens.Copy !req
469. Let's find out
what that problem was.Copy !req
470. Party out of hand.
Somebody pulled out a knife.Copy !req
471. Somebody else pulls out
a Louisville Slugger.Copy !req
472. Brawl spilled out
into the courtyard.Copy !req
473. You take any statements?
Thirty-five.Copy !req
474. Stopped everyone
leaving the building.Copy !req
475. If that's when our guy left the
building, he might be one of them.Copy !req
476. Mind if we borrow these?
Great.Copy !req
477. Off Elias' description, we've eliminated
28 names based on age and gender.Copy !req
478. Which were brought down to eight
suspects, five of whom have records.Copy !req
479. And mug shots.Copy !req
480. Already there, we put together a
photo array, showed it to Elias.Copy !req
481. He recognize any of them?
Yeah, two.Copy !req
482. Unless I'm one of them, I don't
know why you're still standing here.Copy !req
483. Because he's positive
neither of them is Machete.Copy !req
484. So who do we have left?Copy !req
485. The three who didn't
have records, so no photos.Copy !req
486. Kyung Kwon, Nicky Crow,
and Bobby Cruise.Copy !req
487. We've met them all,
all on the selfsame corner.Copy !req
488. So one of them's Machete.Copy !req
489. Kwon owns a market, and was pretty
helpful in getting us some IDs.Copy !req
490. Yeah, maybe too helpful.Copy !req
491. Crow profits off the piety
of the local Santeros.Copy !req
492. Cruise is a dope dealer.Copy !req
493. Elias needs some points
with the DA's office.Copy !req
494. Call his attorney, s ee if
he'll let him do some walk bys.Copy !req
495. Okay.Copy !req
496. Okay. Are you up
for this, champ?Copy !req
497. Is he gonna see me?Copy !req
498. Keep your mask down.
Don't say anything, okay?Copy !req
499. If you recognize any of these men as
Machete, just squeeze my hand, okay?Copy !req
500. Okay.
All right. Come on.Copy !req
501. Hello.Copy !req
502. I'll be with you in a second.Copy !req
503. Hey.
Hey.Copy !req
504. Take him outside.Copy !req
505. Nicky Crow, you're under
arrest... What're you doing?Copy !req
506. for the murder of
Shorty Esposito. Hold it.Copy !req
507. You have the right to remain
silent. Look in the refrigerator.Copy !req
508. Yeah, we're not hungry.
I never met one who wasn't.Copy !req
509. Go.Copy !req
510. In the fridge?
Behind the box.Copy !req
511. Behind the box.Copy !req
512. What do we got?
I'm a business man.Copy !req
513. Take it. Leave. Call it
cost of doing business.Copy !req
514. Call it Class B felony.Copy !req
515. It's okay to talk now.Copy !req
516. Machete can't hurt you.
He's in jail.Copy !req
517. I hear you're
a very good artist.Copy !req
518. Do you draw all the time?Copy !req
519. Yeah.Copy !req
520. Can you draw me a picture of how
you felt that day in the schoolyard?Copy !req
521. You were really scared.Copy !req
522. Why?Copy !req
523. I saw them behind the fence.
Who?Copy !req
524. Machete and them.Copy !req
525. What were they doing there?Copy !req
526. They came to hurt me, too.Copy !req
527. Elias...Copy !req
528. who were you shooting at?Copy !req
529. Machete.Copy !req
530. I didn't mean to shoot Carly.Copy !req
531. What's going to happen to me?Copy !req
532. What do you think
should happen to you?Copy !req
533. What's that?Copy !req
534. Hell.Copy !req
535. You think you're going to burn
in Hell for what you did?Copy !req
536. I know why you're here.
Well, forget it.Copy !req
537. I already gave Machete to McCoy.
You should have seen his face.Copy !req
538. It was the same look my dog...Copy !req
539. I'm not here to pick up a
case, I'm here to drop one.Copy !req
540. Oh, no, we can't give
that kid a free ride.Copy !req
541. We only got Machete
because of Elias' drawing.Copy !req
542. That doesn't bring
Carly Jackson back.Copy !req
543. Her death is a tragedy, yes,
but it was self-defense.Copy !req
544. The vice principal at the
school corroborates his story.Copy !req
545. Machete and his gang
were there.Copy !req
546. Did she see them attack him?
Draw a weapon?Copy !req
547. This is what he thinks
is going to happen to him.Copy !req
548. Well, I think that
makes your case...Copy !req
549. and proves that he knows the
difference between right and wrong.Copy !req
550. No, we are the ones who
don't know the difference...Copy !req
551. I'll be right there.Copy !req
552. Fine, amend the charges
to manslaughter.Copy !req
553. I don't want to prosecute a child at
all for a series of society's mistakes.Copy !req
554. The Barrera's HMO wouldn't
cover their baby's condition...Copy !req
555. forcing them to work two jobs.Copy !req
556. They had to find affordable daycare for
Elias which we both know is nonexistent.Copy !req
557. So they put him in Mrs.
Strada's illegal daycare.Copy !req
558. An 82-year-old woman
looking after 15 children...Copy !req
559. whose great-grandson was
using Elias as a drug runner...Copy !req
560. and giving him access to a
loaded semi-automatic handgun.Copy !req
561. And don't get me started on the
accessibility of handguns to minors.Copy !req
562. This boy should not
be put away.Copy !req
563. Nobody in Sing Sing had
a great childhood, Ms. Cabot.Copy !req
564. You start killing at seven,
it's not a bad predictor.Copy !req
565. You are unbelievable.Copy !req
566. No, I am second-in-command and I
have Lewin's full support in this.Copy !req
567. Now, listen, people know what
happened. They want justice.Copy !req
568. I need someone
held responsible.Copy !req
569. The death of Carly Jackson
is the ultimate tragedy.Copy !req
570. There are no easy solutions,
but we in the DA's office...Copy !req
571. have a moral imperative
to do the right thing...Copy !req
572. and I assure you that justice
will be served.Copy !req
573. I am placing full authority
in the worthy hands...Copy !req
574. of a person who has been intimately
involved with every aspect...Copy !req
575. of the case
from the beginning.Copy !req
576. Assistant District Attorney
Alex Cabot.Copy !req
577. Will you be prosecuting
7- year-old Elias Barrera?Copy !req
578. A Latino boy killed
an African-American girl.Copy !req
579. Are you at all concerned
that if you don't prosecute...Copy !req
580. it may ignite tensions
in the neighborhood?Copy !req
581. We know this was in no way
racially motivated.Copy !req
582. I'm sure no responsible
member of the press...Copy !req
583. would even think to put
that kind of slant on it.Copy !req
584. He hung her out to dry.Copy !req
585. No matter what she does
to Elias, it's lose, lose.Copy !req
586. Half the city's going
to hate her.Copy !req
587. The other half
won't be turning back flips.Copy !req
588. I talked to the Barreras, Elias
was formally expelled from school.Copy !req
589. The State sent a tutor.Copy !req
590. Don't let that get out. The
state of our educational system...Copy !req
591. people will be
killing to get one.Copy !req
592. Is there anything
we can do for Cabot?Copy !req
593. We've exhausted the pool of
sacrificial heads for the platter.Copy !req
594. It's out of our hands. She needs
to look at alternate solutions.Copy !req
595. Liz, my career's
on the line here.Copy !req
596. And a little boy's future. Believe
me, I haven't forgotten about him.Copy !req
597. I can't believe my boss
did this to me.Copy !req
598. That's what they do at the boy's
club. Why do you think I left?Copy !req
599. What would you do?Copy !req
600. I really shouldn't discuss
the particulars with you...Copy !req
601. while I'm on retainer
by the defense.Copy !req
602. Hypothetically.Copy !req
603. I wouldn't make him another
throw-away kid and just warehouse him.Copy !req
604. I'd put him
in supervised counseling.Copy !req
605. That's not going to sate the public's
bloodlust. Someone has to be punished.Copy !req
606. You know, I had a political
future at one point.Copy !req
607. Alex, the historical figures
I respect the most...Copy !req
608. aren't the ones who started wars,
but those who brought about peace.Copy !req
609. You have a real
opportunity here.Copy !req
610. The respondent clearly
understands the difference...Copy !req
611. between right and wrong.Copy !req
612. At the time he pulled the
trigger, he knew what he was doing.Copy !req
613. He intended to cause physical injury
or death to the boys at the fence.Copy !req
614. Yes, he absolutely knows
what's going on here.Copy !req
615. He understands the role
of the court...Copy !req
616. he understands the role
of the Judge...Copy !req
617. he knows his attorney
is here to help him.Copy !req
618. He has the capacity to assist
in his own defense.Copy !req
619. Dr. Olivet, have you reviewed
the State examiners' reports?Copy !req
620. I have.Copy !req
621. Well, do you concur with their
findings? They're absolutely right.Copy !req
622. He does understand
the procedures of the court...Copy !req
623. and he knows
his conduct was wrong.Copy !req
624. But in my assessment,
the minor...Copy !req
625. he knows it was wrong, but at the time
he pulled that trigger, he did not.Copy !req
626. I have no more questions.Copy !req
627. Dr. Olivet, you're familiar
with the People's exhibit "H"?Copy !req
628. Very familiar.
I had him draw it.Copy !req
629. And what exactly
did you ask him to draw?Copy !req
630. A portrait of himself
at the time of the crime.Copy !req
631. There was no mention of fire
in the police report.Copy !req
632. He added that to the picture when I asked
what he thought should happen to him.Copy !req
633. And what do
the flames represent?Copy !req
634. Hell.Copy !req
635. That's taking the consequences
of his actions...Copy !req
636. to the ultimate extreme,
isn't it?Copy !req
637. Obviously, he has
the capacity to understand.Copy !req
638. All children have some grasp
of right and wrong.Copy !req
639. I've seen children
younger than seven...Copy !req
640. who believe they're going to
hell because they told a fib.Copy !req
641. How do you explain
his lapse in judgment...Copy !req
642. at the time
he pulled the trigger?Copy !req
643. He was in mortal fear.Copy !req
644. Not only that,
he was imitating behavior.Copy !req
645. He had seen these men wave a gun to
scare people, and he did the same.Copy !req
646. He just wanted them
to go away.Copy !req
647. He was imitating behavior
without understanding it...Copy !req
648. the danger, risks,
or morality.Copy !req
649. And on what exactly do you base
your findings on his capacity?Copy !req
650. Solely on his age
and development.Copy !req
651. He's 7 years old.Copy !req
652. Thank you. You may step down.Copy !req
653. Your Honor...Copy !req
654. the People defer
to Dr. Olivet's findings...Copy !req
655. that the minor
lacked the capacity...Copy !req
656. to understand the consequences
of his actions...Copy !req
657. and therefore should not
be held responsible.Copy !req
658. The People
are withdrawing charges?Copy !req
659. It's clear the respondent lacked
the mens rea to commit a crime.Copy !req
660. Therefore, we will
not pursue the case.Copy !req
661. I know some of you are not
happy with today's decision.Copy !req
662. But there's something
I'd like you to hear.Copy !req
663. We heard you loud and clear.Copy !req
664. The killers of black children
get off scot-free!Copy !req
665. This cycle of violence
has got to stop somewhere.Copy !req
666. Let it be here.Copy !req
667. I'm Carly Jackson's mother.Copy !req
668. I know you're all here
out of concern.Copy !req
669. And I thank you.Copy !req
670. But I have a favor to ask.Copy !req
671. Go home.Copy !req
672. Take care of your children.Copy !req
673. Teflon.Copy !req
674. I'm just glad the city
isn't burning.Copy !req
675. You more than survived,
you're a hero.Copy !req
676. Congratulations.
Thanks.Copy !req
677. Actually, my boss is so happy,
he said I could take Sunday off.Copy !req
678. We were on our way
to McMullen's.Copy !req
679. How about we buy you
a congratulatory drink?Copy !req
680. Sure.
Great.Copy !req
681. Hey, Cap, you coming?Copy !req
682. Police, coming through.Copy !req
683. Neighbors jumped him.Copy !req
684. Would have killed him if
we hadn't been a block away.Copy !req
685. Who is he?Copy !req
686. A relative?
Outraged citizen.Copy !req
687. How old is he?
Twelve.Copy !req
688. Name's Thomas James. Goes
by TJ. Anyone see it happen?Copy !req
689. Best we can put together, he tried
to join a group of kids playing ball.Copy !req
690. They shunned him.
He walks off, alone.Copy !req
691. That's when TJ shows up.Copy !req
692. Get off me, man.
Hey, leave me alone.Copy !req
693. Can't kill a sister
and just walk.Copy !req
694. Hey, come on, man. Leave me
alone, man. I ain't do nothing man.Copy !req
695. Cycle never ends, does it?Copy !req
696. Welcome to the Gaza Strip.Copy !req