1 00:00:00,020 --> 00:00:01,547 I am Wallace, 2 00:00:01,571 --> 00:00:03,931 am under the permanent custody of the state of New York, 3 00:00:03,955 --> 00:00:05,689 serving a life sentence for something I didn't do. 4 00:00:05,713 --> 00:00:09,212 Being a prison paralegal, representing fellow inmates... 5 00:00:09,236 --> 00:00:10,669 that's my only commodity. 6 00:00:10,693 --> 00:00:12,773 Being a lawyer, proving my innocence... 7 00:00:12,797 --> 00:00:15,565 that's how I'm gonna get myself out of here. 8 00:00:15,841 --> 00:00:17,285 I was hoping maybe you could do something for me. 9 00:00:17,309 --> 00:00:18,620 You're the only one I can trust. 10 00:00:18,644 --> 00:00:19,744 What is this all about? 11 00:00:19,768 --> 00:00:20,935 I told you, it's best you don't know. 12 00:00:26,352 --> 00:00:28,496 - What do you need? - My police file. 13 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,398 I'm gonna sue the NYPD to release it. 14 00:00:30,422 --> 00:00:32,300 I see no reason to grant access. 15 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:35,503 The police refused to give Mr. Wallace 16 00:00:35,527 --> 00:00:37,004 the records from his case. 17 00:00:37,028 --> 00:00:38,406 They're afraid. 18 00:00:38,430 --> 00:00:39,574 How would you even fight your case? 19 00:00:39,598 --> 00:00:40,664 I'd find another way. 20 00:00:41,153 --> 00:00:47,132 Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 21 00:00:47,706 --> 00:00:52,320 Of course, it's about self-respect and hope 22 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:56,323 and recognizing there's more going on than just yourself. 23 00:00:56,347 --> 00:00:59,360 But the thing I've learned more than anything in my time here, 24 00:00:59,384 --> 00:01:02,830 through my sobriety, through this program, 25 00:01:02,854 --> 00:01:05,666 and now through the work that I do in the treatment center, 26 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:09,887 is how to take personal responsibility. 27 00:01:11,596 --> 00:01:13,040 See, if you don't take 28 00:01:13,064 --> 00:01:15,176 responsibility for yourself, 29 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,577 for your choices, 30 00:01:16,601 --> 00:01:18,896 for where you are... 31 00:01:19,805 --> 00:01:22,116 you're never gonna be ready when you get out. 32 00:01:22,140 --> 00:01:26,737 Like my man Hamlet said, "The readiness is all." 33 00:01:27,712 --> 00:01:29,423 Who's next? 34 00:01:29,954 --> 00:01:30,964 Frankie. 35 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:33,194 What about you? 36 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:37,063 I'm just real nervous about going back into gen pop. 37 00:01:37,087 --> 00:01:39,250 I mean, I got my thirty days, 38 00:01:39,274 --> 00:01:45,214 but it's a lot easier here, all this support, no temptation. 39 00:01:46,964 --> 00:01:49,910 But just out there, it's so easy to... 40 00:01:49,934 --> 00:01:51,612 I-I'm sorry to interject here, 41 00:01:51,636 --> 00:01:54,381 but I just need to assure you, 42 00:01:54,405 --> 00:01:57,083 all of you, that we are cracking down 43 00:01:57,107 --> 00:01:58,985 on any kind of drug trade. 44 00:01:59,009 --> 00:02:02,423 But if you do feel tempted, you find a shift commander, 45 00:02:02,447 --> 00:02:04,792 and we will get you the support you need. 46 00:02:04,816 --> 00:02:06,652 Thank you, ma'am. 47 00:02:06,984 --> 00:02:09,663 You should know, relapses are down, 48 00:02:09,687 --> 00:02:12,399 and we've had twice as many applicants this month as last. 49 00:02:12,423 --> 00:02:15,336 Wouldn't be possible without your leadership, Hassan. 50 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,338 You know I appreciate the opportunity. 51 00:02:17,362 --> 00:02:20,440 This is gonna be the transitional wing 52 00:02:20,464 --> 00:02:21,941 for newly sober inmates, 53 00:02:21,965 --> 00:02:23,309 so they don't have to be released immediately 54 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:24,444 into gen pop. 55 00:02:24,468 --> 00:02:26,245 Excuse me, Ms. Masry. 56 00:02:26,269 --> 00:02:28,314 Aaron Wallace is at Security down on three, 57 00:02:28,338 --> 00:02:29,949 looking for Newcombe. 58 00:02:29,973 --> 00:02:31,183 Says he's representing him. 59 00:02:31,207 --> 00:02:32,819 We don't have a court date yet, 60 00:02:32,843 --> 00:02:35,488 but we are meeting so that we can go over our strategy. 61 00:02:35,512 --> 00:02:37,690 And it's Nawaz now. 62 00:02:37,714 --> 00:02:39,091 Not Newcombe. 63 00:02:39,115 --> 00:02:40,626 Not in your paperwork. 64 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:42,595 I think we can afford to lend him the courtesy 65 00:02:42,619 --> 00:02:44,930 of addressing him by his preferred name. 66 00:02:44,954 --> 00:02:46,760 - Take him down, then? - Yes, please. 67 00:02:46,784 --> 00:02:48,490 Thank you, ma'am. As ever. 68 00:02:51,561 --> 00:02:53,539 I told you... nobody looks better 69 00:02:53,563 --> 00:02:55,107 on a witness stand than a cop. 70 00:02:55,131 --> 00:02:56,542 So, what'd your brother say? You reach out to him? 71 00:02:56,566 --> 00:02:57,877 Nah, not yet. 72 00:02:57,901 --> 00:02:59,979 What's taking so long? 73 00:03:00,003 --> 00:03:01,947 You know, I'm not so sure about that, man. 74 00:03:01,971 --> 00:03:04,215 We talked about this. Why not? 75 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:06,785 I wrote him a 28-page letter when I first got clean. 76 00:03:07,297 --> 00:03:08,547 And? 77 00:03:09,378 --> 00:03:10,689 He never wrote me back. 78 00:03:10,713 --> 00:03:12,457 That was three years ago, right? 79 00:03:12,481 --> 00:03:14,493 It's not like you did something violent. 80 00:03:14,517 --> 00:03:16,294 Look, man's made it perfectly clear 81 00:03:16,318 --> 00:03:18,098 he wants nothing to do with me. 82 00:03:18,721 --> 00:03:21,132 I've been a weight on him his whole life. 83 00:03:21,156 --> 00:03:22,904 The last thing I want to do now is... 84 00:03:22,928 --> 00:03:24,813 is call him and ask for something. 85 00:03:25,661 --> 00:03:27,482 Alright, look, 86 00:03:28,163 --> 00:03:29,574 what if I reach out to him and tell him 87 00:03:29,598 --> 00:03:31,153 that you didn't even know I was doing it? 88 00:03:32,029 --> 00:03:34,012 We play it like that, 89 00:03:34,036 --> 00:03:35,747 if he doesn't want to help, then it's me 90 00:03:35,771 --> 00:03:37,534 he's telling to screw off, not you. 91 00:03:38,073 --> 00:03:40,829 Oh, come on, Hassan. Just let me try. 92 00:03:42,277 --> 00:03:44,411 I'm telling you. He's the best chance you got. 93 00:03:46,180 --> 00:03:47,725 That's what I'm talking about! 94 00:03:47,749 --> 00:03:50,394 - That's too good, man. Too good. - Oh, man. 95 00:03:52,754 --> 00:03:55,365 Hello? 96 00:03:55,389 --> 00:03:58,068 You are receiving a monitored and recorded call 97 00:03:58,092 --> 00:04:04,542 from Inmate 10-B-316 at Bellmore Correctional. 98 00:04:04,566 --> 00:04:08,278 To accept this call, press one. 99 00:04:09,637 --> 00:04:12,883 Aaron. Yo, Aaron. 100 00:04:12,907 --> 00:04:14,585 You review my charges yet? 101 00:04:14,609 --> 00:04:16,353 I'm on it, Monte. Hearing's not 'til next week. 102 00:04:16,377 --> 00:04:18,456 I'm tellin' you, Nineball's lyin'. 103 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,390 Fork was nowhere near his eye. 104 00:04:20,414 --> 00:04:22,259 Try a spoon next time. 105 00:04:22,283 --> 00:04:24,194 - I can't lose my yard time. - Monte, Monte, Monte. 106 00:04:24,218 --> 00:04:25,796 - I need my yard time. - Alright, alright, alright. 107 00:04:25,820 --> 00:04:27,876 - Let him do his thing, alright? - He's lyin'. 108 00:04:30,791 --> 00:04:31,901 Thank you. 109 00:04:35,161 --> 00:04:36,699 So, this is all for Hassan? 110 00:04:37,253 --> 00:04:39,776 Yeah. I'm tracking down some case law. 111 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,044 You reach out to his brother yet? 112 00:04:42,068 --> 00:04:43,480 Yeah, he's coming here today. 113 00:04:43,504 --> 00:04:45,047 So, you gonna hit him up right away? 114 00:04:45,071 --> 00:04:46,950 I don't even know if he's gonna help Hassan. 115 00:04:46,974 --> 00:04:48,551 I gotta slow-play it, you know what I mean? 116 00:04:48,575 --> 00:04:50,453 If he's barely willing to help his brother out, 117 00:04:50,477 --> 00:04:51,554 why the hell you think he gonna bend over 118 00:04:51,578 --> 00:04:52,822 backwards for you? 119 00:04:52,846 --> 00:04:54,924 Haven't figured that out yet. 120 00:04:54,948 --> 00:04:56,559 Well, listen, all I'm saying is, 121 00:04:56,583 --> 00:04:57,927 you know, your rep's still a little shaky 122 00:04:57,951 --> 00:04:59,496 after the whole Joey Knox thing. 123 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,131 I got 42 guys in here who want me to rep them. 124 00:05:02,155 --> 00:05:04,934 Hassan's the only one with a family member who's a cop. 125 00:05:04,958 --> 00:05:06,970 Now, I need a cop to access my police file. 126 00:05:06,994 --> 00:05:08,571 You got to at least tell Hassan 127 00:05:08,595 --> 00:05:10,150 - what your game plan's gonna be. - No way. 128 00:05:10,174 --> 00:05:11,712 No, I come clean now, he'll pull out. 129 00:05:11,737 --> 00:05:12,908 Yeah, but if you ambush him later... 130 00:05:12,932 --> 00:05:14,910 I need to know what's in that file, Jamal. 131 00:05:14,934 --> 00:05:16,411 - Without that, I got nothing. - Alright. 132 00:05:16,435 --> 00:05:17,980 - Alright? End of conversation. - Alright. 133 00:05:18,004 --> 00:05:19,761 Pass me that. 134 00:05:20,372 --> 00:05:22,183 Here you go, boss man. 135 00:05:29,882 --> 00:05:31,827 You look angrier on TV. 136 00:05:33,986 --> 00:05:35,664 I appreciate you coming all this way. 137 00:05:35,688 --> 00:05:37,454 - Mm-hmm. - So will Hassan. 138 00:05:38,724 --> 00:05:40,301 Is that what he's calling himself now? 139 00:05:40,325 --> 00:05:42,538 It's part of his new deal. 140 00:05:42,562 --> 00:05:45,473 Changed his name, converted to Islam. 141 00:05:45,497 --> 00:05:48,343 He some kind of Malcolm X now? 142 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:50,445 More like Dr. King. 143 00:05:50,469 --> 00:05:53,336 Okay, I-I'll give you ten minutes, so make it quick. 144 00:05:54,052 --> 00:05:56,863 Alright. So, here's the deal. 145 00:05:57,008 --> 00:05:59,054 At the time he accepted the plea for the burglary, 146 00:05:59,078 --> 00:06:01,222 he was detoxing and out of his mind, 147 00:06:01,246 --> 00:06:04,125 which means he was too impaired to make a proper decision. 148 00:06:04,149 --> 00:06:06,961 All I want is for you to testify how bad his addiction was. 149 00:06:06,985 --> 00:06:08,463 That wouldn't be difficult. 150 00:06:08,487 --> 00:06:11,232 - Then you'll do it. - Mm, I didn't say that. 151 00:06:11,256 --> 00:06:14,001 They put him away for 15 years for stealing copper wire 152 00:06:14,025 --> 00:06:15,670 out of a building he thought was abandoned. 153 00:06:15,694 --> 00:06:17,004 He had two other felonies under his belt, 154 00:06:17,028 --> 00:06:18,806 and he knew what he was doing. 155 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:20,241 And if he didn't get caught for that, 156 00:06:20,265 --> 00:06:22,282 it would've just been for something else. 157 00:06:23,235 --> 00:06:25,869 I was in here when Hassan first came in. 158 00:06:27,038 --> 00:06:30,718 I know what he was then, what you got in your mind. 159 00:06:30,742 --> 00:06:32,554 But he's a different man now. 160 00:06:32,578 --> 00:06:35,156 He used to steal from our mother. 161 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:37,157 Took her dialysis equipment one time. 162 00:06:37,181 --> 00:06:39,826 I came home, had to rush her to the hospital. 163 00:06:39,850 --> 00:06:44,264 She nearly died because he needed his vial of crack. 164 00:06:44,288 --> 00:06:46,166 Then when she did die, 165 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:48,368 he wasn't at the funeral 166 00:06:48,392 --> 00:06:50,370 because he was locked up. 167 00:06:52,530 --> 00:06:55,775 I get that he did a lot of things to you and your family. 168 00:06:55,799 --> 00:06:58,345 I get it because he told me. 169 00:06:58,369 --> 00:07:00,581 I get it 'cause I know a lot of people like that. 170 00:07:00,605 --> 00:07:03,383 I'm in here because of someone like that. 171 00:07:03,865 --> 00:07:05,219 But you see that man over there? 172 00:07:05,243 --> 00:07:07,454 The one with the do-rag? 173 00:07:08,119 --> 00:07:10,390 The only reason he's alive 174 00:07:10,414 --> 00:07:13,041 is because Hassan helped him get clean. 175 00:07:14,084 --> 00:07:17,504 And that one there... he tried to hang himself last summer. 176 00:07:18,922 --> 00:07:20,866 Hassan helped him turn it all around. 177 00:07:20,890 --> 00:07:22,323 Yeah? 178 00:07:25,495 --> 00:07:28,741 You see that punk right there? 179 00:07:29,432 --> 00:07:31,309 Table in the corner. 180 00:07:32,269 --> 00:07:34,247 I put him away on attempted murder 181 00:07:34,271 --> 00:07:36,649 and for carjacking. 182 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:42,279 He's here for a reason, just like everybody else. 183 00:07:47,450 --> 00:07:49,928 And I'm assuming the reason you drove all the way up here 184 00:07:49,952 --> 00:07:52,465 is because you've still got some feeling for your brother. 185 00:07:52,489 --> 00:07:54,167 I'm not asking you to forgive him, 186 00:07:54,191 --> 00:07:55,968 but what I am asking for 187 00:07:55,992 --> 00:07:58,712 is one afternoon to help him get out of here. 188 00:07:59,162 --> 00:08:00,973 I never knew your mother, 189 00:08:00,997 --> 00:08:03,643 but I'm sure that's what she would have wanted. 190 00:08:03,667 --> 00:08:06,011 You gonna use my mother on me? 191 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:07,479 I'm a lawyer. 192 00:08:07,503 --> 00:08:09,670 I'll do whatever I can for my client. 193 00:08:12,541 --> 00:08:14,486 Yeah, the clerk tipped me off. 194 00:08:14,510 --> 00:08:17,122 I'm down here now. Wallace filed a 440, 195 00:08:17,146 --> 00:08:19,457 arguing state of mind at the time of the plea. 196 00:08:19,481 --> 00:08:21,259 I guess he thinks 'cause the perp's brother's a cop, 197 00:08:21,283 --> 00:08:23,195 that's gonna have some sway, but it'll never fly. 198 00:08:23,219 --> 00:08:25,931 Burg 2 in Queens doesn't sound like much of an angle. 199 00:08:25,955 --> 00:08:28,200 It doesn't even touch his case tangentially. 200 00:08:28,224 --> 00:08:30,302 I don't get what he's doing. 201 00:08:30,326 --> 00:08:32,871 I want to check and see if this cop ever worked the Bronx. 202 00:08:32,895 --> 00:08:35,607 Bottom line is Wallace isn't stopping. 203 00:08:35,631 --> 00:08:37,876 Now we need to cut him off at the knees. 204 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,146 I was so wasted, I didn't know what borough I was in, 205 00:08:41,170 --> 00:08:43,481 let alone if anybody was in the building. 206 00:08:43,505 --> 00:08:45,317 So, you went inside. 207 00:08:45,842 --> 00:08:47,519 Then what? 208 00:08:47,543 --> 00:08:49,354 I remember going up the stairs, 209 00:08:49,378 --> 00:08:51,356 stealing the copper wire from the walls, 210 00:08:51,380 --> 00:08:53,191 and then heading back down. 211 00:08:53,215 --> 00:08:55,460 And did you see anybody inside? 212 00:08:55,484 --> 00:08:56,528 No. 213 00:08:56,552 --> 00:08:58,355 Hear anybody? 214 00:08:59,186 --> 00:09:02,700 I just... I just remember it kind of smelled, 215 00:09:02,724 --> 00:09:05,236 like... like some old garbage or something. 216 00:09:05,260 --> 00:09:06,637 And when the police arrested you 217 00:09:06,661 --> 00:09:08,905 and told you somebody was living there? 218 00:09:08,929 --> 00:09:11,141 I said I didn't know. 219 00:09:11,165 --> 00:09:14,411 That I was sorry. I had no idea. 220 00:09:14,435 --> 00:09:16,179 And did you know the person living there 221 00:09:16,203 --> 00:09:18,048 was actually a homeless man with a sleeping bag 222 00:09:18,072 --> 00:09:19,416 who himself was trespassing? 223 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:22,152 The prosecution will probably object here, 224 00:09:22,176 --> 00:09:23,554 and I'll change the word to "squatting," 225 00:09:23,578 --> 00:09:25,055 and then we'll move on. 226 00:09:25,079 --> 00:09:26,912 - So, what... - Hey, you good at this, man. 227 00:09:29,183 --> 00:09:31,228 I'm still trying to figure that out. 228 00:09:31,252 --> 00:09:34,364 - I'm one for one so far. - Hey. 229 00:09:34,388 --> 00:09:36,332 How you even get your law degree? 230 00:09:36,356 --> 00:09:38,189 From in here? 231 00:09:40,594 --> 00:09:42,524 Desperation. 232 00:09:43,263 --> 00:09:45,986 Needing to focus on something to survive. 233 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:48,544 I managed to get myself clean, 234 00:09:48,568 --> 00:09:52,882 but it was the warden who gave me a sense of purpose. 235 00:09:52,906 --> 00:09:55,017 It's amazing what she's done with this place 236 00:09:55,041 --> 00:09:56,452 in such a short amount of time. 237 00:09:56,476 --> 00:09:58,220 Against all doubters. 238 00:09:58,832 --> 00:09:59,922 Yeah. 239 00:09:59,946 --> 00:10:02,377 She's almost as stubborn as me. 240 00:10:03,082 --> 00:10:05,194 She just trying to do what's right. 241 00:10:05,218 --> 00:10:07,430 And Lord knows, that's a hard thing... 242 00:10:07,924 --> 00:10:09,926 a hard thing. 243 00:10:39,251 --> 00:10:40,462 You look good. 244 00:10:42,855 --> 00:10:44,433 Thank you. 245 00:10:44,457 --> 00:10:45,734 For doing this. 246 00:10:50,094 --> 00:10:51,639 Let's go. 247 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:03,917 You don't know what this is about? 248 00:11:03,941 --> 00:11:06,186 All I know is they have a subpoena. 249 00:11:13,651 --> 00:11:16,497 Safiya Masry, Superintendent. 250 00:11:16,521 --> 00:11:19,500 Dez O'Reilly, Assistant District Attorney, the Bronx. 251 00:11:19,524 --> 00:11:22,135 We'll need to look through your security camera footage from last week. 252 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:23,603 What the hell is this about? 253 00:11:23,627 --> 00:11:26,539 "Forgery and filing a false instrument." 254 00:11:26,563 --> 00:11:28,140 Who are you investigating? 255 00:11:28,164 --> 00:11:31,177 Well, it says right there... Aaron Wallace. 256 00:11:36,873 --> 00:11:38,652 Do you remember the day your brother 257 00:11:38,676 --> 00:11:41,455 - was arrested on this charge? - I do. 258 00:11:41,479 --> 00:11:43,311 Like it was yesterday. 259 00:11:43,889 --> 00:11:45,563 Can you describe that, please? 260 00:11:46,318 --> 00:11:48,562 I was on patrol and got the call, 261 00:11:48,586 --> 00:11:49,797 went down to the precinct. 262 00:11:49,821 --> 00:11:51,778 He was... 263 00:11:53,290 --> 00:11:55,223 I barely even recognized him. 264 00:11:57,962 --> 00:11:59,895 It's like he was somewhere else. 265 00:12:01,666 --> 00:12:03,414 Like he was never coming back. 266 00:12:04,101 --> 00:12:08,214 And four days later, when the plea was offered? 267 00:12:08,238 --> 00:12:10,551 He was detoxing so bad, 268 00:12:10,575 --> 00:12:12,966 I don't think he heard anything the lawyers said. 269 00:12:14,078 --> 00:12:17,257 So, you would say he was incapacitated? 270 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:19,472 Incapacitated? 271 00:12:21,085 --> 00:12:23,853 He was incapable of tying his own shoes. 272 00:12:32,496 --> 00:12:34,406 Dr. Carter to Radiology. 273 00:12:34,430 --> 00:12:36,330 Dr. Carter to Radiology. 274 00:12:39,536 --> 00:12:41,647 - Hey, lady. - Hey. 275 00:12:41,671 --> 00:12:43,583 - Read something about Aaron. - Mm? 276 00:12:43,607 --> 00:12:45,918 - See you did, too. - Yeah. 277 00:12:45,942 --> 00:12:49,288 I was, uh... I was there, actually, when he won. 278 00:12:49,312 --> 00:12:50,490 - At court? - Mm-hmm. 279 00:12:50,514 --> 00:12:51,838 Last week. 280 00:12:52,281 --> 00:12:53,464 What? 281 00:12:53,997 --> 00:12:55,307 I just don't want you getting caught up 282 00:12:55,332 --> 00:12:56,910 in all of that again. 283 00:12:57,385 --> 00:12:58,680 I know. 284 00:12:58,705 --> 00:13:01,316 Darius is the best thing that ever happened to you. 285 00:13:01,341 --> 00:13:02,707 Remember that. 286 00:13:05,028 --> 00:13:07,539 Paging Dr. Roberts. 287 00:13:07,563 --> 00:13:11,377 Paging Dr. Roberts. 288 00:13:11,401 --> 00:13:13,612 He forged some note on pink stationary 289 00:13:13,636 --> 00:13:15,157 and then presented it as evidence in court? 290 00:13:15,158 --> 00:13:16,553 We don't know anything yet. 291 00:13:16,577 --> 00:13:19,238 Let's just see what's on the surveillance footage. 292 00:13:19,262 --> 00:13:21,039 Here we see him take the stationary from her 293 00:13:21,063 --> 00:13:22,875 and head back inside? 294 00:13:22,899 --> 00:13:25,043 Oh, you allow objects to change hands during visitation. 295 00:13:25,067 --> 00:13:27,913 We do thorough security checks on both sides. 296 00:13:27,937 --> 00:13:30,482 So, does Wallace come back after this or what? 297 00:13:30,506 --> 00:13:32,217 Fast forward 39 minutes. 298 00:13:34,076 --> 00:13:38,723 You see him come back in... here, 299 00:13:38,747 --> 00:13:41,993 as my guards are trying to clear the space. 300 00:13:42,017 --> 00:13:45,430 Then you see Wallace defy them and come forward. 301 00:13:45,454 --> 00:13:46,798 Freeze it there. 302 00:13:46,822 --> 00:13:49,066 Ah. Geez. Look at that. 303 00:13:49,090 --> 00:13:50,602 - There it is. - Now hang on a minute. 304 00:13:50,626 --> 00:13:52,470 You can't even tell from this what that is. 305 00:13:52,494 --> 00:13:54,673 I-I get you're in CYA mode, 306 00:13:54,697 --> 00:13:56,608 but what do you think's actually going on here? 307 00:13:56,632 --> 00:13:58,343 We'll need to interview the guards who were working 308 00:13:58,367 --> 00:14:00,244 the security checks on either side of visitation that day. 309 00:14:00,268 --> 00:14:02,947 Actually, that's something you'd need an additional subpoena for. 310 00:14:02,971 --> 00:14:05,317 This one's only for the security cameras. 311 00:14:05,341 --> 00:14:06,918 We'll come back with that. 312 00:14:06,942 --> 00:14:08,186 Meantime, we'll take a flash drive 313 00:14:08,210 --> 00:14:10,083 with this footage, please. 314 00:14:10,979 --> 00:14:13,191 Come on, Tramell. Do you remember what color it was? 315 00:14:13,215 --> 00:14:15,427 Color? No. 316 00:14:15,451 --> 00:14:17,995 Just that he said it was for his daughter. 317 00:14:18,019 --> 00:14:19,931 What about you, Officer Gutierrez? 318 00:14:19,955 --> 00:14:21,265 I checked the wife when she came in. 319 00:14:21,289 --> 00:14:22,834 She had this box of stationary. 320 00:14:22,858 --> 00:14:25,136 It was blank pieces of paper, some envelopes. 321 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,305 But the color? No. 322 00:14:27,329 --> 00:14:29,506 Officer Anderson? 323 00:14:29,530 --> 00:14:31,943 He came out of the visiting area with the box, 324 00:14:31,967 --> 00:14:34,712 went back to gen pop for... I don't know. 325 00:14:34,736 --> 00:14:37,949 I couldn't tell you how long, and came back with an envelope. 326 00:14:37,973 --> 00:14:39,616 I checked it, of course. 327 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,219 It had one piece of paper inside. 328 00:14:41,243 --> 00:14:42,854 Had handwriting on it, 329 00:14:42,878 --> 00:14:44,188 but I couldn't tell you what it said or anything. 330 00:14:44,212 --> 00:14:45,811 I've got no idea about the color. 331 00:14:49,717 --> 00:14:51,062 Well, they won't be able to bust him, 332 00:14:51,086 --> 00:14:53,029 - but obviously, he did it. - Officer Garrett. 333 00:14:53,053 --> 00:14:54,832 I told you, you couldn't trust Wallace. 334 00:14:54,856 --> 00:14:56,834 I mean, how could he do this? I know, Tom. 335 00:14:56,858 --> 00:14:59,002 - Expose you to all of this. - I know. I get it. 336 00:14:59,026 --> 00:15:00,355 You gotta call him in. 337 00:15:00,379 --> 00:15:02,740 The second he gets back from court, read him the riot act. 338 00:15:02,764 --> 00:15:04,508 I'm not doing anything 'til we find out exactly 339 00:15:04,532 --> 00:15:07,344 what happened with that note. 340 00:15:07,368 --> 00:15:08,401 Thank you. 341 00:15:14,575 --> 00:15:17,421 Hey, what's the judge doing back there, anyway? 342 00:15:17,445 --> 00:15:19,527 Probably reading cases. 343 00:15:20,448 --> 00:15:22,393 Lots of conflicting precedents. 344 00:15:22,417 --> 00:15:25,429 Well, how long do you think? 345 00:15:25,453 --> 00:15:26,851 Hard to say. 346 00:15:30,925 --> 00:15:32,424 Gimme a minute. 347 00:15:37,697 --> 00:15:38,797 Wallace. 348 00:15:42,736 --> 00:15:44,302 I want to talk to my witness. 349 00:15:52,946 --> 00:15:56,592 Now, I know you must've heard about me, 350 00:15:56,616 --> 00:15:59,562 what I'm up against in my own case. 351 00:15:59,586 --> 00:16:02,398 See, they've been denying me my police file for nine years. 352 00:16:02,422 --> 00:16:04,300 They keep saying there's an ongoing investigation, 353 00:16:04,324 --> 00:16:06,436 but they've got no indictments, no other charges. 354 00:16:06,460 --> 00:16:08,971 I don't understand why you're telling me this. 355 00:16:08,995 --> 00:16:11,106 I know you got no skin in the game, but I also know 356 00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:14,810 you're part of that police group, the 100 Blacks, 357 00:16:14,834 --> 00:16:17,612 - the work you do... - You want me to do something for you? 358 00:16:17,636 --> 00:16:19,714 I thought you could have a look at my file. 359 00:16:19,738 --> 00:16:20,983 They're claiming they got a new witness, 360 00:16:21,007 --> 00:16:22,318 but I know it's not true. 361 00:16:22,342 --> 00:16:25,220 So, there's got to be so much more there that's off. 362 00:16:25,244 --> 00:16:27,156 - You know how to read the file. - Mm-hmm. 363 00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:29,291 You'll know if anything stinks. 364 00:16:29,315 --> 00:16:31,626 All I'm asking is to be pointed in the right direction. 365 00:16:31,650 --> 00:16:33,829 Because I'm in 100 Blacks? 366 00:16:33,853 --> 00:16:36,765 You think I'm gonna risk my job for you? 367 00:16:39,692 --> 00:16:41,770 I got a wife and kids. 368 00:16:41,794 --> 00:16:43,172 Yeah, I got a wife 369 00:16:43,196 --> 00:16:44,840 and a daughter who's about to have a baby. 370 00:16:44,864 --> 00:16:46,608 And that's my problem why? 371 00:16:46,632 --> 00:16:48,465 Because you took my brother's case? 372 00:16:50,469 --> 00:16:52,347 Is that why you took it? 373 00:16:52,855 --> 00:16:55,583 - To get to me? - I lost my life. 374 00:16:55,607 --> 00:16:57,141 You should have thought about that before... 375 00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:58,152 Before what? 376 00:16:58,176 --> 00:17:01,322 Before I decided to be black in America? 377 00:17:01,346 --> 00:17:02,923 Court is back in session! 378 00:17:02,947 --> 00:17:05,093 All rise! 379 00:17:05,117 --> 00:17:07,028 Look, all I'm asking is for two hours. 380 00:17:07,052 --> 00:17:09,964 Look it over. You think it's all clean, fine. 381 00:17:09,988 --> 00:17:12,633 But you see anything that's off, just give me a heads up. 382 00:17:19,631 --> 00:17:22,876 Simply put, Mr. Wallace, while you did a fine job 383 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:25,178 of showing your client's depravity, 384 00:17:25,202 --> 00:17:27,814 you did nothing to prove that his impairment 385 00:17:27,838 --> 00:17:29,883 invalidated the voluntary waivers 386 00:17:29,907 --> 00:17:32,285 that he gave at the time of his plea. 387 00:17:32,309 --> 00:17:34,454 We have only the testimony of his brother, 388 00:17:34,478 --> 00:17:36,789 who, while being a police officer, 389 00:17:36,813 --> 00:17:39,792 has a very clear potential bias here. 390 00:17:40,251 --> 00:17:42,962 You offered no testimony from his attorney. 391 00:17:42,986 --> 00:17:45,399 I spoke to his attorney, Your Honor. 392 00:17:45,423 --> 00:17:47,700 Even with a waiver from my client, he still wouldn't talk. 393 00:17:47,724 --> 00:17:50,803 Or from a doctor who could have testified to his condition. 394 00:17:50,827 --> 00:17:53,373 He never saw a doctor until he was admitted. 395 00:17:53,397 --> 00:17:56,642 You brought one witness, and a biased witness at that. 396 00:17:56,666 --> 00:17:58,710 Well, then allow me to subpoena someone else. 397 00:17:58,734 --> 00:18:01,713 This isn't a teaching facility, Mr. Wallace. 398 00:18:01,737 --> 00:18:04,650 Your opportunity to call witnesses 399 00:18:04,674 --> 00:18:07,420 was before you rested your case. 400 00:18:07,444 --> 00:18:09,522 I don't know if any of that would have swayed me, 401 00:18:09,546 --> 00:18:11,424 but you certainly did not give your client 402 00:18:11,448 --> 00:18:13,514 the best opportunity to win today. 403 00:18:15,718 --> 00:18:17,729 Motion denied. 404 00:18:42,078 --> 00:18:43,689 Hey, I'm sorry, man. 405 00:18:43,713 --> 00:18:45,557 I really thought Calvin's testimony was... 406 00:18:45,581 --> 00:18:47,777 What were you saying to my brother back there? 407 00:18:48,417 --> 00:18:51,630 When the judge was in chambers, what were you two arguing about? 408 00:18:51,654 --> 00:18:53,431 I asked him to look at my police file. 409 00:18:53,455 --> 00:18:55,100 And do what? 410 00:18:55,124 --> 00:18:57,435 To find something that could help. 411 00:18:57,459 --> 00:18:59,571 That was really the best you could do back there? 412 00:18:59,595 --> 00:19:00,938 What, you think I'd tank your case when I need your brother's help? 413 00:19:00,962 --> 00:19:02,640 Why would I do that? 414 00:19:02,664 --> 00:19:04,976 You represent like you some kind of man of the people. 415 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,311 You're just a man that's out for yourself. 416 00:19:07,335 --> 00:19:09,947 - No, that's not what... - Just save it, alright? 417 00:19:09,971 --> 00:19:11,548 All you're worried about now is your rep, 418 00:19:11,572 --> 00:19:13,050 what I'm gonna dish. 419 00:19:13,074 --> 00:19:15,319 Come on, man. Look, this ain't over. 420 00:19:15,343 --> 00:19:17,515 We can take another shot. 421 00:19:18,279 --> 00:19:20,390 I really thought you were better than this. 422 00:19:28,813 --> 00:19:32,360 My friend said I might get a really horrible metallic taste in my mouth. 423 00:19:33,221 --> 00:19:34,653 Some people experience that. 424 00:19:34,677 --> 00:19:36,288 If you do, 425 00:19:36,312 --> 00:19:39,792 ice, lemonade, and hard candies will help. 426 00:19:40,204 --> 00:19:41,694 Okay. 427 00:19:41,718 --> 00:19:43,495 I mean, it's only chemo, right? 428 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:45,793 How bad can it be? 429 00:19:46,989 --> 00:19:49,741 I'm gonna give you my personal number. 430 00:19:49,765 --> 00:19:51,403 You can call me any time. 431 00:19:51,427 --> 00:19:53,505 Even just to say you're scared. 432 00:19:53,529 --> 00:19:55,407 Ms. Wallace. 433 00:19:55,431 --> 00:19:57,075 We're here from the District Attorney's office. 434 00:19:57,099 --> 00:19:59,307 We'd like you to come with us. 435 00:20:00,342 --> 00:20:02,560 It's okay, Marie. I can take over. 436 00:20:05,675 --> 00:20:07,519 You're in good hands. 437 00:20:11,046 --> 00:20:12,924 I don't understand. I need to get my bag. 438 00:20:12,948 --> 00:20:14,593 - It's in the changing area. - Of course. 439 00:20:14,617 --> 00:20:15,927 I want to know what's going on here. 440 00:20:15,951 --> 00:20:17,262 Ma'am, this is none of your concern. 441 00:20:17,286 --> 00:20:18,663 - If you please... - Vanessa, it's okay. 442 00:20:18,687 --> 00:20:20,765 - Are you arresting her? - I'm fine. 443 00:20:20,789 --> 00:20:22,267 It's okay. 444 00:20:22,291 --> 00:20:24,068 Really? Three? 445 00:20:32,233 --> 00:20:33,700 Open Cell Four. 446 00:20:38,973 --> 00:20:40,518 So, how'd it go? 447 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:43,120 You were right, man. Okay? You were right. 448 00:20:43,144 --> 00:20:44,756 You lost? 449 00:20:44,780 --> 00:20:46,424 Gotta find another angle. 450 00:20:46,448 --> 00:20:48,692 Must have missed something. 451 00:20:48,716 --> 00:20:50,226 So, what happened with the brother, then? 452 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,706 Oh, forget that, man. 453 00:20:52,732 --> 00:20:54,365 Forget that. 454 00:20:56,429 --> 00:20:58,240 As you can see, it's pretty clear 455 00:20:58,264 --> 00:21:00,542 you provided him with the stationary. 456 00:21:00,566 --> 00:21:02,444 He went back to one of his criminal friends, 457 00:21:02,468 --> 00:21:04,614 had the letter forged, brought it back to you, 458 00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:10,041 and you managed to execute this brilliant hand-off under duress. 459 00:21:12,112 --> 00:21:14,924 Then I'm imagining you took the letter, threw a stamp on it, 460 00:21:14,948 --> 00:21:17,126 and mailed it back to your husband at the prison. 461 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:18,694 We're in the process of getting our hands on 462 00:21:18,718 --> 00:21:20,596 the security camera footage around the mailbox 463 00:21:20,620 --> 00:21:22,965 where the letter was postmarked. 464 00:21:22,989 --> 00:21:24,892 Will we see you on it? 465 00:21:26,102 --> 00:21:27,269 I don't know. 466 00:21:27,293 --> 00:21:29,437 I live in the Bronx. I mail letters all the time. 467 00:21:29,461 --> 00:21:30,805 Not sure what that would prove. 468 00:21:32,765 --> 00:21:34,743 Can I get you something to drink? 469 00:21:34,767 --> 00:21:36,933 - Some water? Coffee? - No, I'm just fine. Thank you. 470 00:21:41,907 --> 00:21:44,252 I get that you don't like me. 471 00:21:44,276 --> 00:21:46,038 You think... 472 00:21:46,645 --> 00:21:48,089 I took your life away. 473 00:21:50,582 --> 00:21:54,714 But you got to remember, your husband was a drug dealer. 474 00:21:57,021 --> 00:21:59,634 And he didn't leave you in very good shape back then. 475 00:21:59,658 --> 00:22:01,302 The bind he put you in. 476 00:22:01,326 --> 00:22:03,471 And now you're back on your feet. 477 00:22:03,495 --> 00:22:06,674 You got yourself a career as a nurse, a new man. 478 00:22:06,698 --> 00:22:09,977 From my point of view, you are so much better off without him. 479 00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:11,412 Even if you thought he was innocent, 480 00:22:11,436 --> 00:22:13,013 which he isn't, 481 00:22:13,037 --> 00:22:15,849 I just can't fathom why you would be helping him now. 482 00:22:15,873 --> 00:22:18,152 - You got kids? - Two boys. 483 00:22:18,176 --> 00:22:20,254 - Wife? - Yes. 484 00:22:20,278 --> 00:22:22,290 So, what would you do if someone came along one day 485 00:22:22,314 --> 00:22:25,327 and tried to blow everything up, everything you cared about? 486 00:22:26,150 --> 00:22:29,963 I guess I'd make sure I never put myself in that position. 487 00:22:31,519 --> 00:22:33,522 Ms. Wallace's lawyer's here. 488 00:22:36,060 --> 00:22:38,939 Your husband is poison, Mrs. Wallace. 489 00:22:38,963 --> 00:22:42,142 I suggest you stay as far away from him as you can, 490 00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:44,834 before it starts to affect you and the rest of your family. 491 00:22:49,741 --> 00:22:52,052 - What the hell is it you were doing? - Nothing. 492 00:22:52,076 --> 00:22:54,621 - I just mailed a letter for him. - Then how'd you end up here? 493 00:22:54,645 --> 00:22:56,056 It was a piece of evidence he used in court, alright? 494 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,390 They were just trying to scare me. 495 00:22:57,414 --> 00:22:59,026 You got a 17-year-old daughter 496 00:22:59,050 --> 00:23:00,694 about to have a baby. 497 00:23:00,718 --> 00:23:02,061 You planning on helping her from behind bars? 498 00:23:02,085 --> 00:23:03,662 - Come on, Darius. - I don't understand 499 00:23:03,686 --> 00:23:05,231 - where the hell your head is. - Enough, alright? I get it. 500 00:23:05,255 --> 00:23:06,498 No, no. I don't think you do. 501 00:23:06,522 --> 00:23:08,167 I don't think you get it at all. 502 00:23:08,191 --> 00:23:10,402 This man has the power of the government behind him. 503 00:23:10,426 --> 00:23:12,338 They can do whatever they want. 504 00:23:12,362 --> 00:23:14,373 You seen it once, and now you're signing up for it again. 505 00:23:14,397 --> 00:23:16,308 - I'm not signing up for anything. - You really think Aaron's 506 00:23:16,332 --> 00:23:18,244 gonna find some way out of this now that he's a lawyer? 507 00:23:18,268 --> 00:23:21,247 Seriously? No. 508 00:23:21,271 --> 00:23:23,482 He's gonna suck you back in, and you're gonna take your eye 509 00:23:23,506 --> 00:23:25,484 off of everything else that matters. 510 00:23:25,508 --> 00:23:27,019 I'm not gonna do that, Darius. 511 00:23:27,043 --> 00:23:30,322 You already have. It's already started. 512 00:23:34,884 --> 00:23:37,328 Look, we're just trying to figure out his angle. 513 00:23:37,352 --> 00:23:39,097 Why? 514 00:23:39,121 --> 00:23:41,032 'Cause he's a hustler with a law degree, 515 00:23:41,056 --> 00:23:43,334 a convicted kingpin who's got nothing better to do 516 00:23:43,358 --> 00:23:44,770 than file some frivolous lawsuits. 517 00:23:44,794 --> 00:23:46,537 Frivolous lawsuits? 518 00:23:46,561 --> 00:23:48,840 Like the one he filed on behalf of my brother? 519 00:23:48,864 --> 00:23:50,608 - I'm... I'm not saying that. - So, you get this invested 520 00:23:50,632 --> 00:23:52,277 in everybody you put away? 521 00:23:52,301 --> 00:23:54,946 Driving around the city, playing P.I.? 522 00:23:54,970 --> 00:23:56,848 - He embarrassed us, frankly. - Mm. 523 00:23:56,872 --> 00:23:58,750 We want to make sure that doesn't happen again. 524 00:24:02,644 --> 00:24:04,555 Well, like you said, 525 00:24:04,579 --> 00:24:07,558 he can't embarrass you on some case he's trying in Queens. 526 00:24:07,582 --> 00:24:09,727 So, I guess you're good. 527 00:24:10,266 --> 00:24:11,796 Hello? 528 00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:13,931 You are receiving a monitored and recorded call 529 00:24:13,955 --> 00:24:18,803 from Inmate 10-B-316. 530 00:24:18,827 --> 00:24:21,972 To accept this call, press one. 531 00:24:21,996 --> 00:24:24,308 Hey, listen. 532 00:24:24,332 --> 00:24:26,210 I know you're hating on me, 533 00:24:26,234 --> 00:24:28,112 but remember the homeless guy who was supposedly living 534 00:24:28,136 --> 00:24:29,880 in the tenement your brother broke into? 535 00:24:29,904 --> 00:24:31,615 I need you to look up something for me. 536 00:24:31,639 --> 00:24:33,818 You... You can't be serious. 537 00:24:33,842 --> 00:24:35,419 The case law's a little sketchy, 538 00:24:35,443 --> 00:24:37,288 but if we can show he only slept there a few nights, 539 00:24:37,312 --> 00:24:39,723 - we might have a chance. - What are you talking about? 540 00:24:39,747 --> 00:24:42,092 We can maybe argue the building wasn't his home. 541 00:24:42,116 --> 00:24:43,894 We do that, the charge drops to Burg 3 542 00:24:43,918 --> 00:24:45,129 and he gets out on time served. 543 00:24:45,153 --> 00:24:46,395 Wrap it up now. One minute, 544 00:24:46,419 --> 00:24:48,131 and back to your cells for the night. 545 00:24:48,155 --> 00:24:49,498 The guy's name's Arthur Gingrich. 546 00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:51,968 Date of birth 9-17-64. 547 00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:53,736 Check the logs of nearby homeless shelters, 548 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,938 see if he has any type of record. 549 00:24:54,962 --> 00:24:56,672 Alright, Wallace, that's it. 550 00:24:56,696 --> 00:24:58,441 Listen, I don't care what you do for me, 551 00:24:58,465 --> 00:25:00,009 but maybe you should try and do this for your broth... 552 00:25:00,033 --> 00:25:01,632 Your call is now disconnected. 553 00:25:26,182 --> 00:25:29,562 Even if he's guilty, I still want him out. 554 00:25:30,137 --> 00:25:32,465 For Jazz or for you? 555 00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,166 Don't do that. 556 00:25:34,190 --> 00:25:35,423 Why not? 557 00:25:35,447 --> 00:25:37,269 Because you know I want to be with you. 558 00:25:42,193 --> 00:25:45,411 You know I love him, as much as anybody. 559 00:25:45,435 --> 00:25:47,613 But he made his choices. 560 00:25:48,176 --> 00:25:49,855 If we follow him down this path, 561 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,558 I... 562 00:25:52,583 --> 00:25:55,818 I just don't see how he doesn't drag us all down with him. 563 00:25:58,740 --> 00:26:00,652 - Thank you. - Aaron Wallace is here. 564 00:26:00,677 --> 00:26:01,842 Uh, send him in. 565 00:26:06,294 --> 00:26:07,739 What can I do for you? 566 00:26:07,764 --> 00:26:09,675 I'd like a character reference for Hassan. 567 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,578 Oh, I-I thought you'd already lost. 568 00:26:11,603 --> 00:26:13,280 I'm filing a new motion. 569 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:15,038 I got a different way into it. 570 00:26:17,883 --> 00:26:19,927 You know, I've been trying to figure out 571 00:26:19,951 --> 00:26:21,996 why you took his case to begin with. 572 00:26:22,020 --> 00:26:24,565 Seeing how he was prosecuted in Queens, 573 00:26:24,589 --> 00:26:26,600 his crime has nothing to do with yours, 574 00:26:26,624 --> 00:26:28,836 not even a hint of a connection to Maskins, 575 00:26:28,860 --> 00:26:30,404 O'Reilly, the Bronx... 576 00:26:30,428 --> 00:26:32,439 I gotta clear my legal strategy with you? 577 00:26:32,463 --> 00:26:34,008 I know that you're using these inmates 578 00:26:34,032 --> 00:26:36,210 to further your own agenda, 579 00:26:36,234 --> 00:26:38,779 but I don't see how Hassan fits the bill. 580 00:26:38,803 --> 00:26:41,548 And that troubles me because I care about him. 581 00:26:43,141 --> 00:26:44,860 I don't know what he told you, 582 00:26:44,885 --> 00:26:47,363 but I'm doing everything I can for him. 583 00:26:47,388 --> 00:26:49,834 And if I win, a letter of support from you 584 00:26:49,859 --> 00:26:52,871 will be a big help in resentencing. 585 00:26:52,896 --> 00:26:54,708 Fine. 586 00:26:54,709 --> 00:26:57,386 Maybe bring someone from the treatment center, like Frankie. 587 00:26:57,410 --> 00:26:58,922 Someone Hassan has helped. 588 00:26:58,946 --> 00:27:00,757 I'd have to file an order to produce for that. 589 00:27:00,781 --> 00:27:02,358 Well, I would support that. 590 00:27:02,382 --> 00:27:04,193 Clearly. 591 00:27:04,217 --> 00:27:06,150 I appreciate that. It's a good idea. 592 00:27:09,155 --> 00:27:10,767 Anything you need from me right now? 593 00:27:10,791 --> 00:27:12,902 Oh. No. 594 00:27:12,926 --> 00:27:14,270 I'm good. 595 00:27:32,612 --> 00:27:34,261 Hey. 596 00:27:35,846 --> 00:27:38,060 Forget about what happened before. 597 00:27:38,682 --> 00:27:42,764 Where you are now... that's all that matters. 598 00:27:56,367 --> 00:28:00,079 Your brother... changed my life. 599 00:28:01,830 --> 00:28:03,624 He saved me. 600 00:28:04,843 --> 00:28:06,776 I know it means a lot to him that you're here. 601 00:28:25,363 --> 00:28:27,641 So, you believe Mr. Newcombe 602 00:28:27,665 --> 00:28:29,476 had ineffective assistance of counsel 603 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:30,644 when his plea was made? 604 00:28:30,668 --> 00:28:32,979 - Yes, Your Honor. - I'll admit, 605 00:28:33,003 --> 00:28:34,981 I'm curious to hear the argument, 606 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:37,651 particularly coming from you, Mr. Wallace. 607 00:28:37,675 --> 00:28:39,953 I appreciate the opportunity, Your Honor. 608 00:28:39,977 --> 00:28:41,644 Then show me what you've got. 609 00:28:50,921 --> 00:28:52,866 This is the crime scene photograph taken 610 00:28:52,890 --> 00:28:54,834 at the time of the supposed burglary. 611 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:56,892 It shows a sleeping bag on the third floor. 612 00:28:59,596 --> 00:29:03,376 Now, the police report indicates the name of a man living there 613 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,245 after they found a-an expired driver's license 614 00:29:06,269 --> 00:29:07,881 left on the ground somewhere. 615 00:29:07,905 --> 00:29:10,016 I'm not clear what the point is here, Your Honor, 616 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,885 but the statute clearly states 617 00:29:11,909 --> 00:29:14,154 that a property will be considered a dwelling 618 00:29:14,178 --> 00:29:16,923 if it is usually occupied by a person therein at night. 619 00:29:16,947 --> 00:29:19,859 And that may be so, and it may even have been occupied 620 00:29:19,883 --> 00:29:22,528 by Mr. Gingrich at some point, 621 00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:25,264 but no one, including previous counsel or police, 622 00:29:25,288 --> 00:29:27,701 bothered to check to see if Mr. Gingrich 623 00:29:27,725 --> 00:29:29,936 was actually living there when the crime was committed. 624 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,038 That can't be the case. 625 00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:34,773 They saw his sleeping bag, his ID, 626 00:29:34,797 --> 00:29:37,109 a few possessions, and made a whole bunch of assumptions. 627 00:29:37,133 --> 00:29:39,044 The case never went to trial. 628 00:29:39,068 --> 00:29:41,413 The plea deal was made four days after the arrest. 629 00:29:41,437 --> 00:29:43,348 There was no reason for the police to return 630 00:29:43,372 --> 00:29:46,118 to the scene of the crime and find Mr. Gingrich. 631 00:29:46,142 --> 00:29:48,187 No reason except to spare my client 632 00:29:48,211 --> 00:29:50,388 doing more years than he should have, had they bothered to check. 633 00:29:50,412 --> 00:29:53,692 And certainly, previous counsel had a duty to investigate it. 634 00:29:53,716 --> 00:29:55,794 If they had, they would have found this. 635 00:30:02,391 --> 00:30:03,602 And here, Your Honor, is the death certificate 636 00:30:03,626 --> 00:30:05,604 of Mr. Gingrich. 637 00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:07,638 He was found in an alley around the corner from his dwelling 638 00:30:07,662 --> 00:30:09,707 and buried in Potter's Field, 639 00:30:09,731 --> 00:30:13,778 six days before my client entered that abandoned building 640 00:30:13,802 --> 00:30:16,881 and stole a few hundred dollars' worth of copper wire. 641 00:30:16,905 --> 00:30:19,117 The police didn't do their job, 642 00:30:19,141 --> 00:30:21,619 prosecution dropped the ball, 643 00:30:21,643 --> 00:30:23,454 and previous counsel was derelict 644 00:30:23,478 --> 00:30:26,224 in his ethical and legal obligations. 645 00:30:26,248 --> 00:30:29,060 Because of that, the wrong charge was brought. 646 00:30:29,084 --> 00:30:30,394 The proper charge would have carried 647 00:30:30,418 --> 00:30:32,263 a sentence of three to five years, 648 00:30:32,287 --> 00:30:35,817 and my client would be walking around a free man as we speak. 649 00:30:36,858 --> 00:30:39,670 Everyone failed him the first time around, Your Honor. 650 00:30:39,694 --> 00:30:42,338 Please, let's not do that to him again. 651 00:30:54,685 --> 00:30:57,089 Hey, what do you think about that judge? 652 00:30:57,354 --> 00:30:59,332 You mean, if he's a "Clarence"? 653 00:31:02,125 --> 00:31:03,769 I guess we'll find out, huh? 654 00:31:07,483 --> 00:31:08,841 Oh, man. 655 00:31:17,140 --> 00:31:20,028 I'm sorry I never wrote back to you... 656 00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:22,877 when you sent me that letter. 657 00:31:25,248 --> 00:31:27,426 I meant to. 658 00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:30,129 But I didn't know what to say. 659 00:31:30,153 --> 00:31:33,565 A day became a week became a month, and then I just... 660 00:31:33,589 --> 00:31:35,419 I just thought... 661 00:31:37,894 --> 00:31:39,426 that it was too late. 662 00:31:42,665 --> 00:31:44,931 It's never too late. 663 00:31:50,472 --> 00:31:51,916 Judge is ready. 664 00:32:00,349 --> 00:32:03,461 So, here we are for round two. 665 00:32:04,906 --> 00:32:08,833 This case presents some close issues of fact and law, 666 00:32:08,857 --> 00:32:10,468 and two things are clear. 667 00:32:10,492 --> 00:32:13,338 First, the prosecution did not, 668 00:32:13,362 --> 00:32:15,740 let us say, do an admirable job 669 00:32:15,764 --> 00:32:18,142 of investigating the facts and circumstances. 670 00:32:18,166 --> 00:32:23,613 And second, that Mr. Wallace has presented a clever argument. 671 00:32:23,967 --> 00:32:27,684 It would seem logical to submit that a dwelling 672 00:32:27,708 --> 00:32:30,754 is no longer a dwelling when the person residing there has died. 673 00:32:30,778 --> 00:32:35,092 However, we have the inconvenient matter of case law. 674 00:32:35,116 --> 00:32:37,694 Perhaps, Mr. Wallace, this is a concept 675 00:32:37,718 --> 00:32:39,596 that you didn't quite fully grasp 676 00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:43,028 from your correspondence courses at Bellmore. 677 00:32:43,824 --> 00:32:47,037 The New York State Court of Appeals dealt with this issue 678 00:32:47,061 --> 00:32:49,273 directly in People v. Barney. 679 00:32:49,297 --> 00:32:51,174 I did research that case, Your Honor. 680 00:32:51,198 --> 00:32:53,809 The domicile in question in Barney 681 00:32:53,833 --> 00:32:57,146 is a private residence with an owner, 682 00:32:57,170 --> 00:32:59,648 and you can't equate a residence of that kind 683 00:32:59,672 --> 00:33:01,150 to that of an abandoned building. 684 00:33:01,174 --> 00:33:02,851 Do you have a precedent to cite for me 685 00:33:02,875 --> 00:33:04,653 that distinguishes the two? 686 00:33:04,677 --> 00:33:06,822 N-No, Your Honor. 687 00:33:06,846 --> 00:33:08,190 I couldn't find one. 688 00:33:08,214 --> 00:33:10,326 That's because it doesn't exist. 689 00:33:10,350 --> 00:33:13,396 Well, then you have discretion here. 690 00:33:13,420 --> 00:33:17,333 Some judges think it's their job to make law in a courtroom. 691 00:33:17,357 --> 00:33:19,335 I am not one of those. 692 00:33:19,359 --> 00:33:21,337 Will you allow me to find a precedent from another state, 693 00:33:21,361 --> 00:33:23,906 under the idea of persuasive authority? 694 00:33:23,930 --> 00:33:26,175 If you had wanted to take a crack at that, 695 00:33:26,199 --> 00:33:27,709 the time to do it would have been before 696 00:33:27,733 --> 00:33:29,678 you stepped foot in here today. 697 00:33:29,702 --> 00:33:31,880 You're fortunate that I even gave you 698 00:33:31,904 --> 00:33:34,817 a second bite of the apple to begin with. 699 00:33:34,841 --> 00:33:36,652 Valiant effort. 700 00:33:36,676 --> 00:33:40,085 Next time, do better. 701 00:33:49,288 --> 00:33:53,034 That's it for today. Let's get to the bus. 702 00:33:53,058 --> 00:33:55,270 I'm sorry, Hassan. 703 00:33:55,294 --> 00:33:56,738 You did what you could. 704 00:34:02,301 --> 00:34:04,179 I'll come see you next week. 705 00:34:25,289 --> 00:34:26,733 You gotta look at it like this, man... 706 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:30,737 at least you saved your cred. 707 00:34:30,761 --> 00:34:34,141 You know, Hassan tried to let me off, but, man... 708 00:34:34,165 --> 00:34:36,410 Everybody in here's out for themselves. 709 00:34:36,434 --> 00:34:37,811 No other way. 710 00:34:37,835 --> 00:34:39,413 Just got to be smart about it. 711 00:34:39,437 --> 00:34:41,229 Maybe slow down. 712 00:34:41,805 --> 00:34:43,583 Hey, Wallace. 713 00:34:43,607 --> 00:34:45,785 That ADA you were up against? 714 00:34:45,809 --> 00:34:48,055 He was here asking about some letter 715 00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:49,823 - changed hands with your wife. - When? 716 00:34:49,847 --> 00:34:51,825 - Couple days ago. - What happened? 717 00:34:52,716 --> 00:34:55,062 Warden's grilling us about it. 718 00:34:55,086 --> 00:34:57,453 That's all I can say, but I thought you should know. 719 00:35:01,958 --> 00:35:04,770 Excuse me. 720 00:35:04,794 --> 00:35:07,839 Oh, I'm sorry. I'll be right back. 721 00:35:08,598 --> 00:35:10,143 Okay, I got... I got two minutes. 722 00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:11,844 I'm with patients right now. 723 00:35:11,868 --> 00:35:14,113 They came to the prison about the letter for Jose. 724 00:35:14,137 --> 00:35:17,083 Yeah, I know. I was in Maskins' office. 725 00:35:17,107 --> 00:35:19,752 I wanted to text you, but I was afraid 726 00:35:19,776 --> 00:35:21,154 they tossed your cell and found your burner. 727 00:35:21,178 --> 00:35:22,588 Wait, Maskins had you in his office? 728 00:35:22,612 --> 00:35:24,457 - For what? - He was just being a bully. 729 00:35:24,481 --> 00:35:25,824 Darius came by with a lawyer, 730 00:35:25,848 --> 00:35:27,193 and they haven't done anything since. 731 00:35:27,217 --> 00:35:28,528 Well, are you alright? 732 00:35:28,552 --> 00:35:30,363 I'm fine. 733 00:35:30,387 --> 00:35:32,532 Geez, Marie, I'm sorry. 734 00:35:32,556 --> 00:35:34,099 I didn't think it would get this far. 735 00:35:34,123 --> 00:35:35,767 I said I'm fine. 736 00:35:35,791 --> 00:35:37,869 You should be worried about yourself. 737 00:35:37,893 --> 00:35:41,273 They have footage off the cameras. 738 00:35:41,297 --> 00:35:43,041 You're gonna have a problem with that warden, but I gotta go. 739 00:35:43,065 --> 00:35:45,643 I can't do this right now. 740 00:35:57,422 --> 00:35:59,267 We got some legal business. 741 00:35:59,291 --> 00:36:00,790 The case. 742 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:09,765 Hey, you alright, man? 743 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:15,972 Yo, give us a minute? 744 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:24,024 What that judge did, man... system's broken. 745 00:36:24,048 --> 00:36:25,659 Nah. 746 00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:27,695 It's working exactly the way they want it to. 747 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,262 That's dark. 748 00:36:29,286 --> 00:36:31,214 It comes with the territory. 749 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,837 Hey, listen. 750 00:36:38,396 --> 00:36:41,341 I need to ask you something. 751 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:43,777 It would really help Hassan, 752 00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:46,647 the treatment center, the whole population here, 753 00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:49,950 if the warden could figure out where the drugs are coming from. 754 00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:53,621 I'm not asking you to snitch. Not on another prisoner. 755 00:36:53,645 --> 00:36:56,857 But if some C.O. is betraying the warden 756 00:36:56,881 --> 00:36:59,660 and dirtying up this place, 757 00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:03,196 man, that could get her in a whole lot of trouble. 758 00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:13,006 The day Wallace's wife came to see him, 759 00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:15,575 he was in Block D, third tier. 760 00:37:15,599 --> 00:37:17,977 You know whose cell happens to be there? 761 00:37:18,001 --> 00:37:19,846 Vic Daugherty. 762 00:37:19,870 --> 00:37:21,870 Wild Bill's counterfeiter and forger extraordinaire. 763 00:37:26,277 --> 00:37:27,987 I think you pretty much hit him in every corner... 764 00:37:28,011 --> 00:37:29,656 his family, the warden. 765 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,358 Plus, he lost his case in Queens. 766 00:37:31,382 --> 00:37:33,560 He did. Though I still can't figure out 767 00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:34,928 what he was going for there. 768 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:36,696 Cop gave you nothing? 769 00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:38,765 I don't even know if it had anything to do with him. 770 00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:41,743 Well, we'll know when we know. 771 00:37:42,898 --> 00:37:46,739 Everybody, go home to your families. 772 00:37:59,776 --> 00:38:01,420 Can I go in? 773 00:38:01,444 --> 00:38:02,811 She's waiting for you. 774 00:38:09,653 --> 00:38:11,063 Heard about Hassan. 775 00:38:12,387 --> 00:38:14,066 Yeah. 776 00:38:14,090 --> 00:38:16,234 Did you get what you needed from him? 777 00:38:16,258 --> 00:38:18,530 Listen, I, uh... 778 00:38:19,729 --> 00:38:22,240 I know O'Reilly was here with a subpoena. 779 00:38:22,992 --> 00:38:25,811 Mm, quite a stunt you pulled. 780 00:38:25,835 --> 00:38:28,498 Even brought your wife into it? 781 00:38:29,304 --> 00:38:31,316 'Course, you needed somebody to forge that letter, 782 00:38:31,340 --> 00:38:34,586 and, oh, who happens to have a world-class forger in his gang? 783 00:38:34,610 --> 00:38:36,287 Wild Bill. 784 00:38:36,311 --> 00:38:38,156 Now, I know he didn't just do that for nothing, 785 00:38:38,180 --> 00:38:40,492 which means last week, when you horse-traded 786 00:38:40,516 --> 00:38:42,327 repping Joey Knox to get something out of me, 787 00:38:42,351 --> 00:38:45,096 that was already a debt you owed the Aryans. 788 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,998 You don't like that I killed two birds with one stone? 789 00:38:47,022 --> 00:38:48,766 I don't like that you lied to me. 790 00:38:48,790 --> 00:38:50,968 I don't like that you took advantage of my generosity. 791 00:38:50,992 --> 00:38:53,137 And I don't like that you seem to have no radar 792 00:38:53,161 --> 00:38:54,939 - for where the line is. - The line? 793 00:38:54,963 --> 00:38:58,009 The thing that keeps us from having problems. 794 00:38:58,033 --> 00:38:59,977 So, you dragged me all the way up here 795 00:39:00,001 --> 00:39:01,679 to tell me I need to change the way I'm operating. 796 00:39:01,703 --> 00:39:03,074 Is that it? 797 00:39:03,938 --> 00:39:08,152 With respect, I can't do that. 798 00:39:08,176 --> 00:39:12,322 I had a judge keep Hassan in here for no real reason 799 00:39:12,346 --> 00:39:14,158 except he wanted to teach me a lesson. 800 00:39:14,182 --> 00:39:17,594 I got a DA running for highest office in the state 801 00:39:17,618 --> 00:39:20,530 who thinks he can use taxpayer's dollars 802 00:39:20,554 --> 00:39:23,967 to pull my wife out of a chemotherapy session with a dying woman 803 00:39:23,991 --> 00:39:27,336 to harass and intimidate her to get at me. 804 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,685 And you want me to figure out where the line is? 805 00:39:31,531 --> 00:39:35,440 That line is where I feel it needs to be on any given day. 806 00:39:37,237 --> 00:39:38,548 Now, I know you're gonna threaten to 807 00:39:38,572 --> 00:39:40,487 revoke my privileges, 808 00:39:41,571 --> 00:39:44,854 but you do that, you are not gonna get the Intel 809 00:39:44,878 --> 00:39:46,701 I have on the guards and the drug trade. 810 00:39:48,922 --> 00:39:50,388 Okay, stop. 811 00:39:55,021 --> 00:39:57,212 You got something real? 812 00:39:58,157 --> 00:40:02,971 Look, I can't tell you where I got it, but it's real. 813 00:40:32,423 --> 00:40:34,435 Extra security checks on the other side. 814 00:40:34,459 --> 00:40:36,025 Both sides. 815 00:40:39,697 --> 00:40:41,342 I'm sorry, Marie. 816 00:40:41,366 --> 00:40:43,911 I will never put you in that position again. 817 00:40:43,935 --> 00:40:46,347 You're the one I'm doing this for. 818 00:40:46,371 --> 00:40:48,716 You and Jazz. Y... 819 00:40:48,740 --> 00:40:50,384 You're all I care about. 820 00:40:50,408 --> 00:40:53,020 If it's legal, we're all good. 821 00:40:53,044 --> 00:40:54,853 - Anything else, I'm out. - I get it. 822 00:40:57,382 --> 00:40:59,193 What's in the envelope? 823 00:40:59,217 --> 00:41:02,193 Some cop rings my doorbell and hands me this. 824 00:41:05,656 --> 00:41:08,135 Photocopy of your entire police file. 825 00:41:11,395 --> 00:41:13,406 He says you might want to start on page 74. 826 00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:15,642 It's marked. 827 00:41:15,666 --> 00:41:17,477 I have no idea how that even happened, 828 00:41:17,501 --> 00:41:19,112 and I don't want to. 829 00:41:19,136 --> 00:41:20,747 But I know how much you said you needed it, 830 00:41:20,771 --> 00:41:22,783 so I hope whatever you did to get it... 831 00:41:25,342 --> 00:41:27,087 Thank you. 832 00:41:27,111 --> 00:41:29,156 For bringing this. 833 00:41:31,315 --> 00:41:33,260 Jasmine's gotta study for her biology midterm 834 00:41:33,284 --> 00:41:34,894 and she's gonna need my help, so I gotta go. 835 00:41:34,918 --> 00:41:37,186 This is a start, Marie. 836 00:41:38,254 --> 00:41:40,432 This is the story of how they got me. 837 00:41:40,456 --> 00:41:42,134 With this... 838 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,272 This is gonna get me home.