In Justice s01e02 Episode Script
Pilot
Every trial results in a verdict, but not every verdict results in the truth The rodney king verdicts yesterday were merely the match that set the city on fire.
-Look at that.
Look at that.
They're screaming, "no justice, no peace.
" But still, you know? It's about a bunch of black guys grabbing vcrs.
Look at that.
Think it's gonna spread up here? Oh, sure.
Hey, it beats working, doesn't it? Get down, get down! Come on, get down! Dan, I'll get the back! Don't move! Stay.
Hi, hon.
Hold it! Hold it! Stop it, Dan, stop it! What the hell happened, Dan?! Stop it! Look at this! Look at this! What the hell did you do?! Hey, look out.
Get off him! Get off him! No, that's not how it happened.
That's not how it happened.
My husband is innocent.
Well, the accompce testified that your husband did the shooting, Mrs.
Wainwright.
Yeah, in trade for a 7-year sentence.
So all plea bargains are suddenly suspicious now? No, I'm not saying all, but I'm saying this one, and you.
Mrs.
Wainwright.
You see that? That's how many requests for assistance we received this year.
500 are identical form letters from folsom.
Convicts trying to get another roll of the dice.
And of those, we take 20.
The truly innocent.
20 cases we believe we can win on appeal.
So what I'm saying, mrs.
Wainwright, is we have a process.
We need you to write to us and go through it.
Excuse me, mister Conti.
Mr.
Conti, i have written the national justice project seven times now, and I've never once heard back.
Let me ask you something, Mr.
Conti.
I'm on it.
How far are you standing from me? Excuse me? How far are you standing from me? About 8 feet? That's the length of my husband's cell.
That is my husband's world, sir.
I try to imagine that.
We have a closet at home, and I look in there, and I try to imagine the man I love being in there 23 hours a day, every day for the rest of his life.
I want you to take this picture.
-I want you to know who my husband -Mom.
I want you to know -Mom, I'm finished.
Jordan, I'm almost done.
I'll be right there, okay? Okay.
Dan is a proud man.
He won't allow his son to see him in san quentin.
You've just seen more of my son than dan ever has in his whole life.
He's here.
Swain.
What can you buy for 5 million bucks? A racehorse? A yacht? A marginal matisse.
Or you can fund the national justice project.
Look at that building.
Isn't that beautiful? Hundred years ago, that's the finest hotel in Oakland.
City was gonna condemn it, but the Phoenix from his ashes rising.
Your critics say that you created the national justice project because you wanted to be attorney general.
Ah, there he is.
The man who keeps me real.
We didn't expect you until tomorrow.
Bobby yardlay--she's doing a profile piece on me.
Meet Charles Conti, my chief investigator.
Conti is the cop who cracked the oakland hills killer case in '95.
You cracked that case? Oh Victoria, I'm dying for an espresso.
Who's that, new case? David Hi.
I'm David Swain.
Oh, that's a beautiful sweater.
Is this your son? She doesn't want an appeal.
She wants a miracle.
Thanks.
-What are you doing? -Taking it.
No, you're not.
Yes, I am.
It's a loser case.
Well, then we'll lose.
You're not getting emotionally involved here, are you? Kid's never met his father.
Well, sometimes it's better not to meet your father.
What's she saying, her husband didn't do the shooting--an accomplice did? No.
She's saying he wasn't there at all.
All right, let's hear it.
What's the evidence against Wainwright? Brianna? Uh, we got the accomplice's testimony.
Ryan Axelrod rolled over on wainwright to get a better plea bargain.
He got 15 years, served 7.
Okay, well, we gotta talk to him, right? What about an eyewitness? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got a Tito Rodriguez.
He's a locksmith from across the street.
Chose Dan Wainwright from a photorray.
Anyone else? -We also have gio betterman, a fellow marine who testified -put him up, put him up.
That Wainwright bragged about the murders.
Backed up Axelrod's story.
Now we gotta get the witness interviews for these guys.
I'm on it.
What about the fingerprints on the shotgun? They're Wainwright's.
The defense attorney did not contest them.
And what's our cardinal rule about public defenders? Do the opposite.
Okay, good.
So I want you to focus not just on innocence but on guilt.
It's a puzzle.
It's a puzzle put together wrong.
Once the police believe Wainwright was guilty, they only saw the evidence that supported that assumption, so where do we start? Uh, find the evidence that predates that assumption.
Right.
Exactly.
What leads were dropped? Which suspects were overlooked? Now the florist next door the one that got hit said she saw two perps heading toward the shop one black, one white.
So "unknown african-american.
" Well, that narrows things down.
Sounds like I have a volunteer.
-Jon? -Wait a minute.
I'm on the librarian case.
Yeah, not anymore, you're not.
Not anymore, you're not.
Good.
Brianna.
Thanks for volunteering to partner.
Well, that's--that's fine.
All right, look, you guys talk to Axelrod.
Why did he lie? Who's he covering for? Now we know the second robber is I just wanna say I think you kids have been doing a hell of a job out here, with me coming around only once a week.
How you doin'? Try one of those.
but starting today, I'm gonna be moving out here permanently, so anybody need anything, just come on down the hall, and when I say, "get lost," I mean it.
I'm joking.
Okay, buddy.
Seriously, come by for anything.
Advice, clearasil, hmm? Anything.
One second.
What's with the gummy bears? What is wrong with you? -You grabbed the whole jar.
-He offered them to me.
-Look at you.
You got all giddy.
-Oh, come on.
David When I took this job, we had an agreement.
I handle investigations.
You handle court.
Right.
This doesn't change any of that.
Look at this, will you? "Chronicle" is killing me over my corporate offices in the city.
I mean, who knew they were 71 bucks a square foot? So you're moving here for publicity? Charlie, that sounds so mercenary.
I'm moving out here as a resource.
And what about your corporate clients? That's what partners are for.
I know you, david.
Okay? You're gonna hate it here.
There's no restaurants, no valets, no gym.
Yeah, that's what Victoria said.
Did you hear that, Victoria? I heard that.
Why am I constantly looking for approval from my secretaries? Must be some sort of tragic flaw.
I hired someone for you.
Her name is Tina Descantes.
Columbia law.
Her dad was an old friend.
Okay, I need a serious investigator, not another dropout from the Swain harem.
No, she's serious.
Look.
Tina! Uh, Mr.
Sharp, do you have a moment? I'm Charles Conti.
I know who you are, detective Conti.
-Frezoni--15 years to life.
-There he is.
Get a shot.
Yeah.
I'm working for david swain now.
We're considering a habeas for Dan Wainwright.
You want me to hand over the pre-trial discovery? Yep.
Look, I think the words Mrs.
Wainwright is looking for are "thank you.
" I got her husband off of death row.
That was a capital case.
Do I know you? No, I don't think so.
Why don't you just ask some of your cop friends for the discovery, okay? 'Cause I'M Christina Descantes.
Ernesto's daughter.
I remember you from the grape pickers boycott in baksfield.
Your father was a great man.
Thank you, mr.
Sharp you know, this Wainwright case was exactly the kind of thing he always talked about.
So if there's anything you can do I don't know what you hope you're gonna find.
Wainwright was a loser case.
Zero alibi, alone in the barracks.
Ben Dryer? He ran the investigation? I know him.
Yeah.
He's a real storm trooper.
Is that him, the owner? Yeah, Craig Zagala.
Who's the black guy? Customer? No.
Harvey finn, friend of the owners.
Hey get that.
Footprint.
Marine combat boot, standard issue.
Only one base in the area Alameda.
They went there for questioning and found blood in a car.
The car belonged to ryan axelrod? Yep, the accomplice.
Who's this? Well, that is Luther Cain.
They picked him up for looting in the area.
He was angry about the Rodney King verdicts.
The police thought he did it at first.
I don't see his witness interviews.
Well, they rejected him pretty fast.
Why? Because of the jewelry store owner Zagala.
Mr.
Zagala, even the smallest detail could help us--a name, aace, anything you can remember.
Dan.
Dan? Dan who? Dan who? No last name.
Just Dan.
But guess who Axelrod's bumate was? Dan Wainwright.
So Axelrod and Wainwright were shipped out overseas, right, Lieutenant? Yes, sir.
It was a standard rotation to Kuwait.
Wainwright was yesterday.
Axelrod was on the first.
The day after the murders.
Not a bad way to put some distance between yourself and the crime.
Is there anyplace they would store their personal items? Yes, sir.
They found a load of weapons in a storage locker.
They dusted for prints, found Wainwright's all over the shotgun.
But not Axelrod's? Why not Aelrod's? I tried that.
Axelrod wore gloves.
Wainwright didn't.
All over the shotgun.
They're identical.
Look.
I told you, it's a loser case.
Hey, Benedict arnold returns.
How you doin'? Next time wear a bib.
So you still causing trouble? Just keeping you guys honest.
Hey! At least pretend you see me here.
I got a partial, okay? Here you go.
I just need the whole file, that's all.
Come on.
You know, we miss you at the holiday parties.
You should get him to do his snoop dog sometime.
It's off the hizzle.
Dan Wainwright.
Week of the L.
A.
Riots.
My very first multiple homicide.
Is there any way these latents could have been faked? Faked? I guess, but they weren't.
Do I know you from somewhere? Jake, stay with me here, okay? How'd you know they weren't? How'd I know? Because I was there.
I saw them lifted.
Okay? These prints were good, charlie.
He's guilty.
Then what's he doing holding a shotgun upside down? Hmm? You think someone framed wainwright? Victoria! All we know is his prints were upside down on the shotgun.
That's not straight.
Victoria! I'm busy working out here.
Huh? Oh.
We also have a suspect for the second robber Luther Cain.
Never mind.
What's this? That's luther cain.
Priors for assault, armed robbery, burglary, and he was arrested for selling coke near Axelrod's marine base.
Good, good.
Find a way to link him to the aren't they accountants? Very friendly accountants.
An internet porn company moved in.
What were you saying? Hmm? I don't remember.
-Find a way to link -oh, yeah.
Find a way to link the white robber -Axelrod.
To the black one.
I think we'll have something.
jon and brianna just located axelrod.
They're on their way now.
Great.
We're interviewing receptionists.
Yeah, Brianna? We have a potential suspect Luther Cain, african-american.
Arrested for looting in the neighborhood of the murders.
Okay, what's his name again? Who is that? C-a-I-n, okay? All right, we'll see if Axelrod has any connection to him.
Be careful.
-Yeah.
Okay, bye.
Why does Conti call you and not me? Because everyone hates you.
You play up the girly thing, that's why.
It's the same thing you do with Swain.
Yeah, that's right.
Women really are in a better position in the legal world.
Thanks for clarifying that.
Oh, hi.
Mr.
Axelrod? We're lawyers, sir.
We're involved in a class action suit against the California prison authority, and we are just trying to talk to the recently incarcerated to see if they have money coming to 'em.
What money? Uh, well, there were some food preparation issues in california prisons in the late '90s.
In fact, were you ever sick while incarcerated? Yeah, I guess.
Then you may be eligible for an inclusion in an award.
Do you lie about everything? Just law and sex.
The real problem was drugs.
That's why dad got me in the military.
That's why, you know, all the bad influences.
Like Luther Cain? Who? Luther Cain.
He was convicted right around the same time.
I have no idea who you're talking about.
Why do you need to know all this? We're just filling out some background, that's all, sir.
Do you mind if I use your bathroom? Is that okay? Thanks.
So, uh, do you like working out? Yeah.
And, uh, and eating, probably.
Yeah.
Uh, these are very pretty.
Yeah.
My fiancee's a photographer.
Oh.
Congratulations.
-Is this your -My dad, yes.
He was in the F.
B.
I.
? For how long? Tell me more about this lawsuit.
Sure.
Um where's that guy? I told you, the file is by the copier.
Yeah, that's right.
They couldn't find the file.
-They're gonna -What the hell are you doing in here? Who sent you?! Who the hell sent you?! If anything's missing, I'm calling the cops! The good news is we can bring in new evidence for the habeas appeal.
We're gonna show you're innocent, baby.
We're gonna get you out.
Look, I wanna make it clear, Mr.
Wainwright, we only have one shot.
This one.
You lose this appeal, and that's it.
Mr.
Wainwright, do you hear what we're saying? I hear you.
Mara, I told you I don't want this.
I don't want you spending your money on this.
She's not spending money.
I am.
There was this guy in here, serving his time, doing all right.
Then these lawyers came in "we're gonna fight for you.
We can get you out.
" And this guy was flying.
Then the lawyers came back and said, "sorry about that.
The judge says 'no.
'" And this guy threw hisself off a cell block.
My enemy in here isot the gangs.
It's not the guards.
It's hope.
Baby Just answer me one thing, Mr.
Wainwright, and I won't bother you again.
Dan Why were your fingerprints on the shotgun? Axelrod asked me to move it.
He deployed first.
He had some stuff in the car and asked me to move it to storage.
That why your prints were upside down.
You moved his shotgun? Did you tell the public defender this? Yeah.
He said it was our word against Axelrod's.
it's not about what you feel.
He needs our help, Mr.
Swain.
He's an innocent man.
-How did you determine that? -You saw him.
You saw his eyes.
Ah, so he looked innocent.
Tell me, tina, what do innocent people look like Denzel Washington? Tom Hanks? Never forget, it's about this what I can prove, and right now I can't prove crap.
David, you just heard him say he moved his friend's shot Yes, he moved his friend's shotgun, Conti.
-That's all I got.
-It's enough.
It's not enough.
Phone.
Punt.
Drop this case.
F.
B.
I.
Agent Axelrod.
Yeah.
This is Swain.
Look, you're not wrong, okay? You're saying two of my staff lied to your son in order to question him? Yes, sir, I'll speak with them.
Well, I hope you do more than that, mr.
Swain.
I understand Driscoll Industries is one of your corporate clients.
I'd hate to look into their machinery imports at long beach.
I understand.
No, we were just discussing the Wainwright case, and it was my determination to drop it.
Oh, yes, please, apologize to your son for any inconvenience.
We're sorry, sir.
We just needed a way to get into the we're taking the case.
Victoria? We got a court date.
Nine days.
Yeah.
The prosecution never put zagala on the stand.
Shop owner? The defense argues diminished capacity, right? Because of the gunshot wound to the -the frontal lobe.
-Yeah.
The D.
A.
never contested it.
I mean, if I'm the D.
A.
, I'm all over that, right? Make that a game of dueling experts.
It's this one right here.
Look.
Unless the D.
A.
didn't want Zagala on.
I knew there was a reason I liked working with you.
Yeah, that's the difference between us.
They didn't want him on the stand.
They're hiding something.
Zagala lives in a retirement community outside of phoenix.
Good.
Find out what he would've said.
You go.
I've got the eyewitness Tito.
Yeah? Hey, Luther Cain's in San Jose.
He changed his name.
They found Luther Cain.
He's living in San Jose under a different name.
All right, good work, Brianna.
Go talk to him.
Tie him to Axelrod, we got our second robber.
Charlie, I can't go to phoenix.
I got corporate clients.
Come on.
Uh, that's what partners are for, right? Victoria, I need a flight.
Surprised you found me.
I changed my name to Muhammad Fahmi in prison.
Yeah.
That was me.
Would you mind telling us where you were during the robbery, sir? County lockup.
Check the release records.
I was being held for a drunk and disorderly.
Not a bad alibi, huh? Damn.
Oh, go on, get on with Conti.
That's just great.
You don't like me, do you? No.
That's 'cause I'm the only one who hasn't slept with you.
Well, we could change all that.
The backseat's free.
Okay, you know what? Why are you doing this? You know? Go get a job at Wexler & Howard and screw the paralegals.
I'm gonna work five years taking depos.
Roger hackwood--he went through the justice project, within one year headhunted by Peters & Brown.
God.
I love your attitude.
It's very mother Teresa.
Ask Dan Wainwright who'd he'd rather have on his side mother teresa or me, because all I know Hey, ask the cops about mustang.
I told the cops about rumors going around lockup.
Dan Wainwright gets the raw deal because of mustang.
Daddy! One second, sweetie.
That's all I know.
Mr.
Rodriguez, the man you identified you sure it was him? - Dan Wainwright? -Yeah.
I mean, I-I wasn't at first.
They gave me a huge stack of photos, and they all looked alike to me, you know? All jarheads.
So how'd you choose Wainwright? I saw him at the station.
Then I realized that's the guy.
That's the guy who killed him.
It's called a photo-force.
You use it to firm up an I.
D.
Call the suspect in for questioning on the day the eyewitness is there so he stands out in the eyewitness' memory.
Then you reprint his photo on different stock so the eyewitness is signaled there's something unique about it.
That's illegal.
I mean, isn't it? Dryer? Who was driving the Wainwright case? Charlie.
Yarmulke Jake said you came by.
What makes you think anyone was driving it? 'Cause we never used a photo-force unless we had to.
Okay, you wanna talk? Let's talk.
Let it go, Charlie.
Let Connolly go.
That's what this is about, right? -Don't.
-Don't what? You want to do penance? Go to a church.
You start destroying other people's careers, expect them to take it? How well do you think I respond to threats? Who was driving the wainwright case? The F.
B.
I.
? Axelrod's dad? Yeah.
So Connolly you were the lead investigator.
Th pulled me in for the interrogation.
That's my specialty.
No physical threats, no good cop/bad cop, no violence.
You just walk 'em through certain doors, and you start limiting the doors.
I got a man to confess to the rape and murder of his sister, and he didn't do it.
D.
N.
A.
Cleared him a year later.
If he hadn't hanged himself in prison, he'd be free now.
Now you know.
20% of my frontal lobe was removed.
They said my testimony was unreliable.
And what would you have said had you testified? I would've said I never saw Mr.
Wainwright before in my life.
But the police report said they interviewed you in the ambulance, and you said, "Dan did it.
" Yes.
That was the name on the paramedic's nameplate.
He kept testing me to see if I could remember it.
What's my name? Dan.
What is it? Dan.
So when you said "Dan," you were just repeating the paramedic's name.
Yes.
Why didn't you say that? I mean, if you knew my husband was in prison.
-Why didn't you say that? -I did.
The D.
A.
Said there was all this other evidence against your husband, and I you must understand, I was never sure.
I suffered every day over this.
You suffered? Every day? Right here? Next to your lake,you suffered? -Thank you.
-Mrs.
Wainwright, please, I'm sorry.
Mara? They made me doubt my own memory.
So frontal lobe's got nothing to do with memory? It's like apples and oranges.
The frontal all motor functions.
Okay.
Thanks, babe.
So do you keep ex-lovers all over town for free advice? Just you, babe.
I love you.
Yeah, right.
You all right? No.
And you shouldn't be either.
Look, Mrs.
Wainwright, I'm a mechanic.
All right I could get angry about what happened.
I could get enraged.
Let me tell you something.
When I open hod, you don't want me to be emotional.
You want me to fix your car.
Mr.
Swain, everybody I have met over the past 12 years has been a mechanic the public defender, the district attorney, even the judge.
So please excuse I've had my fell I don't need aechanic.
I need somebody who feels it here.
Mr.
David swain? Your name appear an F.
B.
I.
Watch list.
Please come with us.
Hello.
This is Calvin Axelrod.
I just wanted to say thank you.
You see, I wasn't real concentrating on your son's case until now.
But you did it.
You got me engaged.
So thank you.
Where do I send the fruit basket? Quiet.
Quiet! I'd be particularly careful of what I said just now Mr Swain.
Oh, I'm always careful, Cal.
Sir, you'll have to hang up.
That's why I'm gonna say this.
If your son lied to get plea bargain, then double jeopdy doesn't apply, jackass.
And I promise you, by the end of the year, you'll be writing to him care of San Quentin.
Sir, please.
You just bought yourself a war, Cal.
Nice talking to you.
Sir, spread your legs.
I want you drop everything except for this.
Look.
You got three days left, people.
I want you to focus.
You, what case are you on? The, uh wrong.
You're on the wainwright case.
You, what case? The Wainwright case.
You're lying, but I like your spirit.
We are at war, people! I don't like to lose.
Okay.
Uh, Brianna, Jon, where are we on mustang? Check aliases, prison handles? Yeah, we just yeah, we just the 1992 lockup records, but they gave us all of california--30 boxes.
Okay.
Tina and I will ke over.
I want you guys to interview Gio Betterman.
Figure out why he testified against Wainwright, why he's still holding on to his testimony.
Why did he lie? Who's he covering for? Must be nice to have a famous daddy.
Let's get to it.
The guys have worked all night--all 30 boxes.
Nothing.
Maybe it's not a prison alias.
Well, what, then? A team name? The mustangs? Okay.
Why would they be calling somebody "mustang"? It's a military term.
Victoria? What did you just say? My dad was a sergeant.
A "mustang" is what they called an officer promoted from the enlisted ranks.
Oh, really? "Mustang" is a military term? Um, all right, well, we'll ask him if he knows who any of the other officers were.
Bye.
Oh, right.
Did you wanna talk? Okay, that is reverse discrimination.
You know that? Jon, your parents own half of hilton head, okay? Don't talk to me about reverse anything.
Hey, my parents kicked me out of the house at 18, okay? Same thing my dad's dad did to him.
Yeah, with nothing but a platinum card to your name.
May I help you? Uh, Mr.
Betterman, we're from the national we're from the veterans administration, sir.
We've been asked to pull together a reunion of the 4th marine division, but we've had trouble tracking down some of these guys.
Maybe you can help us find 'em.
Your lawyers are here.
No! I said no! I don't want this! -Mr.
Wainwright, we only have two days until court -Stop.
No.
-Mr.
Wainwright.
-Stop! Listen to me! Mara, I told you, I don't want you spending your time on this.
I have one hour a week one hour.
And I wanna spend it with you.
I don't want this pretend hope thing.
You--how come you don't listen to me? This is not about you, Dan.
It's not just you.
Don't you see that? You don't want hope.
I want hope.
Jordan wants hope.
Your son jordan won the district finals last week.
The last penalty kick.
There were a hundred people cheering.
Jordan--student of the week.
I had a mom stop me and say I have the most beautiful son she had ever seen.
Jordan Dan.
I'm sorry.
Your son wants his father.
Just answer their questions.
Mr.
Wainwright, can you tell us who are the officers in the 4th? Lieutenant Michael Rombola.
Um gunnery sergeant Thomas Mcgower.
We're looking for officers who are black.
Anyone from the enlisted ranks.
In the 4th? No, not at Alameda.
Have you heard of the term "mustang"? Yes, sir.
It's usually someone with a power trip, like, uh, Betterman.
We called him a mustang.
Gio Betterman? Yes, sir.
He was a private firstlass, like you and Axelrod.
Yes, sir, but, uh, he got his stripes in Kuwait, after a firefight.
So private Wainwright he was in the 4th, too? We've had trouble getting in touch with him.
Do you have any idea where he might be? No.
If you'll excuse me.
Did we say something wrong, sir? Nothing wrong.
I just don't know him.
Well, are you sure, Mr.
Betterman? -Because we were told -Who co-owns this store, Mr.
Betterman? What? What? Who co-owns this store? Who owns the other half of this dollar bill? Is this Ryan Axelrod? I'm finished talking to you.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
Is that what you did with the stolen jewelry, sir? You bought this store? Yes, I am good.
I am so good.
That is our guy right there.
He is the second robber.
Where'd you get it? Gio's buddies.
It was the last day before their deployment, and, um, look at the time mark.
5:30.
Same time as the crime.
Oh, come on now.
That could be faked.
Three buddies corrobated, okay? Gio couldn't be the other robber.
This is his alibi.
Um Okay.
What do we know? Two robbers one white, one black.
We know it's not wainwright.
We know it's not Luther.
He's got an alibi.
We know it's not gio.
He's got an alibi.
That's it.
There's nobody left.
No, no, we're missing something.
There's nothing to miss.
Charlie, what's the biggest cop mistake? Making an early assumption.
Yes, an early assumption and sticking with it.
We haven't made any assumptions.
We have.
Somewhere we have.
Start over.
-Two robbers.
One white.
-That's it.
-That's our assumption.
-Two robbers.
-There never was a second robber.
-Axelrod did it alone.
-We're looking for somebody -who never existed.
Yeah.
Yeah, wait, but the florist she said she saw two robbers entering the shop one white, one black.
No.
She saw two men one white and one black.
We thought they were the robbers.
They were the victims.
But what about Gio? I mean, why would he testify against Wainwright? Because the wheel rim store it was a bribe.
Axelrod's father needed to pin the murder on someone.
His son was caught.
He needed to ensure that his son got a good plea bargain, so they framed Wainwright.
But--all right, the locksmith you said he saw a black male come through the window.
How much time we got? Mr.
Rodriguez.
No, no, no, guys, I have to go to the back.
I know, I know.
One more time.
We think this might be the man you saw fall through the window.
Go.
No.
I said he was black.
I know, but it's the same military crew cut, okay? Same build.
Wait, wait, wait.
You said, "all these jarheads look alike.
" But he is not black.
Look across the street.
Tuck your hair in! He doesn't look anything like him.
Mr.
Rodriguez, it's 5:30 same time as the murders, same awning, same distance.
Could you have been wrong about the robber's race? Ay, dios mio.
I knew it wouldn't work.
I knew we couldn't get away with it, man.
It wasn't me.
It was Axelrod.
It was Axelrod.
Arrested? Where are you? Okay, let me make a call.
Well, if it isn't my favorite F.
B.
I.
Man.
How you doing, Cal? Really? Need a good lawyer? Yeah, no.
They have to do that in case you stick a weapon up there.
Cal, Cal, listen, nice talking to you.
13 years ago, a man was convicted of a crime that he did not commit.
13 years ago, a man walked into san quentin prison, and today he will walk free.
The question that I want to ask our attorney general is this how many more times must the national justice project fix your mistakes? I want to know how many more innocent people have to go to jail before Trancript RaceMan
-Look at that.
Look at that.
They're screaming, "no justice, no peace.
" But still, you know? It's about a bunch of black guys grabbing vcrs.
Look at that.
Think it's gonna spread up here? Oh, sure.
Hey, it beats working, doesn't it? Get down, get down! Come on, get down! Dan, I'll get the back! Don't move! Stay.
Hi, hon.
Hold it! Hold it! Stop it, Dan, stop it! What the hell happened, Dan?! Stop it! Look at this! Look at this! What the hell did you do?! Hey, look out.
Get off him! Get off him! No, that's not how it happened.
That's not how it happened.
My husband is innocent.
Well, the accompce testified that your husband did the shooting, Mrs.
Wainwright.
Yeah, in trade for a 7-year sentence.
So all plea bargains are suddenly suspicious now? No, I'm not saying all, but I'm saying this one, and you.
Mrs.
Wainwright.
You see that? That's how many requests for assistance we received this year.
500 are identical form letters from folsom.
Convicts trying to get another roll of the dice.
And of those, we take 20.
The truly innocent.
20 cases we believe we can win on appeal.
So what I'm saying, mrs.
Wainwright, is we have a process.
We need you to write to us and go through it.
Excuse me, mister Conti.
Mr.
Conti, i have written the national justice project seven times now, and I've never once heard back.
Let me ask you something, Mr.
Conti.
I'm on it.
How far are you standing from me? Excuse me? How far are you standing from me? About 8 feet? That's the length of my husband's cell.
That is my husband's world, sir.
I try to imagine that.
We have a closet at home, and I look in there, and I try to imagine the man I love being in there 23 hours a day, every day for the rest of his life.
I want you to take this picture.
-I want you to know who my husband -Mom.
I want you to know -Mom, I'm finished.
Jordan, I'm almost done.
I'll be right there, okay? Okay.
Dan is a proud man.
He won't allow his son to see him in san quentin.
You've just seen more of my son than dan ever has in his whole life.
He's here.
Swain.
What can you buy for 5 million bucks? A racehorse? A yacht? A marginal matisse.
Or you can fund the national justice project.
Look at that building.
Isn't that beautiful? Hundred years ago, that's the finest hotel in Oakland.
City was gonna condemn it, but the Phoenix from his ashes rising.
Your critics say that you created the national justice project because you wanted to be attorney general.
Ah, there he is.
The man who keeps me real.
We didn't expect you until tomorrow.
Bobby yardlay--she's doing a profile piece on me.
Meet Charles Conti, my chief investigator.
Conti is the cop who cracked the oakland hills killer case in '95.
You cracked that case? Oh Victoria, I'm dying for an espresso.
Who's that, new case? David Hi.
I'm David Swain.
Oh, that's a beautiful sweater.
Is this your son? She doesn't want an appeal.
She wants a miracle.
Thanks.
-What are you doing? -Taking it.
No, you're not.
Yes, I am.
It's a loser case.
Well, then we'll lose.
You're not getting emotionally involved here, are you? Kid's never met his father.
Well, sometimes it's better not to meet your father.
What's she saying, her husband didn't do the shooting--an accomplice did? No.
She's saying he wasn't there at all.
All right, let's hear it.
What's the evidence against Wainwright? Brianna? Uh, we got the accomplice's testimony.
Ryan Axelrod rolled over on wainwright to get a better plea bargain.
He got 15 years, served 7.
Okay, well, we gotta talk to him, right? What about an eyewitness? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we got a Tito Rodriguez.
He's a locksmith from across the street.
Chose Dan Wainwright from a photorray.
Anyone else? -We also have gio betterman, a fellow marine who testified -put him up, put him up.
That Wainwright bragged about the murders.
Backed up Axelrod's story.
Now we gotta get the witness interviews for these guys.
I'm on it.
What about the fingerprints on the shotgun? They're Wainwright's.
The defense attorney did not contest them.
And what's our cardinal rule about public defenders? Do the opposite.
Okay, good.
So I want you to focus not just on innocence but on guilt.
It's a puzzle.
It's a puzzle put together wrong.
Once the police believe Wainwright was guilty, they only saw the evidence that supported that assumption, so where do we start? Uh, find the evidence that predates that assumption.
Right.
Exactly.
What leads were dropped? Which suspects were overlooked? Now the florist next door the one that got hit said she saw two perps heading toward the shop one black, one white.
So "unknown african-american.
" Well, that narrows things down.
Sounds like I have a volunteer.
-Jon? -Wait a minute.
I'm on the librarian case.
Yeah, not anymore, you're not.
Not anymore, you're not.
Good.
Brianna.
Thanks for volunteering to partner.
Well, that's--that's fine.
All right, look, you guys talk to Axelrod.
Why did he lie? Who's he covering for? Now we know the second robber is I just wanna say I think you kids have been doing a hell of a job out here, with me coming around only once a week.
How you doin'? Try one of those.
but starting today, I'm gonna be moving out here permanently, so anybody need anything, just come on down the hall, and when I say, "get lost," I mean it.
I'm joking.
Okay, buddy.
Seriously, come by for anything.
Advice, clearasil, hmm? Anything.
One second.
What's with the gummy bears? What is wrong with you? -You grabbed the whole jar.
-He offered them to me.
-Look at you.
You got all giddy.
-Oh, come on.
David When I took this job, we had an agreement.
I handle investigations.
You handle court.
Right.
This doesn't change any of that.
Look at this, will you? "Chronicle" is killing me over my corporate offices in the city.
I mean, who knew they were 71 bucks a square foot? So you're moving here for publicity? Charlie, that sounds so mercenary.
I'm moving out here as a resource.
And what about your corporate clients? That's what partners are for.
I know you, david.
Okay? You're gonna hate it here.
There's no restaurants, no valets, no gym.
Yeah, that's what Victoria said.
Did you hear that, Victoria? I heard that.
Why am I constantly looking for approval from my secretaries? Must be some sort of tragic flaw.
I hired someone for you.
Her name is Tina Descantes.
Columbia law.
Her dad was an old friend.
Okay, I need a serious investigator, not another dropout from the Swain harem.
No, she's serious.
Look.
Tina! Uh, Mr.
Sharp, do you have a moment? I'm Charles Conti.
I know who you are, detective Conti.
-Frezoni--15 years to life.
-There he is.
Get a shot.
Yeah.
I'm working for david swain now.
We're considering a habeas for Dan Wainwright.
You want me to hand over the pre-trial discovery? Yep.
Look, I think the words Mrs.
Wainwright is looking for are "thank you.
" I got her husband off of death row.
That was a capital case.
Do I know you? No, I don't think so.
Why don't you just ask some of your cop friends for the discovery, okay? 'Cause I'M Christina Descantes.
Ernesto's daughter.
I remember you from the grape pickers boycott in baksfield.
Your father was a great man.
Thank you, mr.
Sharp you know, this Wainwright case was exactly the kind of thing he always talked about.
So if there's anything you can do I don't know what you hope you're gonna find.
Wainwright was a loser case.
Zero alibi, alone in the barracks.
Ben Dryer? He ran the investigation? I know him.
Yeah.
He's a real storm trooper.
Is that him, the owner? Yeah, Craig Zagala.
Who's the black guy? Customer? No.
Harvey finn, friend of the owners.
Hey get that.
Footprint.
Marine combat boot, standard issue.
Only one base in the area Alameda.
They went there for questioning and found blood in a car.
The car belonged to ryan axelrod? Yep, the accomplice.
Who's this? Well, that is Luther Cain.
They picked him up for looting in the area.
He was angry about the Rodney King verdicts.
The police thought he did it at first.
I don't see his witness interviews.
Well, they rejected him pretty fast.
Why? Because of the jewelry store owner Zagala.
Mr.
Zagala, even the smallest detail could help us--a name, aace, anything you can remember.
Dan.
Dan? Dan who? Dan who? No last name.
Just Dan.
But guess who Axelrod's bumate was? Dan Wainwright.
So Axelrod and Wainwright were shipped out overseas, right, Lieutenant? Yes, sir.
It was a standard rotation to Kuwait.
Wainwright was yesterday.
Axelrod was on the first.
The day after the murders.
Not a bad way to put some distance between yourself and the crime.
Is there anyplace they would store their personal items? Yes, sir.
They found a load of weapons in a storage locker.
They dusted for prints, found Wainwright's all over the shotgun.
But not Axelrod's? Why not Aelrod's? I tried that.
Axelrod wore gloves.
Wainwright didn't.
All over the shotgun.
They're identical.
Look.
I told you, it's a loser case.
Hey, Benedict arnold returns.
How you doin'? Next time wear a bib.
So you still causing trouble? Just keeping you guys honest.
Hey! At least pretend you see me here.
I got a partial, okay? Here you go.
I just need the whole file, that's all.
Come on.
You know, we miss you at the holiday parties.
You should get him to do his snoop dog sometime.
It's off the hizzle.
Dan Wainwright.
Week of the L.
A.
Riots.
My very first multiple homicide.
Is there any way these latents could have been faked? Faked? I guess, but they weren't.
Do I know you from somewhere? Jake, stay with me here, okay? How'd you know they weren't? How'd I know? Because I was there.
I saw them lifted.
Okay? These prints were good, charlie.
He's guilty.
Then what's he doing holding a shotgun upside down? Hmm? You think someone framed wainwright? Victoria! All we know is his prints were upside down on the shotgun.
That's not straight.
Victoria! I'm busy working out here.
Huh? Oh.
We also have a suspect for the second robber Luther Cain.
Never mind.
What's this? That's luther cain.
Priors for assault, armed robbery, burglary, and he was arrested for selling coke near Axelrod's marine base.
Good, good.
Find a way to link him to the aren't they accountants? Very friendly accountants.
An internet porn company moved in.
What were you saying? Hmm? I don't remember.
-Find a way to link -oh, yeah.
Find a way to link the white robber -Axelrod.
To the black one.
I think we'll have something.
jon and brianna just located axelrod.
They're on their way now.
Great.
We're interviewing receptionists.
Yeah, Brianna? We have a potential suspect Luther Cain, african-american.
Arrested for looting in the neighborhood of the murders.
Okay, what's his name again? Who is that? C-a-I-n, okay? All right, we'll see if Axelrod has any connection to him.
Be careful.
-Yeah.
Okay, bye.
Why does Conti call you and not me? Because everyone hates you.
You play up the girly thing, that's why.
It's the same thing you do with Swain.
Yeah, that's right.
Women really are in a better position in the legal world.
Thanks for clarifying that.
Oh, hi.
Mr.
Axelrod? We're lawyers, sir.
We're involved in a class action suit against the California prison authority, and we are just trying to talk to the recently incarcerated to see if they have money coming to 'em.
What money? Uh, well, there were some food preparation issues in california prisons in the late '90s.
In fact, were you ever sick while incarcerated? Yeah, I guess.
Then you may be eligible for an inclusion in an award.
Do you lie about everything? Just law and sex.
The real problem was drugs.
That's why dad got me in the military.
That's why, you know, all the bad influences.
Like Luther Cain? Who? Luther Cain.
He was convicted right around the same time.
I have no idea who you're talking about.
Why do you need to know all this? We're just filling out some background, that's all, sir.
Do you mind if I use your bathroom? Is that okay? Thanks.
So, uh, do you like working out? Yeah.
And, uh, and eating, probably.
Yeah.
Uh, these are very pretty.
Yeah.
My fiancee's a photographer.
Oh.
Congratulations.
-Is this your -My dad, yes.
He was in the F.
B.
I.
? For how long? Tell me more about this lawsuit.
Sure.
Um where's that guy? I told you, the file is by the copier.
Yeah, that's right.
They couldn't find the file.
-They're gonna -What the hell are you doing in here? Who sent you?! Who the hell sent you?! If anything's missing, I'm calling the cops! The good news is we can bring in new evidence for the habeas appeal.
We're gonna show you're innocent, baby.
We're gonna get you out.
Look, I wanna make it clear, Mr.
Wainwright, we only have one shot.
This one.
You lose this appeal, and that's it.
Mr.
Wainwright, do you hear what we're saying? I hear you.
Mara, I told you I don't want this.
I don't want you spending your money on this.
She's not spending money.
I am.
There was this guy in here, serving his time, doing all right.
Then these lawyers came in "we're gonna fight for you.
We can get you out.
" And this guy was flying.
Then the lawyers came back and said, "sorry about that.
The judge says 'no.
'" And this guy threw hisself off a cell block.
My enemy in here isot the gangs.
It's not the guards.
It's hope.
Baby Just answer me one thing, Mr.
Wainwright, and I won't bother you again.
Dan Why were your fingerprints on the shotgun? Axelrod asked me to move it.
He deployed first.
He had some stuff in the car and asked me to move it to storage.
That why your prints were upside down.
You moved his shotgun? Did you tell the public defender this? Yeah.
He said it was our word against Axelrod's.
it's not about what you feel.
He needs our help, Mr.
Swain.
He's an innocent man.
-How did you determine that? -You saw him.
You saw his eyes.
Ah, so he looked innocent.
Tell me, tina, what do innocent people look like Denzel Washington? Tom Hanks? Never forget, it's about this what I can prove, and right now I can't prove crap.
David, you just heard him say he moved his friend's shot Yes, he moved his friend's shotgun, Conti.
-That's all I got.
-It's enough.
It's not enough.
Phone.
Punt.
Drop this case.
F.
B.
I.
Agent Axelrod.
Yeah.
This is Swain.
Look, you're not wrong, okay? You're saying two of my staff lied to your son in order to question him? Yes, sir, I'll speak with them.
Well, I hope you do more than that, mr.
Swain.
I understand Driscoll Industries is one of your corporate clients.
I'd hate to look into their machinery imports at long beach.
I understand.
No, we were just discussing the Wainwright case, and it was my determination to drop it.
Oh, yes, please, apologize to your son for any inconvenience.
We're sorry, sir.
We just needed a way to get into the we're taking the case.
Victoria? We got a court date.
Nine days.
Yeah.
The prosecution never put zagala on the stand.
Shop owner? The defense argues diminished capacity, right? Because of the gunshot wound to the -the frontal lobe.
-Yeah.
The D.
A.
never contested it.
I mean, if I'm the D.
A.
, I'm all over that, right? Make that a game of dueling experts.
It's this one right here.
Look.
Unless the D.
A.
didn't want Zagala on.
I knew there was a reason I liked working with you.
Yeah, that's the difference between us.
They didn't want him on the stand.
They're hiding something.
Zagala lives in a retirement community outside of phoenix.
Good.
Find out what he would've said.
You go.
I've got the eyewitness Tito.
Yeah? Hey, Luther Cain's in San Jose.
He changed his name.
They found Luther Cain.
He's living in San Jose under a different name.
All right, good work, Brianna.
Go talk to him.
Tie him to Axelrod, we got our second robber.
Charlie, I can't go to phoenix.
I got corporate clients.
Come on.
Uh, that's what partners are for, right? Victoria, I need a flight.
Surprised you found me.
I changed my name to Muhammad Fahmi in prison.
Yeah.
That was me.
Would you mind telling us where you were during the robbery, sir? County lockup.
Check the release records.
I was being held for a drunk and disorderly.
Not a bad alibi, huh? Damn.
Oh, go on, get on with Conti.
That's just great.
You don't like me, do you? No.
That's 'cause I'm the only one who hasn't slept with you.
Well, we could change all that.
The backseat's free.
Okay, you know what? Why are you doing this? You know? Go get a job at Wexler & Howard and screw the paralegals.
I'm gonna work five years taking depos.
Roger hackwood--he went through the justice project, within one year headhunted by Peters & Brown.
God.
I love your attitude.
It's very mother Teresa.
Ask Dan Wainwright who'd he'd rather have on his side mother teresa or me, because all I know Hey, ask the cops about mustang.
I told the cops about rumors going around lockup.
Dan Wainwright gets the raw deal because of mustang.
Daddy! One second, sweetie.
That's all I know.
Mr.
Rodriguez, the man you identified you sure it was him? - Dan Wainwright? -Yeah.
I mean, I-I wasn't at first.
They gave me a huge stack of photos, and they all looked alike to me, you know? All jarheads.
So how'd you choose Wainwright? I saw him at the station.
Then I realized that's the guy.
That's the guy who killed him.
It's called a photo-force.
You use it to firm up an I.
D.
Call the suspect in for questioning on the day the eyewitness is there so he stands out in the eyewitness' memory.
Then you reprint his photo on different stock so the eyewitness is signaled there's something unique about it.
That's illegal.
I mean, isn't it? Dryer? Who was driving the Wainwright case? Charlie.
Yarmulke Jake said you came by.
What makes you think anyone was driving it? 'Cause we never used a photo-force unless we had to.
Okay, you wanna talk? Let's talk.
Let it go, Charlie.
Let Connolly go.
That's what this is about, right? -Don't.
-Don't what? You want to do penance? Go to a church.
You start destroying other people's careers, expect them to take it? How well do you think I respond to threats? Who was driving the wainwright case? The F.
B.
I.
? Axelrod's dad? Yeah.
So Connolly you were the lead investigator.
Th pulled me in for the interrogation.
That's my specialty.
No physical threats, no good cop/bad cop, no violence.
You just walk 'em through certain doors, and you start limiting the doors.
I got a man to confess to the rape and murder of his sister, and he didn't do it.
D.
N.
A.
Cleared him a year later.
If he hadn't hanged himself in prison, he'd be free now.
Now you know.
20% of my frontal lobe was removed.
They said my testimony was unreliable.
And what would you have said had you testified? I would've said I never saw Mr.
Wainwright before in my life.
But the police report said they interviewed you in the ambulance, and you said, "Dan did it.
" Yes.
That was the name on the paramedic's nameplate.
He kept testing me to see if I could remember it.
What's my name? Dan.
What is it? Dan.
So when you said "Dan," you were just repeating the paramedic's name.
Yes.
Why didn't you say that? I mean, if you knew my husband was in prison.
-Why didn't you say that? -I did.
The D.
A.
Said there was all this other evidence against your husband, and I you must understand, I was never sure.
I suffered every day over this.
You suffered? Every day? Right here? Next to your lake,you suffered? -Thank you.
-Mrs.
Wainwright, please, I'm sorry.
Mara? They made me doubt my own memory.
So frontal lobe's got nothing to do with memory? It's like apples and oranges.
The frontal all motor functions.
Okay.
Thanks, babe.
So do you keep ex-lovers all over town for free advice? Just you, babe.
I love you.
Yeah, right.
You all right? No.
And you shouldn't be either.
Look, Mrs.
Wainwright, I'm a mechanic.
All right I could get angry about what happened.
I could get enraged.
Let me tell you something.
When I open hod, you don't want me to be emotional.
You want me to fix your car.
Mr.
Swain, everybody I have met over the past 12 years has been a mechanic the public defender, the district attorney, even the judge.
So please excuse I've had my fell I don't need aechanic.
I need somebody who feels it here.
Mr.
David swain? Your name appear an F.
B.
I.
Watch list.
Please come with us.
Hello.
This is Calvin Axelrod.
I just wanted to say thank you.
You see, I wasn't real concentrating on your son's case until now.
But you did it.
You got me engaged.
So thank you.
Where do I send the fruit basket? Quiet.
Quiet! I'd be particularly careful of what I said just now Mr Swain.
Oh, I'm always careful, Cal.
Sir, you'll have to hang up.
That's why I'm gonna say this.
If your son lied to get plea bargain, then double jeopdy doesn't apply, jackass.
And I promise you, by the end of the year, you'll be writing to him care of San Quentin.
Sir, please.
You just bought yourself a war, Cal.
Nice talking to you.
Sir, spread your legs.
I want you drop everything except for this.
Look.
You got three days left, people.
I want you to focus.
You, what case are you on? The, uh wrong.
You're on the wainwright case.
You, what case? The Wainwright case.
You're lying, but I like your spirit.
We are at war, people! I don't like to lose.
Okay.
Uh, Brianna, Jon, where are we on mustang? Check aliases, prison handles? Yeah, we just yeah, we just the 1992 lockup records, but they gave us all of california--30 boxes.
Okay.
Tina and I will ke over.
I want you guys to interview Gio Betterman.
Figure out why he testified against Wainwright, why he's still holding on to his testimony.
Why did he lie? Who's he covering for? Must be nice to have a famous daddy.
Let's get to it.
The guys have worked all night--all 30 boxes.
Nothing.
Maybe it's not a prison alias.
Well, what, then? A team name? The mustangs? Okay.
Why would they be calling somebody "mustang"? It's a military term.
Victoria? What did you just say? My dad was a sergeant.
A "mustang" is what they called an officer promoted from the enlisted ranks.
Oh, really? "Mustang" is a military term? Um, all right, well, we'll ask him if he knows who any of the other officers were.
Bye.
Oh, right.
Did you wanna talk? Okay, that is reverse discrimination.
You know that? Jon, your parents own half of hilton head, okay? Don't talk to me about reverse anything.
Hey, my parents kicked me out of the house at 18, okay? Same thing my dad's dad did to him.
Yeah, with nothing but a platinum card to your name.
May I help you? Uh, Mr.
Betterman, we're from the national we're from the veterans administration, sir.
We've been asked to pull together a reunion of the 4th marine division, but we've had trouble tracking down some of these guys.
Maybe you can help us find 'em.
Your lawyers are here.
No! I said no! I don't want this! -Mr.
Wainwright, we only have two days until court -Stop.
No.
-Mr.
Wainwright.
-Stop! Listen to me! Mara, I told you, I don't want you spending your time on this.
I have one hour a week one hour.
And I wanna spend it with you.
I don't want this pretend hope thing.
You--how come you don't listen to me? This is not about you, Dan.
It's not just you.
Don't you see that? You don't want hope.
I want hope.
Jordan wants hope.
Your son jordan won the district finals last week.
The last penalty kick.
There were a hundred people cheering.
Jordan--student of the week.
I had a mom stop me and say I have the most beautiful son she had ever seen.
Jordan Dan.
I'm sorry.
Your son wants his father.
Just answer their questions.
Mr.
Wainwright, can you tell us who are the officers in the 4th? Lieutenant Michael Rombola.
Um gunnery sergeant Thomas Mcgower.
We're looking for officers who are black.
Anyone from the enlisted ranks.
In the 4th? No, not at Alameda.
Have you heard of the term "mustang"? Yes, sir.
It's usually someone with a power trip, like, uh, Betterman.
We called him a mustang.
Gio Betterman? Yes, sir.
He was a private firstlass, like you and Axelrod.
Yes, sir, but, uh, he got his stripes in Kuwait, after a firefight.
So private Wainwright he was in the 4th, too? We've had trouble getting in touch with him.
Do you have any idea where he might be? No.
If you'll excuse me.
Did we say something wrong, sir? Nothing wrong.
I just don't know him.
Well, are you sure, Mr.
Betterman? -Because we were told -Who co-owns this store, Mr.
Betterman? What? What? Who co-owns this store? Who owns the other half of this dollar bill? Is this Ryan Axelrod? I'm finished talking to you.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
Is that what you did with the stolen jewelry, sir? You bought this store? Yes, I am good.
I am so good.
That is our guy right there.
He is the second robber.
Where'd you get it? Gio's buddies.
It was the last day before their deployment, and, um, look at the time mark.
5:30.
Same time as the crime.
Oh, come on now.
That could be faked.
Three buddies corrobated, okay? Gio couldn't be the other robber.
This is his alibi.
Um Okay.
What do we know? Two robbers one white, one black.
We know it's not wainwright.
We know it's not Luther.
He's got an alibi.
We know it's not gio.
He's got an alibi.
That's it.
There's nobody left.
No, no, we're missing something.
There's nothing to miss.
Charlie, what's the biggest cop mistake? Making an early assumption.
Yes, an early assumption and sticking with it.
We haven't made any assumptions.
We have.
Somewhere we have.
Start over.
-Two robbers.
One white.
-That's it.
-That's our assumption.
-Two robbers.
-There never was a second robber.
-Axelrod did it alone.
-We're looking for somebody -who never existed.
Yeah.
Yeah, wait, but the florist she said she saw two robbers entering the shop one white, one black.
No.
She saw two men one white and one black.
We thought they were the robbers.
They were the victims.
But what about Gio? I mean, why would he testify against Wainwright? Because the wheel rim store it was a bribe.
Axelrod's father needed to pin the murder on someone.
His son was caught.
He needed to ensure that his son got a good plea bargain, so they framed Wainwright.
But--all right, the locksmith you said he saw a black male come through the window.
How much time we got? Mr.
Rodriguez.
No, no, no, guys, I have to go to the back.
I know, I know.
One more time.
We think this might be the man you saw fall through the window.
Go.
No.
I said he was black.
I know, but it's the same military crew cut, okay? Same build.
Wait, wait, wait.
You said, "all these jarheads look alike.
" But he is not black.
Look across the street.
Tuck your hair in! He doesn't look anything like him.
Mr.
Rodriguez, it's 5:30 same time as the murders, same awning, same distance.
Could you have been wrong about the robber's race? Ay, dios mio.
I knew it wouldn't work.
I knew we couldn't get away with it, man.
It wasn't me.
It was Axelrod.
It was Axelrod.
Arrested? Where are you? Okay, let me make a call.
Well, if it isn't my favorite F.
B.
I.
Man.
How you doing, Cal? Really? Need a good lawyer? Yeah, no.
They have to do that in case you stick a weapon up there.
Cal, Cal, listen, nice talking to you.
13 years ago, a man was convicted of a crime that he did not commit.
13 years ago, a man walked into san quentin prison, and today he will walk free.
The question that I want to ask our attorney general is this how many more times must the national justice project fix your mistakes? I want to know how many more innocent people have to go to jail before Trancript RaceMan