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[grunts]

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[struggling]

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[choking]

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I'm gonna level with
you, Mr. Deskovic,

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we like you for the
murder of Angela Correa.

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I-I would never...

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The day after the murder,
you show up late for school.

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You go to all the vigils,
all the memorials,

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despite you saying that you
never really talked that much.

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You fit the profile to a T.

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I'm Judy Sheindlin. Before
I was a judge on TV,

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I was a judge in New
York City for 15 years,

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and a lawyer for 17
years before that.

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While serving on both
sides of the bench,

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I learned that justice doesn't
always end up feeling...

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just.

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Sometimes, the impact of one
decision by a police officer,

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a lawyer, or even a judge, can
change the way justice is delivered.

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We're going to demonstrate
this by taking landmark cases

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from actual crimes
committed by real people,

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and we'll recreate them
with our trial lawyers

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and yours truly as
the trial judge.

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While we're not going to
recreate the trials verbatim,

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all the court's ultimate
decisions are accurate.

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It will be up to you to decide
whether the case was fair

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and the outcome just.

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[narrator] Real
cases, actual lawyers,

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surprising verdicts...

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Justice on Trial.

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This episode of Justice on Trial
focuses on the murder of Angela Correa,

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a high school student from
Putnam County, New York,

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and how law enforcement handled
the search for her killer.

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Usually when someone
confesses to a crime,

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they're admitting they're guilty,
and that's that, justice is served.

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But what happens if that
confession was obtained

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under an unreasonable
amount of police pressure,

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and that afterwards,
the person who confessed

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says, "I didn't mean it"?

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The legal term for that
is false confession,

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and it's more common
than you think.

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But I'm getting a
little ahead of myself.

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Let's go to the aftermath
of this brutal murder.

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I have horrible news.

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I really don't know
how to say this.

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Police have found Angela's
body in the woods.

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Oh, my God.

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I want you to know that grief
counselors are being made available,

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and I encourage all of you to...

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[sighs] Mr. Deskovic.

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Glad you could join us.

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Sorry, I'm late.
I missed the bus.

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[teacher] Not to
worry, Jeffrey.

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Today of all days, I can
cut you guys some slack.

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Why?

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What's going on?

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-So, you knew the deceased.
-[girl] Sure.

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We all knew Angela.

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Anybody she dating
you might know?

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Not that I know of. Lots of
guys wanted to get with her.

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She was hot.

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But she wasn't interested.

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They think her parents kept
her on a pretty tight leash.

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How about maybe somebody
she turned down?

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Somebody in particular, maybe
you think could a held a grudge.

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Not really.

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Thank you.

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But...

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There is one kid
who's kind of off.

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And he showed up
late to class today.

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Kind of off. So,
what do you mean?

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Kind of a loner.

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Kinda awkward.

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The kind of guy you wonder what
he does when nobody's watching.

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What's his name?

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Jeff Deskovic.

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[tense music]

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[school bell rings]

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[Judy] From that day forward,

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Putnam County law enforcement zeroed
in on 15-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic.

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Months later, they tried him for
Angela Correa's rape and murder.

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As you watch the
detectives' testimony,

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you'll see how they put
together their case.

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We'll show you how they interacted
with Jeffrey along the way,

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according to what
Jeffrey recalls happened.

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You'll notice it
won't always jibe

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with what the detectives'
version of the events are.

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It's up to you to decide
who and what to believe.

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Counsel, note your
appearance, please.

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'Morning, Your
Honor. Larry Bakman

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on behalf of the people
of the state of New York.

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'Morning, Judge. Dan Mentzer for
the defendant, Jeffrey Deskovic.

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Members of the jury, the
defendant, Jeffrey Deskovic,

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is charged with the rape and
murder of a 15-year-old schoolmate.

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As you will hear, the primary
evidence of the people

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is the alleged confession
he made to the police.

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In order to convict the
defendant, you must find

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that the statement was
voluntarily made by the defendant

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beyond a reasonable doubt. You
must find that taken together,

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all of the evidence proves
that Jeffrey Deskovic

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raped and murdered
Angela Correa.

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That is the People's
burden of proof.

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You wish to make an opening
statement, Mr. Bakman?

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[Bakman] I do, Your Honor.
Good morning, everyone.

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As the court indicated, I am
the prosecutor in this case.

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I represent the people
of the State of New York.

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In this matter, the People will
prove beyond a reasonable doubt

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that the defendant
brutally beat, raped

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and murdered a
15-year-old young girl.

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At the end of this case, I'm
going to ask you to return

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with a verdict of first-degree
rape, second-degree murder,

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based on the fact that the
People have proven this case

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beyond a reasonable
doubt. Thank you.

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Mr. Mentzer.

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Thank you, Your Honor.
Let me be perfectly clear,

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Jeffrey Deskovic did not
rape or kill Angela Correa.

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That's not just my opinion,
that's a scientific fact.

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Because one thing
Mr. Bakman did not tell you

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is about the scientific
evidence in this case.

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But rather than wait for
that evidence to come back,

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the police picked a suspect, this
16-year-old boy, Jeffrey Deskovic.

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They chose based on,
really, no evidence,

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based on the fact that he was a
shy and socially awkward child.

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And they persisted in
interrogating him and badgering him

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for six weeks to get him to confess
to a crime he didn't commit.

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And yet, for six weeks he
said, "I didn't do it."

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So, did that end the nightmare
for Jeffrey Deskovic? No.

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No, it didn't. That nightmare
has to end with you.

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Because he's
innocent. Thank you.

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Mr. Bakman, are you ready to
call your first witness, sir?

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Thank you, Your Honor. I call the
medical examiner, Dr. Lewis Rowe.

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[mysterious music]

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Kevin, will you swear
the witness, please?

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Raise your right hand. Do you swear to
tell the truth in these matters today?

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-I do.
-[Kevin] Thank you. Have a seat.

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You may inquire, sir.

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[Bakman] Doctor, please tell the jury
your current profession or occupation.

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Westchester County
Deputy Medical Examiner.

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Turning your attention, sir, back
to November 17th of last year,

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were you called to a crime scene involving
a 15-year-old victim named Angela Correa?

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Yes.

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[shutter clicking]

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This is as bad as it gets, boss.

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[Dr. Rowe] Blunt force
trauma to the head,

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ligature marks on her neck.

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Could've died from either.

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[shutter clicks]

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We're gonna have
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[assistant] Yeah, I figured.

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This doesn't happen here.

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[shutter clicks]

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Press is gonna have a field day.

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It's already happening, boss.

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The news started running stuff three
hours after our estimated time of death.

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We need to get
justice for this girl.

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And we need to get it quick.

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I take it, sir, that
at some point in time,

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you conducted an
autopsy of the victim?

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Correct.

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[Bakman] And did you recover any
fluids from the victim's body?

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-[Dr. Rowe] Yes.
-[Bakman] From where?

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Semen was recovered
from the vaginal area.

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And the semen sample was sent
to the FBI lab for analysis.

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-Is that right?
-Correct.

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And that was to be compared to a
blood draw taken from the defendant

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-back on January 10th. Is that correct?
-[Dr. Rowe] Yes.

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And did you receive the results
back from the FBI laboratory

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indicating whether or not this was a
DNA match to the defendant's blood?

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-Yes.
-[Bakman] And what was that result?

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It was negative.

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And that DNA analysis simply
excludes the defendant

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as being the donor of the
semen sample, correct?

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Yes.

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Doesn't exclude him from putting
his hands around her neck

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or using a ligature
to kill her, does it?

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-[Dr. Rowe] No.
-[Bakman] No further questions.

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[Judy] Mr. Mentzer,
you may inquire, sir.

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[Mentzer] Thank you, Judge.

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Dr. Rowe, you got to the scene
on November 17th, correct?

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Yes.

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[Mentzer] And you saw
signs that a young girl

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-had been raped and murdered, right?
-[Dr. Rowe] Yes.

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And one of the things you
noticed was that there were hairs

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-found along this girl's legs, correct?
-[Dr. Rowe] Yes.

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[Mentzer] And you carefully
removed those hairs for testing.

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[Dr. Rowe] I did.

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Then, the next time you
got involved in this case

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was sometime after you learned
of the results of the testing.

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-Correct?
-I believe so, yes.

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And you found Jeffrey Deskovic
was not the source of the hair

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-found on the naked leg of Angela Correa.
-Yes.

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You can often determine the racial
makeup of the donor of that hair, right?

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Correct.

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And the results you got as to the makeup
of the person whose hair that was,

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was that it was an
African-American person, right?

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That is correct.

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You found also that Jeffrey Deskovic
was not the source of the semen

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found in the body of
Angela Correa. Correct?

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Correct.

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Now, with respect to the DNA
evidence that was found in the semen

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not matching Jeffrey Deskovic, one
explanation was he's innocent, right?

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That is one explanation, yes.

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Thank you, Judge. I have
no further questions.

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Thank you. Witness is excused.

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Mr. Bakman, call your
next witness, please.

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I call Detective David Levine.

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You may inquire, sir.

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[Bakman] Thank you, Your Honor.
Detective, can you tell the jury

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what your current
profession or occupation is?

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I'm a detective with the
Peekskill Police Department.

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And how long have
you been so employed?

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Fifteen years.

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[Bakman] And what are
your current assignments?

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We investigated the
homicide of Angela Correa.

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And did you do that with
a partner or by yourself?

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Myself and Detective McIntyre.

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And when you found the body,
can you describe for the jury

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the condition of the
body when you found it?

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Is the victim partially nude?

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Yes. Her clothes,
particularly her torn bra,

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were found in the vicinity.

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And her cassette player was
also found in the vicinity,

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and that tells me that she
never saw what was coming.

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[grunts]

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[Bakman] And tell me, when
you came upon the body,

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did you ask for the M.E., the Medical
Examiner to come to the scene?

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I did.

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Now, let me ask you, did
you go to the high school

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where the victim and the defendant
went and talk to classmates?

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Yes, we did. We needed to
establish a suspect list.

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And in terms of
focusing on Mr. Deskovic

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as a potential
suspect in this case,

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did you have the opportunity

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to observe him attend
various wakes for the victim?

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-We did.
-Did that raise a red flag?

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00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:12,667
Yes, it did.

242
00:13:12,751 --> 00:13:15,253
[tense music]

243
00:13:17,923 --> 00:13:19,716
[McIntyre] Must've
been a popular girl.

244
00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,428
Maybe these kids just need
something to care about.

245
00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:28,517
Mac, there's our boy.

246
00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:31,686
Right on time.

247
00:13:32,437 --> 00:13:34,022
[tense music]

248
00:13:36,107 --> 00:13:37,667
[whispers] What are
you doing here, man?

249
00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,362
You didn't even know her.

250
00:13:40,445 --> 00:13:42,989
Did too. We talked.

251
00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:47,661
Once. She was nice to me.

252
00:13:49,955 --> 00:13:51,790
Three vigils he's attended.

253
00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:57,963
It's either morbid curiosity,
guilty conscience, or...

254
00:13:58,046 --> 00:13:59,881
Or maybe he's getting off on it.

255
00:13:59,965 --> 00:14:01,925
[tense music continues]

256
00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,527
Mr. Mentzer, you
may inquire, sir.

257
00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:24,197
Detective Levine, you've been involved in
this case from the very beginning, right?

258
00:14:24,281 --> 00:14:25,282
Yes.

259
00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:28,868
November 17th, you were actually at the
scene where Angela's body was found.

260
00:14:28,952 --> 00:14:29,953
That's true.

261
00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:33,248
This was a rape and a murder investigation
to you from the very beginning.

262
00:14:33,331 --> 00:14:34,415
-Right?
-That's correct.

263
00:14:34,499 --> 00:14:36,710
[Mentzer] So, you
started to investigate

264
00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:39,045
-by speaking to classmates.
-[Levine] Yes.

265
00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:41,381
[Mentzer] And those classmates
told you things about Angela

266
00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:43,634
that you thought would be
helpful in your investigation.

267
00:14:43,717 --> 00:14:46,052
-Yes.
-[Mentzer] And you also, at some point,

268
00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:50,015
found out that Jeffrey Deskovic was a
person of interest, I believe you said.

269
00:14:50,098 --> 00:14:51,141
Yes, he was.

270
00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:55,437
[Mentzer] So, he became a suspect
within the first three weeks.

271
00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,147
-Is that right?
-[Levine] True.

272
00:14:57,230 --> 00:15:00,358
December 12th. Does that date
stand out for you for any reason?

273
00:15:00,442 --> 00:15:02,319
Yes, it's the first
day we interviewed him.

274
00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:04,321
[Mentzer] You took him
back to the precinct...

275
00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:06,615
-[Levine] Yep.
-...and you and Detective McIntyre

276
00:15:06,698 --> 00:15:09,117
proceeded to interrogate
him for three hours.

277
00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,243
Yes.

278
00:15:10,327 --> 00:15:12,120
And you wanted to
close this case

279
00:15:12,203 --> 00:15:15,123
by getting a confession out
of Jeffrey Deskovic. Right?

280
00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,249
Of course.

281
00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:17,792
Have a seat, Mr. Deskovic.

282
00:15:19,461 --> 00:15:22,297
Thanks for agreeing to leave
school and talk to us today.

283
00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:23,548
[Jeffrey] Sure.

284
00:15:24,507 --> 00:15:26,676
I definitely don't mind
missing history class.

285
00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,264
[chuckles] Well, we could really use
your help here, solving this murder.

286
00:15:31,348 --> 00:15:34,351
Like a junior
detective or something?

287
00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:36,102
Exactly.

288
00:15:36,186 --> 00:15:40,440
And since you went to all the
vigils and memorial services,

289
00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:43,403
maybe you heard something from one of
your classmates that could help us.

290
00:15:44,569 --> 00:15:46,154
Yeah, let me think about that.

291
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:52,494
Would you say Angela
was sexually active?

292
00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:55,330
Well...

293
00:15:56,748 --> 00:15:58,667
I don't really
know, to be honest.

294
00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:01,920
She and I didn't talk
about anything like that.

295
00:16:02,003 --> 00:16:04,214
What did you talk about?

296
00:16:06,883 --> 00:16:09,010
We didn't really talk much.

297
00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:11,805
But you wanted to
talk to her, right?

298
00:16:11,888 --> 00:16:15,392
I mean, yeah. She
was really nice.

299
00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,478
And she was hot too. Am I right?

300
00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:20,522
Who wouldn't want
to get with her?

301
00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:21,773
I never really...

302
00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:23,525
She turned you down, didn't she?

303
00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:25,485
She never noticed
you at all, right?

304
00:16:25,568 --> 00:16:28,154
I mean, that must've
made you mad.

305
00:16:28,238 --> 00:16:30,782
No. She was always...

306
00:16:30,865 --> 00:16:33,326
As a matter of fact, she didn't
care if you lived or died.

307
00:16:33,410 --> 00:16:34,411
Isn't that right?

308
00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,996
[McIntyre] You're a
red-blooded male, Jeff.

309
00:16:36,079 --> 00:16:38,289
Who'd have blamed you?
She had it coming.

310
00:16:38,373 --> 00:16:41,000
What?! No!

311
00:16:41,084 --> 00:16:43,420
I'm gonna level with
you, Mr. Deskovic,

312
00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:46,339
we like you for the
murder of Angela Correa.

313
00:16:46,423 --> 00:16:48,133
I-I would never...

314
00:16:48,216 --> 00:16:51,136
The day after the murder,
you show up late for school.

315
00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:54,681
You go to all the vigils,
all the memorials,

316
00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:58,143
despite you saying that you
never really talked that much.

317
00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:03,273
On top of that, all your classmates,
they peg you as some kind of a loner.

318
00:17:03,356 --> 00:17:05,483
You fit the profile to a "T."

319
00:17:05,567 --> 00:17:08,528
I thought you guys
wanted my help.

320
00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:10,989
I would never touch her.

321
00:17:11,071 --> 00:17:15,201
I was late 'cause I overslept
and I missed the bus.

322
00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:16,618
[tense music]

323
00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:22,625
[bangs on desk]

324
00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,213
[laughs] Well done.

325
00:17:27,297 --> 00:17:29,299
We had to make
sure you were clean

326
00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:31,718
before activating you as
our new junior detective.

327
00:17:33,803 --> 00:17:35,472
Oh. [chuckles]

328
00:17:35,555 --> 00:17:37,682
You guys really
had me going there.

329
00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,351
Good job, kid.

330
00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:42,187
[McIntyre] Welcome
to the team, Jeff.

331
00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:45,106
Yeah, thanks. Thank you.

332
00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:47,442
-[Mentzer] You tried different techniques.
-We did.

333
00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:52,071
You tried to make him appear as though
he was helpful to the investigation.

334
00:17:52,155 --> 00:17:53,531
-Right?
-Yes.

335
00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,492
[Mentzer] You tried to let
him get his guard down.

336
00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,244
-[Levine] Yeah.
-[Mentzer] Then you started

337
00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:59,162
-playing "good cop, bad cop" on him.
-[Levine] Yes.

338
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:01,206
-[Mentzer] You were the bad cop?
-Yes.

339
00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:06,127
And you were accusing Jeffrey of being
responsible for the murder, right?

340
00:18:06,211 --> 00:18:07,212
Yes.

341
00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:10,423
And Detective McIntyre
would step forward and say,

342
00:18:10,507 --> 00:18:13,760
calm down, you're doing good,
son. You're doing fine. Right?

343
00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:16,262
-Yes.
-[Mentzer] Ask his theories of the case?

344
00:18:16,346 --> 00:18:18,473
-Yes.
-[Mentzer] And at some point,

345
00:18:18,556 --> 00:18:21,601
you detectives brought this
boy to the crime scene?

346
00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:23,645
Yes, we did.

347
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,566
[McIntyre] This is where
it all went down, Jeff.

348
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:31,778
I can't believe it's
been almost two months.

349
00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:33,738
It feels like
yesterday, you know?

350
00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:36,449
I'm gonna be straight
with you, kid.

351
00:18:37,033 --> 00:18:39,744
The press is still
all over us on this.

352
00:18:39,828 --> 00:18:41,579
The mayor's going crazy.

353
00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:43,915
The governor himself is
threatening to bring in the Feds,

354
00:18:43,998 --> 00:18:45,834
which we do not want.

355
00:18:45,917 --> 00:18:48,002
We need to close this case.

356
00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:50,088
That's why we brought
you here. Okay?

357
00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:52,590
Can you help us, buddy?

358
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,385
[chuckling] Yeah, of course.

359
00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:57,012
I mean, what do you
think happened here?

360
00:18:57,095 --> 00:18:58,179
Well...

361
00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:04,310
from what those crime scene
photos you showed me look like...

362
00:19:06,354 --> 00:19:10,400
the killer probably
hit her from behind.

363
00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:13,695
Probably knocked her
unconscious after that.

364
00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:17,240
Then, he tears off
her bra and underwear.

365
00:19:19,534 --> 00:19:20,577
You know.

366
00:19:21,744 --> 00:19:25,373
How come she doesn't hear or
see him before he strikes?

367
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,130
She was probably focused
on shooting her pictures.

368
00:19:32,213 --> 00:19:35,049
I mean, you remember the
camera near her hand. Right?

369
00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:37,677
I remember when I was
doing that assignment.

370
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:43,725
I was worried about the exposure,
the shutter angle, focus.

371
00:19:43,808 --> 00:19:45,602
All that stuff that
we were taught.

372
00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:49,939
I wouldn't have heard an elephant
about to step on me. [chuckles]

373
00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,941
[Levine] Sounds like
you were there, kid.

374
00:19:52,025 --> 00:19:54,986
We've been talking about
this case for so long.

375
00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:56,779
I almost feel like I was.

376
00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,866
Does that ever happen
to you guys, too?

377
00:20:01,576 --> 00:20:03,077
[McIntyre] Yeah.

378
00:20:03,161 --> 00:20:05,496
We usually try to put ourselves
in the mind of the killer.

379
00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:10,460
Why don't you try that by sketching
out what you think happened.

380
00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,669
It would help us a lot.

381
00:20:11,753 --> 00:20:13,338
Yeah. Yeah, sure.

382
00:20:14,505 --> 00:20:16,132
[soft music]

383
00:20:25,350 --> 00:20:28,353
[McIntyre] Oh, look,
it's Jeremy, our CSI guy.

384
00:20:28,436 --> 00:20:30,104
And I think he's got pizza.

385
00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:33,733
All right! You guys are awesome.

386
00:20:33,816 --> 00:20:36,611
Jeremy just needs to get a
quick blood sample from you.

387
00:20:36,694 --> 00:20:39,864
A blood sample? Why?

388
00:20:39,948 --> 00:20:41,741
It's standard procedure.

389
00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:45,703
Anyone we involve in an investigation
like this has to give a DNA sample.

390
00:20:45,787 --> 00:20:47,580
Just to eliminate them.

391
00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:52,835
Okay. But my mom told me not to do
anything like that without a lawyer.

392
00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:55,004
You have nothing to worry about.

393
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:57,507
You didn't do it. Right?

394
00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:59,008
No.

395
00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:01,511
Look, DNA, then
pizza. Sound good?

396
00:21:04,639 --> 00:21:06,307
Yeah, okay.

397
00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:08,393
All right. I'll take that.

398
00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:12,063
We were hoping that a
visit to the crime scene,

399
00:21:12,146 --> 00:21:15,692
very often, the suspect will...
suddenly, something will trigger,

400
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:19,153
and they'll reveal a fact that
they couldn't have known before.

401
00:21:19,237 --> 00:21:23,199
Come on, Detective. You wanted him to
know more details of the crime scene

402
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,660
so it would enhance a confession
if you were to get one.

403
00:21:25,743 --> 00:21:26,786
Isn't that true?

404
00:21:26,869 --> 00:21:28,913
That was not our intention.

405
00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:32,542
[Mentzer] And then finally, you ask him
if he would submit to a polygraph exam.

406
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,419
-[Levine] Yes.
-[Mentzer] And he said yes.

407
00:21:34,502 --> 00:21:37,338
-Yes.
-So, you set up the polygraph test

408
00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:39,507
-for January 25th.
-Yes.

409
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:41,926
[Mentzer] So, you
set it up on a day

410
00:21:42,010 --> 00:21:45,388
where you guys were ready for
the polygraph exam, right?

411
00:21:45,471 --> 00:21:46,556
Mm-hmm.

412
00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:50,435
But you didn't tell or
give forewarning to Jeffrey

413
00:21:50,518 --> 00:21:52,895
that this was gonna occur
on January 25th, did you?

414
00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:53,980
Correct.

415
00:21:54,063 --> 00:21:57,191
[Mentzer] And you drove him to
the office of Daniel Stephens.

416
00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,318
-[Levine] Yes.
-Daniel Stephens,

417
00:21:59,402 --> 00:22:03,031
-you know to be a polygraph expert.
-That's true.

418
00:22:03,114 --> 00:22:05,575
But really you know Daniel
Stephens to be an expert

419
00:22:05,658 --> 00:22:07,994
at getting people to
confess to crimes.

420
00:22:08,077 --> 00:22:09,495
That's his reputation.

421
00:22:09,579 --> 00:22:14,542
Detective, you were not going
to stop harassing this boy

422
00:22:14,625 --> 00:22:16,586
until you got what
you wanted. Right?

423
00:22:16,669 --> 00:22:18,338
-Objection, argumentative.
-[Judy] Sustained.

424
00:22:18,421 --> 00:22:20,631
-[Mentzer] No more questions.
-Thank you.

425
00:22:20,715 --> 00:22:23,384
Witness is excused.
Thank you very much, sir.

426
00:22:23,468 --> 00:22:24,677
[contemplative music]

427
00:22:24,761 --> 00:22:27,972
Putnam County law enforcement
was running out of time.

428
00:22:28,056 --> 00:22:30,975
The political pressure to
solve Angela Correa's murder

429
00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:33,311
was getting more
intense by the day.

430
00:22:33,394 --> 00:22:38,691
They now had their prime suspect's
DNA, fellow student Jeffrey Deskovic.

431
00:22:38,775 --> 00:22:42,570
But before getting the results to see
if it matched the murder victim's,

432
00:22:42,653 --> 00:22:44,739
they wanted to close the case.

433
00:22:44,822 --> 00:22:47,700
And for that, they
needed a confession.

434
00:22:47,784 --> 00:22:51,287
So, they enlisted a police
officer in a neighboring city

435
00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,706
posing as a polygraph expert.

436
00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:57,543
They plucked Jeffrey out of
school without telling his parents

437
00:22:57,627 --> 00:22:59,462
and strapped him in.

438
00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:00,963
[clock ticking]

439
00:23:04,509 --> 00:23:05,968
Where am I?

440
00:23:07,011 --> 00:23:10,598
I want to go home. My mom
told me not to go far.

441
00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:13,976
We can't wait for DNA results.
What if they point the wrong way?

442
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,436
Don't worry about it.

443
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,232
This guy's a cop. Specializes
in getting confessions.

444
00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:21,442
-Should I shoot this?
-[chuckles]

445
00:23:22,985 --> 00:23:26,030
From what I know about
his methods, better not.

446
00:23:27,115 --> 00:23:29,408
[clears throat] Okay.

447
00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:31,577
Now, Jeffrey.

448
00:23:32,537 --> 00:23:34,789
Jeffrey? Hi. Okay.

449
00:23:34,872 --> 00:23:39,252
This is a polygraph machine, okay?
It's gonna tell me when you're lying.

450
00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:44,507
So, as long as you just tell me the truth,
you're gonna get out of here real quick.

451
00:23:44,590 --> 00:23:46,592
-Okay?
-Okay.

452
00:23:46,676 --> 00:23:49,053
Okay. Okay, great. [inhales]

453
00:23:49,137 --> 00:23:53,307
It is 9:13 a.m. on January 25th.

454
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,646
Now. [clears throat]
Let's start out easy.

455
00:23:58,729 --> 00:23:59,856
What's your name, son?

456
00:24:00,648 --> 00:24:01,983
Jeff Deskovic.

457
00:24:03,568 --> 00:24:06,154
Good. No, that's very good.

458
00:24:06,237 --> 00:24:09,073
You see how easy that is
to just tell the truth?

459
00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:14,412
So, um, let's talk about what
you did on November 15th.

460
00:24:14,495 --> 00:24:16,831
Did you go into the woods?

461
00:24:16,914 --> 00:24:17,915
No.

462
00:24:17,999 --> 00:24:19,250
[scratching]

463
00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:22,044
Hm. That's a... that's a lie.

464
00:24:24,255 --> 00:24:27,383
Did you see or talk
to Angela Correa?

465
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:28,593
No.

466
00:24:28,676 --> 00:24:30,845
-[scratching]
-That's another lie.

467
00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:33,973
Did you attack her?

468
00:24:34,056 --> 00:24:36,642
No. I... I wasn't even there.

469
00:24:36,726 --> 00:24:38,561
Once again, a lie.

470
00:24:39,937 --> 00:24:41,606
Did you hit her with a rock?

471
00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:43,357
I didn't do it.

472
00:24:43,441 --> 00:24:44,525
Lie.

473
00:24:45,776 --> 00:24:47,987
-Did you rape Angela Correa?
-No.

474
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:51,949
And that is a lie. Jeff,
you're-you're lying to me.

475
00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:53,868
This machine is 100% accurate,

476
00:24:53,951 --> 00:24:56,621
and it's telling me that
you're a lying murderer.

477
00:24:56,704 --> 00:24:58,122
It's wrong.

478
00:24:58,206 --> 00:25:00,166
-Where's Detective Tom?
-No, no.

479
00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:01,667
He knows I'm not, I'm not lying.

480
00:25:01,751 --> 00:25:03,669
There is no Detective
Tom to save you.

481
00:25:03,753 --> 00:25:06,589
This machine is the only
thing that is gonna save you.

482
00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:09,842
And right now, this machine
is telling me, young man,

483
00:25:09,926 --> 00:25:12,428
that you are a liar.

484
00:25:12,929 --> 00:25:14,263
No.

485
00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:17,058
No.

486
00:25:24,106 --> 00:25:28,152
[shaky groan] Why can't I leave?

487
00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:29,862
Here's the situation, Jeff.

488
00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:33,950
If I submit this polygraph
test to the D.A.,

489
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:36,953
he is going to prosecute
you for rape and murder.

490
00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,996
-[Jeffrey] No. No.
-Okay?

491
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,414
He is.

492
00:25:40,498 --> 00:25:44,001
Your only hope, and I keep trying
to make you understand this,

493
00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:45,920
is to tell the truth.

494
00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:50,800
If you confess, then the D.A.
can reduce your sentence.

495
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:55,012
Okay? He might not even prosecute
you 'cause you're a 16-year-old kid.

496
00:25:55,096 --> 00:25:57,974
But I didn't do those things.

497
00:25:58,057 --> 00:25:59,892
[Stephens] Again,
look at this.

498
00:25:59,976 --> 00:26:01,185
You're lying!

499
00:26:02,019 --> 00:26:05,815
You're lying. This is science.
Okay, science doesn't lie.

500
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,525
It is you who lies.

501
00:26:07,608 --> 00:26:09,318
Maybe it's broken, then.

502
00:26:09,402 --> 00:26:12,238
No! It is not broken. What
it is, it's telling me

503
00:26:12,321 --> 00:26:16,033
that you raped and murdered Angela
Correa. That's what it's doing!

504
00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:21,747
Okay. [clears throat]
You know what?

505
00:26:22,790 --> 00:26:25,126
I am taking a lunch break.

506
00:26:25,209 --> 00:26:27,962
Yep. And you...

507
00:26:29,672 --> 00:26:32,550
you got one more
chance to come clean.

508
00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,176
Can I get some food?

509
00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:39,181
And I'm thirsty. All
I have is this coffee.

510
00:26:41,183 --> 00:26:44,854
If you want some food
and some drink...

511
00:26:46,022 --> 00:26:47,565
I will get you all you want.

512
00:26:50,026 --> 00:26:51,694
Just tell the truth, kid.

513
00:26:52,862 --> 00:26:54,196
[shaky] I am.

514
00:26:55,948 --> 00:26:57,616
[tense music]

515
00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:06,208
[Stephens] Look, Jeff...

516
00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,586
it's time for the truth here.

517
00:27:09,670 --> 00:27:11,047
What if...

518
00:27:12,465 --> 00:27:17,720
you actually did this, but
then you just blocked it out?

519
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:20,723
Is that possible?
What do you think?

520
00:27:22,016 --> 00:27:24,685
I don't know. Maybe.

521
00:27:26,437 --> 00:27:27,772
Well, look at this.

522
00:27:28,898 --> 00:27:34,403
Look at this. Finally, the
machine is telling me...

523
00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:37,031
that you're being truthful.

524
00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:40,368
-[groans]
-[Stephens] Huh? Congratulations.

525
00:27:42,411 --> 00:27:44,121
So, I can leave now?

526
00:27:44,205 --> 00:27:46,832
Almost. Okay?

527
00:27:46,916 --> 00:27:50,211
Almost. I'm gonna have Detective Tom
come in here. He's gonna wrap this up.

528
00:27:51,462 --> 00:27:55,466
Ask you a few more questions.
And if you answer truthfully...

529
00:27:56,801 --> 00:27:58,094
he's gonna be able
to take you home.

530
00:27:58,177 --> 00:27:59,303
[sighs]

531
00:28:00,763 --> 00:28:04,683
I call Detective Stephens
of Putnam County.

532
00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:08,062
You may inquire, Mr. Bakman.

533
00:28:08,145 --> 00:28:11,023
Thank you, Your Honor. Detective
Stephens, tell the jury if you would,

534
00:28:11,107 --> 00:28:13,984
what your current
profession or occupation is.

535
00:28:14,068 --> 00:28:17,446
Uh, I am a detective with the
Putnam County Police Department,

536
00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:19,365
as well as a polygraph examiner.

537
00:28:19,448 --> 00:28:24,870
Now, on January 25th, did
you administer a polygraph

538
00:28:24,954 --> 00:28:26,831
-to the defendant in this case?
-I did.

539
00:28:26,914 --> 00:28:33,546
And tell me, did Mr. Deskovic
voluntarily submit to the poly?

540
00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:34,713
Yes, he did.

541
00:28:34,797 --> 00:28:37,258
What's the basis
for that statement?

542
00:28:37,341 --> 00:28:40,386
I was informed by Detectives
Levine and McIntyre

543
00:28:40,469 --> 00:28:42,763
that he had agreed to
take the polygraph.

544
00:28:42,847 --> 00:28:45,307
Was he free to
leave at any time?

545
00:28:45,391 --> 00:28:46,934
Yes.

546
00:28:47,017 --> 00:28:50,271
[Bakman] And when you
administer a poly,

547
00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:54,775
are you allowed to tell the
suspect that he's failing the test?

548
00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:55,860
Yes.

549
00:28:55,943 --> 00:28:57,612
[Bakman] Are you allowed
to lie to the suspect?

550
00:28:57,695 --> 00:28:58,696
Yes.

551
00:28:58,779 --> 00:29:00,573
[Bakman] Is that a violation
of your department policy?

552
00:29:00,656 --> 00:29:01,699
It is not.

553
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:03,618
-[Bakman] Is that illegal in any way?
-It is not.

554
00:29:03,701 --> 00:29:06,287
Did you record
your interrogation?

555
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:07,371
I did not.

556
00:29:07,455 --> 00:29:09,999
Is there a requirement
that you record?

557
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:11,500
It is not a requirement, no.

558
00:29:11,584 --> 00:29:12,877
No further questions.

559
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:13,961
You may inquire.

560
00:29:14,044 --> 00:29:16,214
[Mentzer] Detective, you first
started working on this case

561
00:29:16,297 --> 00:29:19,592
after you got a call from the
Peekskill Police Department.

562
00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:20,801
-Correct?
-Correct.

563
00:29:20,885 --> 00:29:23,679
And they wrote you a letter
specifically telling you

564
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:26,182
that they had a lack
of physical evidence,

565
00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:30,186
a lack of witnesses or
investigative leads.

566
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:31,729
-Right?
-Yes.

567
00:29:31,812 --> 00:29:34,607
But they still wanted you to
help in getting a confession

568
00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:37,818
out of the person that
they believed to be guilty.

569
00:29:37,902 --> 00:29:39,195
-Right?
-Yes.

570
00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:42,323
But this particular day,
you weren't testing a person

571
00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:44,575
to see if he was telling
the truth or not, right?

572
00:29:44,658 --> 00:29:45,701
No.

573
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:49,079
[Mentzer] Your goal was something else,
and that was to get a confession from him.

574
00:29:49,163 --> 00:29:50,247
That is correct.

575
00:29:50,331 --> 00:29:52,249
[Mentzer] Whether or
not he was guilty.

576
00:29:52,333 --> 00:29:55,419
Now, you particularly
were proud of the fact

577
00:29:55,503 --> 00:29:59,798
that you had a knack for getting
confessions from suspects. Right?

578
00:29:59,882 --> 00:30:03,177
Uh, I have a certain reputation
that I am proud of, yes.

579
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:06,972
And, Detective, did I understand
this correctly on direct examination,

580
00:30:07,056 --> 00:30:10,726
when Mr. Bakman asked you
whether you fed this boy

581
00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:13,938
during the six-plus hours that
he was strapped to that machine

582
00:30:14,021 --> 00:30:15,856
in your office, you said no?

583
00:30:15,940 --> 00:30:18,067
I did say no. He
didn't ask for any.

584
00:30:18,150 --> 00:30:20,069
-[Mentzer] You ate, didn't you?
-[Stephens] I did.

585
00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:22,405
But you didn't offer the boy
who was strapped in the machine

586
00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:24,114
during six hours any food?

587
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:26,909
No. Again, as I said, he
did not request any food.

588
00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:32,456
Did you want to weaken him to make
it more likely that he would confess?

589
00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:35,501
No. I don't think that's a fair
characterization, counselor.

590
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:37,169
But you did give him coffee.

591
00:30:37,253 --> 00:30:38,796
He asked for coffee,
I gave him coffee.

592
00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:42,925
Did you want him to be nervous so
he might be more prone to confess?

593
00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:45,386
Again, I don't agree with
that characterization.

594
00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:47,596
Well, did you think
about it, sir?

595
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,390
Whether or not he'd get
nervous with coffee?

596
00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:50,474
Yeah.

597
00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:52,184
Maybe.

598
00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:53,561
Okay.

599
00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:56,772
You're of course
concerned about the effect

600
00:30:56,855 --> 00:31:00,442
that your interrogation techniques will
have on the suspect himself, right?

601
00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:02,069
-No.
-You don't care at all.

602
00:31:02,152 --> 00:31:04,738
The technique's purpose
was to get a confession.

603
00:31:04,822 --> 00:31:05,906
That was my job.

604
00:31:05,990 --> 00:31:08,242
[Mentzer] And you don't care
if he feels coerced at all?

605
00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:11,704
As long as I am within the law and
the procedures of my department.

606
00:31:11,787 --> 00:31:13,914
That's what my job is.

607
00:31:13,998 --> 00:31:18,794
But during that entire time
that you were interrogating him,

608
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,297
you never heard him
confess to anything, right?

609
00:31:21,380 --> 00:31:23,132
-Yes.
-[Mentzer] Thank you, Detective.

610
00:31:23,215 --> 00:31:24,258
I'm done, Judge.

611
00:31:24,341 --> 00:31:25,551
[Judy] Witness is excused.

612
00:31:26,844 --> 00:31:28,471
Mr. Bakman, who's your
next witness, sir?

613
00:31:28,554 --> 00:31:30,431
Detective McIntyre, Your Honor.

614
00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:33,726
You may inquire, sir.

615
00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:36,812
[Bakman] Detective McIntyre, if you
would, can you explain to the jury

616
00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,356
your current profession
or occupation.

617
00:31:38,439 --> 00:31:40,816
Detective for
Peekskill Homicide.

618
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,652
And, Detective, were you
in fact investigating

619
00:31:43,736 --> 00:31:47,531
the rape and the murder of a
15-year-old girl, Angela Correa?

620
00:31:47,615 --> 00:31:48,699
Yes, sir.

621
00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:53,954
Did the focus at some point land
on the defendant to my left?

622
00:31:54,038 --> 00:31:55,289
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

623
00:31:55,372 --> 00:32:00,044
And why did the focus of suspicion
fall on Deskovic over here?

624
00:32:00,127 --> 00:32:04,298
Well, about eight days after
we found her, we sought counsel

625
00:32:04,381 --> 00:32:08,052
from a specialist over at
New York Police Department.

626
00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:12,306
He was part of the Criminal
Assessment and Profiling Unit,

627
00:32:12,389 --> 00:32:16,769
and he gave us a profile
of who the killer might be.

628
00:32:16,852 --> 00:32:20,397
And did that profile
match characteristics

629
00:32:20,481 --> 00:32:22,941
that were consistent with
what the defendant had?

630
00:32:23,025 --> 00:32:24,109
Yes, sir.

631
00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:26,570
[Bakman] And what kind of
characteristics matched?

632
00:32:26,654 --> 00:32:29,823
[McIntyre] The first characteristic
was most likely under 19;

633
00:32:29,907 --> 00:32:33,786
five-ten or shorter.
Also had a loner type,

634
00:32:33,869 --> 00:32:36,914
and you know, some
violent tendencies.

635
00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:40,376
Now, did you and your partner play
good cop, bad cop with the defendant?

636
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:41,543
Yes, sir.

637
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:43,671
[Bakman] And did you befriend
the defendant in this case?

638
00:32:43,754 --> 00:32:44,797
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

639
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,676
And you did that in the hopes
that you would develop evidence

640
00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:51,428
or possibly a confession.
Is that right?

641
00:32:51,512 --> 00:32:52,805
Yes, sir.

642
00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:57,434
And tell me, were you present
during the interrogation

643
00:32:57,518 --> 00:33:01,355
and polygraph examination
by Stephens in this case?

644
00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:02,439
Yes, sir.

645
00:33:02,523 --> 00:33:04,942
And at some point in
time, were you brought in

646
00:33:05,025 --> 00:33:09,613
to conduct the remaining portion
of the defendant's interrogation?

647
00:33:09,697 --> 00:33:10,823
[McIntyre] Yes, I did.

648
00:33:10,906 --> 00:33:13,325
[Bakman] And you were brought
in for what reason, sir?

649
00:33:13,409 --> 00:33:15,327
[McIntyre] To have
him talk to me.

650
00:33:15,411 --> 00:33:18,288
Like I said, I utilized my trust
and my relationship with him.

651
00:33:18,372 --> 00:33:20,332
And were you able
to get a confession?

652
00:33:20,416 --> 00:33:21,625
Yes, sir.

653
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:24,962
[clock ticking]

654
00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:27,923
[solemn music]

655
00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,425
[crying]

656
00:33:34,638 --> 00:33:35,681
Hey, Jeff.

657
00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:39,977
-I'm so proud of you, man.
-[Jeffrey cries]

658
00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:41,603
[McIntyre] You're
almost out of here.

659
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:45,566
And we'll go get some
pizza. Whatever you want.

660
00:33:45,649 --> 00:33:46,650
Okay.

661
00:33:48,235 --> 00:33:50,112
[Jeffrey] I'm really hungry.

662
00:33:52,197 --> 00:33:53,282
So...

663
00:33:54,992 --> 00:33:57,536
did you go to the
woods on November 15th?

664
00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:00,289
[Jeffrey cries] Yes.

665
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,417
Perfect.

666
00:34:05,169 --> 00:34:07,671
[McIntyre] And did you hit
Angela Correa with a bottle?

667
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:11,717
[sniffles] Yes. [cries]

668
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,969
-You're doing so great.
-[Jeffrey sobs]

669
00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:16,554
-Almost there, almost there.
-[Jeffrey sniffles]

670
00:34:19,308 --> 00:34:20,684
Did you rape her?

671
00:34:20,768 --> 00:34:25,355
[sobbing] Yes.

672
00:34:26,899 --> 00:34:28,065
[McIntyre] That's right.

673
00:34:28,150 --> 00:34:29,650
[Jeffrey sobbing]

674
00:34:35,282 --> 00:34:37,743
And did you choke her until
she stopped breathing?

675
00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:41,580
[Jeffrey sobbing] Yes.

676
00:34:43,956 --> 00:34:46,627
It's okay. Stand up,
stand up. I got you.

677
00:34:48,212 --> 00:34:51,380
-[Jeffrey sobbing]
-There you go, there you go. Come on.

678
00:34:51,465 --> 00:34:52,591
Come here.

679
00:34:56,637 --> 00:34:58,138
Thank you, Jeffrey.

680
00:34:58,222 --> 00:34:59,723
[Jeffrey continues sobbing]

681
00:34:59,807 --> 00:35:01,350
Thank you for
telling me the truth.

682
00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:07,564
And tell me, did you
believe you had your man

683
00:35:07,648 --> 00:35:11,568
after getting the
details from Deskovic?

684
00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:13,278
Oh, 100%, yes.

685
00:35:13,362 --> 00:35:15,030
No further questions.

686
00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:16,365
You may inquire.

687
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,951
Detective, you were involved
in this investigation

688
00:35:19,034 --> 00:35:21,036
from the very beginning,
November 17th, weren't you?

689
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:22,120
Yes, sir.

690
00:35:22,204 --> 00:35:24,581
And right off the bat, you
had developed no leads,

691
00:35:24,665 --> 00:35:26,667
no suspects in the
first two weeks. Right?

692
00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:27,751
No.

693
00:35:27,835 --> 00:35:30,296
[Mentzer] That's why you went to the
Criminal Profiler. Is that right?

694
00:35:30,379 --> 00:35:31,463
[McIntyre] That's correct.

695
00:35:31,547 --> 00:35:34,842
[Mentzer] And he told you it was likely
a young child under 25 years old,

696
00:35:34,925 --> 00:35:37,302
-someone who knew the victim?
-Yes, sir.

697
00:35:37,386 --> 00:35:39,721
One of the other things
in that profile was

698
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:42,307
that the perpetrator had
likely had a violent past.

699
00:35:42,391 --> 00:35:43,392
Correct.

700
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:46,603
[Mentzer] But you knew that Jeffrey
Deskovic had no violent past.

701
00:35:46,687 --> 00:35:47,855
-Right?
-[McIntyre] Correct.

702
00:35:48,939 --> 00:35:52,609
But nonetheless, he
became a suspect to you

703
00:35:52,693 --> 00:35:56,238
because he was a loner,
socially awkward,

704
00:35:56,321 --> 00:36:00,617
and he showed up late for school
the next day after she was killed.

705
00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:04,204
And three, because he was
emotional at her services.

706
00:36:04,288 --> 00:36:05,539
-Correct?
-[McIntyre] Correct.

707
00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,667
[Mentzer] You did a
little good cop, bad cop,

708
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:11,629
which you thought might work on him,
but he still insisted he didn't do it.

709
00:36:11,712 --> 00:36:14,006
-You buddied up to him, correct?
-[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

710
00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:17,509
And when it was all done, he
still wouldn't confess. Right?

711
00:36:17,593 --> 00:36:18,594
Yes, sir.

712
00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:21,972
So, you set up the polygraph
machine for January 25th.

713
00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:23,265
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

714
00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,142
-[Mentzer] And you were his ride, right?
-Yes.

715
00:36:25,225 --> 00:36:28,770
This 16-year-old didn't have another
ride to get back out of there

716
00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,522
-other than you.
-That's correct.

717
00:36:30,606 --> 00:36:33,692
[Mentzer] And that lasted
at least six hours.

718
00:36:33,775 --> 00:36:34,818
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

719
00:36:34,902 --> 00:36:38,071
And six hours of no one
offering him a way home.

720
00:36:38,155 --> 00:36:39,197
-Right?
-Yes, sir.

721
00:36:39,281 --> 00:36:41,909
[Mentzer] Now, after
repeatedly denying

722
00:36:41,992 --> 00:36:44,077
that he had anything
to do with this crime,

723
00:36:44,161 --> 00:36:48,707
you heard Detective Stephens
say he wanted to see you.

724
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:49,791
Yes, sir.

725
00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,294
-[Mentzer] Then you came into the room.
-Yes, sir.

726
00:36:52,377 --> 00:36:54,504
You were the friendly detective.

727
00:36:54,588 --> 00:36:55,798
-Yes, sir.
-[Mentzer] The good cop.

728
00:36:55,881 --> 00:37:00,218
And you told Jeffrey, "Look,
I am here to protect you..."

729
00:37:00,302 --> 00:37:02,387
-Yes, sir.
-[Mentzer] "But you have to help me."

730
00:37:02,471 --> 00:37:03,889
You have to talk
to me. Yes, sir.

731
00:37:03,972 --> 00:37:06,016
[Mentzer] You have to
confess to this crime.

732
00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:07,100
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

733
00:37:07,184 --> 00:37:08,853
[Mentzer] And if you do
that, you can go home.

734
00:37:08,936 --> 00:37:09,978
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

735
00:37:10,062 --> 00:37:13,106
[Mentzer] So, after you told
him that he could go home

736
00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:15,067
if he confessed to
you, he starts sobbing.

737
00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:16,151
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

738
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:18,403
[Mentzer] He's so emotional
that he drops to the floor.

739
00:37:18,487 --> 00:37:20,781
He curls up in a
fetal position, right?

740
00:37:20,864 --> 00:37:21,949
[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

741
00:37:22,032 --> 00:37:23,909
-[Mentzer] He confesses to you.
-[McIntyre] Yes, sir.

742
00:37:23,992 --> 00:37:28,163
Now, when you're taking a confession
or a statement from a suspect,

743
00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:32,834
you like to be sure that it is
a voluntary statement, right?

744
00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:35,754
It cannot be the product
of police coercion, right?

745
00:37:35,837 --> 00:37:36,838
Yes, sir.

746
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:40,342
When you say you picked
up a child from school,

747
00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:44,429
took him to another town,
interrogated him for seven hours

748
00:37:44,513 --> 00:37:47,891
until he's a sobbing mess on
the floor in a fetal position,

749
00:37:47,975 --> 00:37:49,768
you call that voluntary?

750
00:37:49,851 --> 00:37:50,852
I believe so, sir.

751
00:37:52,062 --> 00:37:54,147
Thank you. I have
no more questions.

752
00:37:54,231 --> 00:37:55,649
Witness is excused.

753
00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,486
Counsel, ready for
closing arguments?

754
00:37:59,569 --> 00:38:01,071
-[Bakman] Yes, Your Honor.
-[Mentzer] Yes.

755
00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:03,198
-Mr. Mentzer.
-[Mentzer] Thank you, Your Honor.

756
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:06,994
When Angela Correa was brutally
murdered in the town of Peekskill,

757
00:38:07,077 --> 00:38:12,207
the job of solving the case fell on
three Peekskill police detectives

758
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:14,626
who were clearly
not up to the job.

759
00:38:14,710 --> 00:38:18,422
Without any suspects, they chose
a suspect, basically at random.

760
00:38:18,505 --> 00:38:22,509
And when I say basically at random, I
mean because he happens to be a loner

761
00:38:22,592 --> 00:38:24,720
or socially awkward
as a high school kid

762
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:28,974
and happens to have shown some
sympathy to his fallen classmate

763
00:38:29,057 --> 00:38:32,894
who had been murdered in a violent
way, that made him the suspect.

764
00:38:32,978 --> 00:38:34,730
It didn't matter that
from the beginning,

765
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:37,357
there was nothing about this
boy that seemed like a murderer.

766
00:38:37,441 --> 00:38:41,403
No violent record, no history of
sexual aggression, nothing at all.

767
00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:44,239
No connection with
Angela at all.

768
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:46,908
Didn't matter because all
they needed was a confession.

769
00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:49,578
And they set about to get
that confession from him.

770
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:52,414
And that's when they pulled
out their final trick,

771
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:53,790
which was the polygraph exam.

772
00:38:53,874 --> 00:38:56,376
And it wasn't a polygraph
exam, let's be honest.

773
00:38:56,460 --> 00:39:01,715
This exam, it was designed to get a
confession from a 16-year-old boy.

774
00:39:01,798 --> 00:39:05,302
And finally, it worked.
And the way it worked,

775
00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:08,764
Detective McIntyre
gave him the way out.

776
00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:12,726
That way out was
confess, and you go home.

777
00:39:12,809 --> 00:39:13,852
What do you think he did?

778
00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:17,856
So, what happened after he
confessed on January 25th?

779
00:39:17,939 --> 00:39:20,400
Ah, the scientific
evidence comes in,

780
00:39:20,484 --> 00:39:23,820
the hair removed from
the leg of Angela.

781
00:39:23,904 --> 00:39:26,364
Not only did it not
come from Jeffrey,

782
00:39:26,448 --> 00:39:28,450
but it came from
someone of another race.

783
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:34,498
The DNA of the semen removed from her
excluded this boy as a supplier of it.

784
00:39:34,581 --> 00:39:36,291
This boy's innocent.

785
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:39,795
That's how anybody
else would've taken it.

786
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,505
But not this prosecution.

787
00:39:42,255 --> 00:39:45,509
Today, this nightmare
has to come to an end

788
00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:48,720
because he is
innocent. Thank you.

789
00:39:48,804 --> 00:39:50,347
Thank you, counselor.
Mr. Bakman.

790
00:39:50,430 --> 00:39:52,682
[Bakman] Thank you. Ladies
and gentlemen of the jury,

791
00:39:52,766 --> 00:39:55,811
let's look at the objective
evidence in this case.

792
00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:59,064
What did the officers
focus their suspicion on?

793
00:39:59,147 --> 00:40:03,068
One, the defendant in
this case had opportunity,

794
00:40:03,151 --> 00:40:07,280
he had the means to kill, and
he had the motive to kill.

795
00:40:07,364 --> 00:40:10,450
So, in looking at this
through the lens of hindsight,

796
00:40:10,534 --> 00:40:13,745
don't you believe the police
had a good faith reason

797
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:17,207
to focus their
suspicion on Deskovic?

798
00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:20,085
Absolutely. You know,
there's an old saying,

799
00:40:20,168 --> 00:40:22,879
in criminal law, if you
don't have the facts,

800
00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:24,756
argue nonsense.

801
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,717
And that's what the defense
is doing in this case.

802
00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:32,848
The defense is engaging
in smoke and mirrors.

803
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:36,059
What they want to do is
they want to mislead you

804
00:40:36,143 --> 00:40:38,854
from the objective
evidence in this case,

805
00:40:38,937 --> 00:40:44,359
and he wants you to believe the
officers engaged in improper tactics.

806
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,988
Again, smoke and mirrors
because that's all he's got.

807
00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:52,701
He's gotta reconcile the fact
that his client sitting over there

808
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:58,623
confessed with details as
to the killing, the assault.

809
00:40:58,707 --> 00:41:00,041
He knew these details,

810
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:04,254
not because the police shared
the details with the defendant.

811
00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:09,092
He knew the details because
this kid is the killer

812
00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:11,136
of a 15-year-old girl,

813
00:41:11,219 --> 00:41:14,472
and we have proven this case
beyond a reasonable doubt.

814
00:41:14,556 --> 00:41:18,310
I ask you to return with a verdict
of guilty in this case. Thank you.

815
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:19,513
[Judy] Thank you, Mr. Bakman.

816
00:41:21,104 --> 00:41:24,858
Members of the jury, you have
now heard all of the evidence,

817
00:41:24,941 --> 00:41:28,862
and you are charged with the obligation
to consider all that you've heard

818
00:41:28,945 --> 00:41:31,698
and to determine whether
the People have established

819
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:33,617
beyond a reasonable doubt

820
00:41:33,700 --> 00:41:36,786
that the accused is
guilty of murder and rape.

821
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:39,080
The jury will now
retire to deliberate.

822
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:43,877
[contemplative music]

823
00:41:45,295 --> 00:41:46,922
[Kevin] Court, come to order.

824
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:49,466
The Honorable Judge Judy
Sheindlin presiding.

825
00:41:49,549 --> 00:41:50,842
[Judy] Thank you.

826
00:41:50,926 --> 00:41:53,595
Kevin, may I have
the verdict, please?

827
00:41:56,389 --> 00:41:58,683
Mr. Deskovic, will
you please rise?

828
00:42:01,770 --> 00:42:05,941
On count one of the indictment,
that is rape in the first degree,

829
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:07,859
the jury finds you guilty, sir.

830
00:42:07,943 --> 00:42:09,027
[gasps]

831
00:42:09,110 --> 00:42:11,363
[Judy] On count two
of the indictment,

832
00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:13,114
murder in the second degree,

833
00:42:13,198 --> 00:42:16,868
the jury finds you guilty as
charged in the indictment.

834
00:42:16,952 --> 00:42:22,040
Do you wish to make a statement
before the court imposes sentence?

835
00:42:22,123 --> 00:42:23,416
Yes, Your Honor.

836
00:42:23,500 --> 00:42:28,964
First, I would like to thank
my family and my attorney

837
00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:33,176
for standing by me through
this terrible time.

838
00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:35,011
And second, I would
like to say that...

839
00:42:35,095 --> 00:42:41,393
I've already lost over a year of
my life for something I didn't do.

840
00:42:41,476 --> 00:42:46,356
And I'm about to lose so much more
time, and I didn't do anything.

841
00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:48,191
I will be back on appeal.

842
00:42:48,275 --> 00:42:49,901
I will be free.

843
00:42:50,735 --> 00:42:55,573
Mr. Deskovic, you may very
well be innocent of this crime,

844
00:42:55,657 --> 00:42:57,993
but the jury in this
case has spoken,

845
00:42:58,076 --> 00:43:01,788
and they have evaluated the evidence, and
you have been found guilty as charged.

846
00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:05,875
Maximum sentence that I can
impose is 25 years to life.

847
00:43:05,959 --> 00:43:10,338
I choose, however, to impose the
lesser sentence of 15 years to life.

848
00:43:10,422 --> 00:43:11,673
[crying]

849
00:43:11,756 --> 00:43:15,302
You are remanded to the Commissioner
of Corrections to begin that sentence.

850
00:43:15,385 --> 00:43:18,430
Thank you, counsel. Thank
you, members of the jury.

851
00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:20,098
[tense music]

852
00:43:23,226 --> 00:43:25,812
By the way, those
words I said to Jeffrey

853
00:43:25,895 --> 00:43:29,733
are exactly what the real judge
said to him at his sentencing.

854
00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:33,862
Nevertheless, his guilty
verdict was upheld on appeal.

855
00:43:33,945 --> 00:43:36,406
The court relied on the
detectives' testimony

856
00:43:36,489 --> 00:43:39,451
and about how the
confession was obtained.

857
00:43:39,534 --> 00:43:42,787
Remember, the confession
wasn't recorded.

858
00:43:43,788 --> 00:43:46,499
Jeffrey went to
prison for 16 years.

859
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:49,336
Ready to throw your
shoe at the TV yet?

860
00:43:50,545 --> 00:43:54,549
All I can say is, that
wasn't the end of the story.

861
00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:58,678
Be sure to watch our next episode
for the shocking conclusion.

862
00:44:03,350 --> 00:44:05,560
[dramatic music]

863
00:44:06,936 --> 00:44:10,106
[somber music]

863
00:44:11,305 --> 00:45:11,935
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