Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Does it have to be that tight?

Well, we have to be absolutely

sure you can't see.

Don't we?

Now don't be nervous.

I'll... I'll try not to be.

All right, here we go.

Okay, next.

This is difficult.

- Can I try the first one again?

- No problem.

Here you are.

This one.

Yes, this one.

Now are you sure?

You don't want to try any of the others?

No, I'm sure.

This is the best.

Okay, why don't you take your blindfold

off and see which one you chose?

I can't believe it.

We tested 100 people,

just like Marsha here.

Another 29 people

chose the canned coffee.

That's a total of 51% who chose

the instant or canned coffee

over the $3-a-cup gourmet brand.

So the next time

you reach for your wallet,

are you really paying

for a superior blend,

or just a very fancy name?

This is CJ Nicholas for the News 8

Shreveport investigative team.

Hey, thanks, guys.

- I really appreciate it.

- That was hard hitting.

- I have chills.

- I hear the networks calling you.

Could you give me some cutaways?

And I'd really appreciate it

if you'd both bite me.

There really isn't much more to say.

Lucinda Harris was 22 years old.

She's never gonna have a career.

- Did I miss it?

- Almost.

She's never gonna have a marriage.

She's never gonna be able

to have her own baby,

hold it in her arms.

And her parents there are never

gonna be able to kiss her again,

watch how her life unfolds.

It's over.

It's done.

And do you know why?

Because this man sitting right here,

Andre Benson, felt that she didn't

give him her purse fast enough.

Oh, she gave it to him, all right.

Just not fast enough for Mr. Benson.

So he shot her.

He shot her three times.

Only once, she might

have been wounded.

Two times,

there would have been

a spark of life left in her.

So he made sure.

He made triple sure.

Now the defense would like to tell you

that our whole case is circumstantial.

There is no eyewitness,

no ballistic match,

no alibi.

Andre Benson was home

in his apartment alone

watching TV.

Probably "Jeopardy. "

The defense can also explain

why Mr. Benson ran

from the scene of the crime

when the police came

to his back door.

He's a young black man

in a high crime area.

Naturally you hear a loud bang

on your door, you get scared.

But do you know what?

We made sure too.

We made triple sure.

There's one thing he can't explain.

This cigarette butt

with Andre Benson's DNA

all over it

was found at the scene

of the crime

lying right next

to the deceased.

Now you have heard

the expert testimony

of the crime lab.

The odds of this not being

Andre Benson's DNA

is 6 billion to one.

That's right, 6 billion,

with a B,

to one.

Hunter dribbles behind

the three-point line.

Here comes the shot.

Now if you're willing to take that bet,

then I don't want to be

your district attorney.

- I want to be your bookie.

- Swish.

With this latest victory, you have

never lost a murder case.

Are you going to announce

your candidacy for governor?

- The latest polls have you ahead.

- One at a time, please.

- Are you running for governor?

- It's Paul, right?

Paul, let me tell you something.

A beautiful young woman's life

was taken away in a moment

of incomprehensible violence.

That's what today is about.

Now why do moments like this

keep happening on our streets?

Those are the things

we have to ask ourselves.

Tonight when we all go home,

we have our nice dinners,

we have to ask

what would make a man

take an innocent human life

and treat it with such little respect?

Just snuff it out

like a match in the wind?

Now my only hope

out of this whole ordeal

is that Mr. and Mrs. Harris

will bring some closure to their life.

Today is not about keeping score.

It's not about politics.

Today was a real tragedy.

Thank you.

Could he be smoother?

I got a chubby just watching.

Listen, I'll meet you

back at the station, okay?

Hey, dude, I keep on telling you.

She's out of your league.

And I'm gonna keep on trying.

Thank you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Hey. Hi.

CJ, you've been

at the trial a lot.

- You noticed me.

- I noticed you staring at me.

That means you were looking at me.

I was looking at you staring.

- You're staring again.

- No, this is my look.

- I'm not staring.

- Hmm.

- I came to beg a favor.

- Again?

We're doing a companion piece

on police interrogation techniques

and I was wondering whether you'd

give me the police interview tape.

Now why would I do that?

'Cause then you get to

go out to dinner with me.

I can't go out to dinner with you.

It's not meal specific.

Could be lunch, perhaps a beverage.

- CJ, I can't.

- Why not?

- You're a reporter.

- And you work for the district attorney.

- I don't hold that against you.

- You don't like Mark Hunter?

- Not much.

- Why?

Or why not?

Whichever is correct.

A lot of reasons.

Too many to mention here.

- Why is correct.

- Give me one.

Too smooth.

Way too smooth.

And I'm not sure he's honest.

You say these things about my boss and

you expect me to have dinner with you?

I don't expect.

I hope.

And I don't want to go out to dinner with

him, I want to go out to dinner with you.

Besides, there's gonna be so many things

that we disagree on over the years...

favorite colors, small dogs...

I hate the little yappers...

electric or manual toothbrush...

countless things we're gonna

have to work through.

I promise I won't look or stare.

You'd really be helping me out

if you could get me that tape.

What harm could it do?

- The trial's over.

- I'll send it to your office.

- In person would be much...

- I'll send it to your office.

- better.

- Chinese.

- What?

I like Chinese food.

Chinese.

Definitely Chinese.

But just dinner. You're not gonna

get me into bed on the first date.

- What was I thinking?

- I have principles.

Hey hey, that same lady who keeps

calling and won't leave her name,

she called twice today.

You're a very bad boy, CJ.

You're my hero.

Oh, I don't know about...

- Uh, excuse me. You can't go in.

- Don't worry about it. He's expecting us.

- You look great, by the way.

- Sir?

- Thank you, Val.

- I got it.

- This is the big one.

- Sit your ass down.

District Attorney

Mark Hunter is faking

forensic evidence to get

convictions in murder trials.

He's not sitting his ass down.

I am though.

Ass is right down.

Snug.

This is his idea.

- I've got proof.

- Sit your ass down.

Hear me out.

Three years ago

Hunter lost a string of cases.

Now that's not something

a district attorney is supposed to do.

And then badda-bing...

Now he's leading the polls

for governor.

You think maybe he's on a lucky streak?

DAs don't try cases

they don't expect to win.

Okay, take a look at this.

Oh my God.

It's the crime scene photo

from the Andre Benson case.

Why am I listening to you?

There was no footprint match,

no fiber match,

no trace that Andre Benson

was even there,

except for this cigarette butt.

So Andre Benson had the presence

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