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A friend who raped and abused boys he was paid to look after?

I have no further questions.

I want this to be over.

I want this to be over.

Witness is excused.

Mr. Ferguson...

Mr. Ferguson, if I were you...

...l wouldn't stray too far from home.

People will want to talk to you. Do you understand?

Michael continued to swim both ends of the pool at the same time.

Playing prosecution and defense attorney, he exposed Ferguson for what he was...

...and still kept John and Tommy's motive for killing Nokes...

...hidden from the eyes of the court.

Little Caesar, who always kept a picture of his dead brother in his breast pocket...

...called in the Henry Addison loan.

It was a loan Addison couldn't afford to pay back.

And it gave Little Caesar the only reason he needed...

...to even his score for Rizzo.

Davenport wasted little time on following up on Adam Styler.

He was quickly arrested and charged with the shooting death...

...of the Queens drug dealer, and eight counts of corruption and bribery.

That's six for me, two for you.

Most people play this game in the summer.

It's easier to see the ball without tears in your eyes.

I give a f*** about most people!

You're gonna have a heart attack... and I'm not breathing in your mouth.

Well, I'm not going to marry you either.

John and Tommy smell something. They just don't know what.

A spic be living in the White House by the time it reaches their f***ing brains!

Snyder came through big. He's not half bad.

The way you told it, I thought he could hardly stand up.

He's a drunk, but he's not a fool.

We only win when John and Tommy walk.

Then you'll have to get them out of the shooting hall.

You have to put them some place else. And only a witness does that for you.

Now, he's doing a Claude Rains so far. Nobody's seen the f***er!

What if he doesn't show? What if we have to go on the way we are?

The street is the only one that matters.

Court is for uptown people with suits, money...

...lawyers with three names. If you got cash, you can buy court justice.

But on the street, justice has no price.

She's blind where the judge sits, but she's not blind out here.

-Out here, the b*tch got eyes. -We need both.

Then you need a witness.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you are to disregard...

...the testimony of Ralph Ferguson.

His entire testimony is stricken from this record.

That concludes the people's case, Your Honor.

-The people rest? -The people rest.

Is the defense ready to proceed?

Your Honor, I don't... I don't know.

You don't know?

Well, I'm not sure that... we're waiting...

: a.m. tomorrow morning. Present a witness or be prepared to sum up!

Everything good?

I found it very interesting attending morning Mass.

Your Honor, the defense calls Father Robert Carillo.

Father, do you know most of the people in your parish?

I know all the people in my parish.

Do you know the two defendants, John Reilly and Thomas Marcano?

-How long have you known them? -Since they were boys.

They were both students of mine.

Remain standing.

-How long have you been there? -It'll be twenty years this spring.

I'm a priest.

In the case of the people of the State of New York...

...against John Reilly and Thomas Marcano...

...do you swear the evidence you are about to give is the truth...

...the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?

I do.

Acting pastor, serve Mass daily, listen to confessions....

Do you recall where you were on the night of November first this past year?

-Yes, I do. -Where was that?

I was at the basketball game at the Garden: the Knicks vs. the Celtics.

And when did the Knicks game begin?

-About :
. -What time did it end?

Between :
and : .

Do you remember who won that game?

Sad to say, it was the Celtics.

Kevin McHale and Robert Parish were a little too much for our boys that night.

Even if it was All Saints Day.

Next time, you give me a call, I'll try my guy.

I'll try that.

Father Carillo, were you at the game alone?

No, I went there with two friends.

And who were those two friends?

John Reilly and Thomas Marcano.

-The two defendants? -Yes, the same two defendants.

Father Carillo, at : p.m., the time the police say...

...victim Sean Nokes was murdered...

...were you still with Mr. Reilly and Mr. Marcano at the basketball game?

Yes, I was.

And what time did you, Mr. Reilly, and Mr. Marcano part company?

It was around : ...a little later.

They dropped me off in front of the rectory, near where they'd picked me up.

Did the two defendants tell you where they were going?

No, they didn't, but I imagine, after a night spent with a priest...

...they went looking for the first open bar they could find.

So then, Father, if the two defendants were with you at : ...

...the night of the murder, they couldn't have shot and killed Sean Nokes...

...as the prosecution contends. Isn't that correct?

Not unless they shot him from the blue seats at the Garden.

He was not shot from there.

And he was not shot by those boys.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Your witness, Mr. Sullivan.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Did you buy the tickets for the game Father, or were they given to you?

-No, I bought them. -On the day of the game?

I went to the box office about a week before.

Did anyone know you were going to the game, other than the two defendants?

I don't think so.

Was anyone with you when you purchased the tickets?

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