Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Page #2

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

of mind to pick up his shell casings

but not his cigarette butt

that he left right next to the victim's hand?

I think you used the word proof?

The interview tape.

Just bear with me here.

The detective on the left,

one Anthony Merchant.

Now before Hunter joined the DA's

office, he was a police detective

and his partner for many

of those years was none other

than Detective Lieutenant

Anthony Merchant.

Now watch.

Okay, here we go.

That's how they got the cigarette

butt with Benson's DNA.

- It's right there in front of us.

- This is your proof?

You going along with this?

All of these 17 convictions

were decided by DNA evidence.

In each case the lead detective was

none other than Anthony Merchant.

How did you get that tape?

From a source.

And I bet this source has a skirt.

Does it matter?

- Not really.

- Then what is it?

I mean, this is a story...

a monster story.

I just received the new budget.

We can't afford the investigation

team anymore.

- What?

- You've got to be kidding me.

- Come on.

- Have you looked at your ratings?

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