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All right, look, um...

These guys, they're stuck with

an impossible number of cases,

and they just want convictions.

And they'll throw

whatever they can at you.

But right now they don't have

a lot to work with.

Other than the eyewitness,

there's nothing.

There's no motive, no weapon,

there's no physical evidence.

So this is a case

we can actually win.

You've done

murder cases before?

I used to be a homicide d. A.

That's all I did,

just for the other side.

How old are you, Clarence?

- How old do you want to be

when you get sent back

to Haiti?

You understand what he means?

You're getting deported

when you get out of prison.

You're not going back

to Brooklyn.

Want to start your life over

when you're 18

or when you're 40?

We can make either of those

happen, but you got to pick.

Your honor,

the people call Clarence Lewis

to the stand.

Clarence,

who was driving the car?

- Colin.

- And who else was in the car?

Anthony was

in the passenger seat.

And what happened

when they stopped the car?

Anthony shot him.

You mean Colin?

No.

Anthony.

Are you sure about that?

Yes.

No further questions.

Uh, presently, Mr. Lewis,

you're being charged with

armed robbery, is that correct?

Yes.

And did you know

you can receive

up to 25 years in prison

if you're convicted?

- Yes.

- And, Mr. Lewis,

did anybody from

the district attorney's office

advise you that

if you testified in this case,

that you'd receive

only two years?

Were you ever advised of that?

- Yes.

- Objection!

So, by testifying

against Mr. Warner,

you're receiving a dramatically

lower jail sentence.

- Objection, your honor!

- Sustained.

Mr. Lewis, when you first

spoke to detective cassel,

did you tell him that

Colin Warner shot Marvin Grant?

Yes.

But that wasn't true, was it?

- No.

- You lied to detective cassel?

- Yes. -And when you

went before the grand jury,

you knew in your mind,

did you not, that Colin Warner

never shot Marvin Grant?

Is that right?

Yes.

So you lied to the grand jury?

Yes.

No further questions.

They're willing

to offer you two to five years.

If you take this deal,

they'll drop all the charges

against Colin.

You understand?

You can't possibly get

a lighter sentence

for second-degree murder.

And Colin will walk free

right now.

You want time

to think about it?

Yeah.

Counsel,

have you made a decision?

Your honor, my client

has refused the offer

and maintains his plea

of not guilty before the court.

- I should be

going home right now!

That kid didn't see nothing.

He don't know sh*t!

If you have the guts

to take a man's life,

have the guts

to pay the penalty for it!

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