The Night Of

What we have here is the same scenario as Andrea Cornish.

Would you agree?

So where's all the news trucks?

Your basic uptown misdemeanor homicide.

What kind of knife was used in this attack?

One with a single-edged non-serrated blade,

approximately five inches in length.

Something like... this one?

Yes.

And what about this wound

on the defendant's hand?

That cut is the result of his hand slipping

from the handle of the knife onto the blade of the knife

in the act of stabbing her.

Your witness.

Dr. Chester,

did you hear Mrs. Weiss ask you the total number of wounds?

No.

Me neither. I wonder why that is?

Perhaps because we can see them.

We can, that's true, and they're hard to look at,

but how many of them are there?

- Twenty-two. - And what does that tell you?

It tells me she was stabbed 22 times.

That's all? Such a great number of wounds?

Well, some people would say it indicates a crime of passion.

That it was personal?

That the killer had something against the victim?

Some would say.

But not me, because I've seen it both ways.

This cut is very important to the State's case.

Any chance you could be mistaken about what caused it?

No.

Have you ever made a mistake that sent an innocent man to prison?

No.

Arthur Metz didn't go to prison because of your testimony at his trial?

You don't remember him?

No, I do.

So you remember that Mr. Metz was later exonerated

based on a reexamination of your findings?

My findings were disputed, not disproven.

I didn't say disputed or disproven,

but whatever we want to call it,

Mr. Metz is now a free man.

Unless he's back in prison for some other crime.

He's not back in prison for some other crime.

And wasn't in prison for some other crime

before your testimony put him there.

It wasn't a mistake.

The appellate court disagreed.

It had a different interpretation, that's all.

That's all we're talking about here,

a different interpretation,

to avoid you having to come back,

like you had to with Mr. Metz.

Everything that goes on in there is important.

How Naz sits, what he wears, what his eyes say,

who's there to support him, who isn't.

I know it's not easy to look at those pictures,

but the jury has to, and so do you.

You can't get up and leave like that.

An animal did that.

Yeah. You're right.

Did I raise an animal?

What?

He wants to talk to you.

If you get a call with the ID unavailable, it's probably him.

We talked to our lawyer.

He said we won't get the cab back no matter what.

We're buying a new one.

An old new one.

That's great.

It's ours.

Not yours.

What are you talking about? It's mine too.

No.

The car we can't get back is yours, not this one.

This one is mine too.

A third of the medallion is mine.

You cannot operate any car without me.

So sell us your third.

You don't have the money.

You don't have the money for anything.

We have the money. We can get the money.

It will solve your problems.

You want it?

I want what is right...

Us working together, like always.

No.

Okay.

Okay. Good.

$75,000.

It's worth $250,000.

Why would I do that?

Because that's all we are going to pay.

And it will take us years to work that off.

I'll sell it to someone else.

We are not going to work with some deadbeat.

Someone who pays the full price is a deadbeat and you're not?

We didn't put us here.

You did, your son.

Look what he has done to all of us.

To all of us.

You're thieves.

I don't do business with thieves.

You are the father of a killer.

What's that?

It's a photo of the defendant's back

taken at the precinct

approximately an hour after he was arrested.

Detective, could those scratches simply be

the result of, I'll say, "lovemaking,"

in your opinion?

Well, I don't know, but I can tell you

a considerable amount of his skin was found under her fingernails.

Other than that, you should ask Cupid.

- You okay? - Yeah, no problem.

You're doing great.

Hey, isn't that the guy on the news?

His daughter was killed by that cabbie?

Stepdaughter.

Did you know her?

No.

He must be pretty broken up, huh?

What business is that of yours?

I'm just saying.

Pick up the pace a bit.

Good.

Hey.

So, he's got a Visa, Mastercard, and Amex, all maxed.

If he files for bankruptcy, it'll be the third time.

I appreciate this.

Criminal records I can get.

Credit cards, they're tough.

Yeah. I took a look at yours.

I'm kidding.

Oh, I also ran across this.

You may want to talk to her.

My first husband was a deadbeat too.

Guess I've got a type.

Yeah. My wife's got a type.

I'm not it.

Look, I'm not stupid. I knew what he wanted.

And I knew what I wanted.

He was young, good-looking, I have money.

Guess you could call that some kind of prostitution,

but worked for us.

Until the night I had to call 911

with his hands around my throat.

Really?

Cops were quick, thank God.

Did you press charges?

Oh, yeah. They hauled him off.

Next time I saw him was across the conference table

with the divorce lawyers,

both of whom I was paying for

since he didn't have a dime to his name.

Mine said, "Jeannie,

"do you want to save some money?

Give him 200 grand and walk away. "

Best legal advice I ever got.

You know why divorce is so expensive?

- Because it's worth it. - Because it's worth it.

Right.

You know what he does?

A personal trainer, apparently.

I mean his real line of work.

He's a trapeze artist.

Swings from one old bag to another.

Don't sell yourself short.

I'm not.

It was a joke.

How you doing?

I'm fine.

Don't say it.

How often did you buy amphetamines from the defendant?

They were just Adderall.

Which we know now from earlier testimony

is stronger than your average amphetamine.

How often did you buy it from him?

Just mainly at finals.

Mainly.

So, at other times, too?

No, just then and, you know, maybe midterms,

project deadlines,

maybe once in a while for a party.

So, a lot.

You were his only customer?

No. There were, you know, some other friends.

What did he charge?

Ten dollars for a 10 milligram.

You know where he got them?

I think he had a prescription.

You know what he paid to have it filled?

No.

Ten-dollar co-pay,

insurance paid the rest.

So, at his cost of 25 cents each,

the $10 he was charging you

comes to a 3,900% profit for him.