Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her

Clark arrives at the hospital where there is a victim who's lost his memory after being shot in the head. The victim has no recollection of anything from the time before he was shot. In court Sipowicz is on hand as Leonard Peeler's conviction is dismissed "without prejudice", which means that that they still have the right to re-file against Peeler, should the need arise. Sipowicz returns to the squad to find out that the DA squad is looking to take over Sipowicz's case file on the Clifton homicide. Sipowicz and Clark go to see Ann Marie Sullivan, the woman that Peeler said he was with the night of the little girl's death. She continues to stick to the story she told eighteen years ago. Ortiz and Ronson are at the apartment building where the amnesia victim was found. They knock on the door of an apartment that the super tells them is vacant; a young girl answers the door. Another woman pulls her back and tells them that she didn't see the man in their photo and she quickly shut

Clark Jr doit s'occuper d'un cas pour le moins inhabituel : il se rend à l'hôpital pour interroger un homme, véritable miraculé, devenu amnésique après avoir reçu une balle dans la tête. De son côté, Sipowicz se remet en cause à cause d'une vieille affaire. Les résultats d'analyse de l'ADN de Leonard Peeler, un homme que le policier avait envoyé en prison dix-huit ans plus tôt pour le viol et le meurtre de Cindy Clifton, une fillette de douze ans, révèlent qu'il était sans doute innocent. Son procès est rouvert. Sipowicz est déterminé à trouver les preuves qui permettront son acquittement. Mais la tâche est ardue et les indices sont maigres...