– A second-generation cop of Afghan descent, Amina is brilliant but burned out. She solved the high-profile murder of Judge Ellison’s son, Leo Ellison , in record time—too fast, some whisper. She arrested Marcus Thorne (55) , a homeless Gulf War vet found asleep next to the body, the murder weapon (a ceremonial dagger) in his pack. But Amina’s gut is screaming. She begins pulling old case files and finds a link: the dagger was once stolen from a museum exhibit sponsored by… Judge Ellison himself.
The phone’s videos go viral: Leo beating Marcus with a bike chain, laughing. Leo saying, “No one will ever believe a dead man walking.” cast of criminal justice season 2
At Rikers, Jet interviews Marcus. He doesn’t deny being at the pier. He says Leo was already dead when he arrived. He was trying to remove the dagger—a ritual act of mercy from his medic days. “To take the weapon away,” Marcus says. “So his soul could leave.” – A second-generation cop of Afghan descent, Amina