- Lieutenant Piersall: I've been on the force for 25 years. The one nightmare I've always had was sending an innocent man to jail.
- Dan Mathews: Yeah, I know how you feel. Well look at it this way: It's your job to find evidence, the D.A.'s to build a case, the jury to bring in a verdict, and the judge to pass sentence.
- Lieutenant Piersall: It was my evidence that built the case. Every time Thornton yelled that he was innocent, we yelled back that he was a liar. We called him "The Brain" because we could never collect the rest of the securities and the money. But now I don't know anymore.
- Dan Mathews: We're gonna have to find Sylvester before Thornton really becomes a murderer. C'mon!
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- Narrator: In the field of law enforcement, there are many instances in which more than one agency is needed to protect the public against a specific criminal. Thirteen years ago, Tom Thornton was convicted, in another state, of the murder of his partner, Harold Sylvester, and sentenced to twenty years in prison. The motive was robbery. More than a half-million dollars in cash and securities was taken from the safe and never recovered. Ten days ago, with time off for good behavior, Tom Thornton was released.