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5. Acts of Contrition

When an esteemed nun who helped child prostitutes get off the street is slain in her inner-city church, Detectives Goren and Eames focus on a determined young man Eddie who is seeking justice for his older brother who was incapacitated after a racial hate crime. But the detectives know the case could hinge on a guilt-stricken young nun Sister Olivia at the church who knows more than she's telling.

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Sister Dorothy ( Amy Wright ) runs a shelter program for girls rescued from prostitution and is accidentally killed in her inner-city church by an intruder. During their investigation, detectives Goren and Eames come across a determined young man Eddie Roberts ( Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. ) who is seeking justice for his older brother James (Jimmy) Jones ( Barry Martin ) who was incapacitated after a racial hate assault years earlier. Roberts has spent the following years searching for a female witness who now appears to be one of Sister Dorothy's proteges, Sister Olivia ( Susan Misner ) formerly known as Angie DelMarco. Eventually, Roberts agrees to confess to killing Sister Dorothy if Sister Olivia will make a sealed confession to her role in the attack on his brother which would be unsealed following Jimmy's inevitable early death from his injuries. Cuban Link makes a guest appearance as the pimp, Enrique.

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