Empire on Blood

1: Calvin's Last Shot

<p>A story of murder, betrayal, and a man who fought the law for two decades. Calvin Buari, who once drove BMWs and dealt crack from a violent corner in the Bronx, has served 22 years of a life sentence. The charge: double homicide. Cal insists he’s no murderer —  someone else even confessed to the crime. Things are looking up for Cal when a legendary defense lawyer agrees to take on his last appeal. But then something terrible happens.</p>

<p>In the Bronx, in the early 90s, two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.”  They lived large, wearing mink, drinking champagne, getting rich.  Then their fraught relationship fell apart, dead bodies piled up, and one accused the other of a double homicide he didn’t commit.  Or did he?  We hear from the cops, the DA, the terrified eyewitnesses, the dealer doing life, and the dealer who put him there.  They all tell their stories to award-winning journalist Steve Fishman, who has spent seven years untangling the twisted web of justice in the Bronx, and chronicling one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence.</p>