Thought Crimes : The Case of the Cannibal Cop

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In 2012, Gilberto Valle, a 28-year-old NYC police officer, was labeled "The Cannibal Cop" in the tabloid media after he was charged with conspiracy to kidnap, cook and eat a number of female victims, whose information he had gathered through NYPD databases. At trial, Valle's defense team argued that his admittedly intricate and disturbing plans, posted on a fetish website and uncovered by his wife, were nothing more than fantasy, while the prosecution countered that Valle was a disturbed, potentially dangerous predator who had been stopped before committing heinous crimes. The question facing jurors: could Valle be convicted for something he had never acted upon? Making her feature documentary debut, director Erin Lee Carr probes into the perverse corners of the human psyche, challenging our fundamental beliefs about the criminal justice system, and the line between right and wrong, as it applies to the ever-evolving digital world. With exclusive access to Valle, Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop explores our darkest thoughts - and the Internet's ability to render those thoughts visible
Is it Illegal to Think It? (2:07)
"The Cannibal Cop" (2:15)
Born in Queens, New York (3:43)
Preparation to Commit a Crime (2:19)
Overt Act? (2:22)
Planning a Rape and Murder (2:10)
No Deliberate Action (2:34)
Jury Convicts Valle (2:35)
Seven Months in Isolation (2:37)
Darkfetish.net is Storytelling (2:50)
Motion to Acquit (3:27)
Motion to Acquit Granted (3:42)
Sexuality is Complicated (2:05)
Valle's Deviant Fetishism (3:32)
Still Obsessed with Kidnapping (4:03)
Is Violent Behavior Predictable? (3:26)
Kathleen Mangan-Valle's Testimony (4:14)
Valle Accessed Darkfetish.net over a Thousand Times (2:37)
Jury Felt Hurt their Verdict was Overturned (5:24)
One Month Later (2:07)
Presumption of Innocence (3:34)
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (2:52)
First Amendment Protects Freedom of Thought (3:27)
Valle is Sentenced to Time Served (2:40)
Waiting for the Appeal (2:40)
The Appeal is Filed (3:16)
Credits: Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop (2:14)

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