Kate Beckett:  There was a lawyer named Johanna Beckett . Are you familiar with her ? She was murdered in the alley about seven years into your incarceration .
Joe Pulgatti: You look just like her , you know . You first walked in here , it was like I was looking at a ghost . The way she talked about you , I should 've known you 'd become a cop . I sent letters to every lawyer I could find , and your mother was the only one who wrote me back . The only _ one _ willing to take a chance on me . She did n't care that I was a thug .
Kate Beckett: All she cared about was the truth .