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William Pepin
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A.D.A./State's Attorney
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William Pepin is the State's Attorney/ADA/Prosecutor for the Metro-Dade area. He is working closely with the Metro-Dade Gang Unit, but seems to bow to public pressure for actions. In the Archie Ellis case, he agreed to give Ellis a free walk so he could pursue his dreams of a college scholarship as long as he worked with the Metro-Dade Vice cops, which he did (and saved James "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs in the process) and tried to get Ellis' immediate source Luther Johns tried as an adult and begged Crockett and Tubbs to testify at Luther's hearing, but they were called to a meeting with Ramirez about Luther's supplier, Curtis "Count" Walker, and due to the deaths of Ramirez and his Apostles (as well as two deaths in Luther's apartment from ODs) Pepin decided he wanted Walker for murder one, but to get it, he revoked Ellis' free walk and forced him to wear a wire to get incriminating evidence from Walker, against the objections of Crockett and Ellis' mentor, Ed McCain, and Crockett's lieutenant, Martin "Marty" Castillo, decided not to go to the D.A. (but he did give Pepin the "staredown" for going back on his word for a long-shot). Pepin got his murder one charge, though it came at the sacrifice of Ellis, who was killed getting the evidence.