1 00:00:01,279 --> 00:00:02,986 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,047 --> 00:00:06,927 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,985 --> 00:00:08,862 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,662 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,723 --> 00:00:13,361 These are their stories. 6 00:00:16,194 --> 00:00:17,502 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 7 00:00:19,363 --> 00:00:21,274 I go out with my friends, you get mad at me. 8 00:00:21,331 --> 00:00:22,776 So, now I take you along, and you get... 9 00:00:22,833 --> 00:00:24,176 You actually like these people? Yeah. 10 00:00:24,234 --> 00:00:25,269 I grew up with those guys. 11 00:00:25,335 --> 00:00:27,576 You got bigger. None of you grew up. 12 00:00:27,638 --> 00:00:29,982 Just get me a cab. At 2:00 a.m.? 13 00:00:30,741 --> 00:00:32,186 We have to walk over to the avenue. 14 00:00:32,242 --> 00:00:33,915 There's a gypsy... 15 00:00:37,748 --> 00:00:39,819 I know how to handle this. 16 00:00:40,017 --> 00:00:41,121 Hey, pal. 17 00:00:41,885 --> 00:00:43,694 Oh, jeez. 18 00:00:44,354 --> 00:00:47,392 9 mm to the head, blood all over the car. 19 00:00:47,457 --> 00:00:50,131 (SIRENS WAILING) And we found this in a puddle on the backseat. 20 00:00:50,527 --> 00:00:52,564 Well, you got the shell casing. How about the slug? 21 00:00:52,629 --> 00:00:55,507 They're digging it out of the dash, along with half this guy's brains. 22 00:00:55,565 --> 00:00:57,238 Chauffeur license. 23 00:00:58,034 --> 00:01:01,311 "Daniel Johnson, 111 West 114th Street." 24 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:04,146 That's it for ID. Wallet's gone and cash box is empty. 25 00:01:04,207 --> 00:01:05,777 I'm gonna hold onto this. 26 00:01:05,875 --> 00:01:07,013 So, how long has he been dead? 27 00:01:07,076 --> 00:01:09,249 Well, the way the blood's settled, about four hours, tops. 28 00:01:09,312 --> 00:01:10,791 Around midnight. 29 00:01:10,847 --> 00:01:13,691 Hell of a way to greet the new day, right? 30 00:01:13,749 --> 00:01:15,626 (DISPATCHER CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 31 00:01:15,685 --> 00:01:16,823 Anything in there? 32 00:01:16,886 --> 00:01:18,422 Well, that guy wasn't. 33 00:01:18,487 --> 00:01:21,297 Bartender says he would've remembered a black customer. 34 00:01:21,357 --> 00:01:22,927 Are those the two kids who found the body? 35 00:01:22,992 --> 00:01:24,096 Yeah. 36 00:01:24,427 --> 00:01:26,998 Hiya. How you doing? You all right? 37 00:01:28,464 --> 00:01:30,842 Yeah. Sandy's a little shook up. Yeah. 38 00:01:30,899 --> 00:01:34,403 When you came out, did you see anybody at all out here on the street? 39 00:01:34,603 --> 00:01:35,707 No, no one. 40 00:01:35,770 --> 00:01:37,909 All right, now, did either one of you touch that cab? 41 00:01:37,973 --> 00:01:41,079 I knocked on the window. Tommy opened the front door. 42 00:01:41,142 --> 00:01:43,679 Okay, if you think of anything. 43 00:01:44,045 --> 00:01:48,152 These radio cars, they pick up fares that Yellow Cabs won't. 44 00:01:48,383 --> 00:01:51,489 Hey, Logan. Found this stuck in the visor. 45 00:01:53,088 --> 00:01:56,558 "Daniel Johnson, Corporal. Awarded the Purple Heart." 46 00:01:56,625 --> 00:01:57,831 Desert Storm. 47 00:01:58,727 --> 00:02:01,264 Compared to this, driving across the sand in Kuwait 48 00:02:01,329 --> 00:02:02,808 must've been a piece of cake. 49 00:02:53,146 --> 00:02:57,458 Johnson's the 43rd cabby killed in the last 12 months. 50 00:02:57,717 --> 00:03:00,197 These guys have shorter lifespans than fruit flies. 51 00:03:00,253 --> 00:03:02,164 Especially the gypsies. 52 00:03:02,588 --> 00:03:04,966 This one leaves behind a wife and a six-year-old son. 53 00:03:05,024 --> 00:03:06,901 You talk to the driver's last fare? 54 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:11,408 Yeah, 69-year-old lady. Takes her home from her bingo game every Monday night. 55 00:03:11,597 --> 00:03:15,135 That was at 10:00, and the dispatcher said he was headed home after that. 56 00:03:15,201 --> 00:03:19,013 He was killed around midnight? What was he doing for two hours? 57 00:03:23,342 --> 00:03:27,313 Rickie, honey, go in Momma's room. You can watch cartoons. Come on. 58 00:03:27,379 --> 00:03:30,451 Come on, Rick. We're just gonna talk to your mom for a couple of minutes, okay? 59 00:03:30,515 --> 00:03:31,550 (RICKIE MUMBLING) 60 00:03:31,616 --> 00:03:32,754 Okay. 61 00:03:35,954 --> 00:03:38,400 I told him his father's on a trip. 62 00:03:41,126 --> 00:03:43,868 Do you ever catch any of these robbers? 63 00:03:43,929 --> 00:03:46,637 Well, that would depend on the circumstances of the robbery. 64 00:03:46,698 --> 00:03:48,336 What do you mean? 65 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,606 Well, for instance, 66 00:03:49,668 --> 00:03:52,842 the dispatcher said your husband quit work at 10:00 p.m. 67 00:03:52,904 --> 00:03:53,905 So? 68 00:03:54,072 --> 00:03:55,710 Well, we were wondering, do you have any idea 69 00:03:55,774 --> 00:03:57,980 what he might have been doing at midnight? 70 00:03:58,042 --> 00:04:00,386 Same thing he was always doing. 71 00:04:00,711 --> 00:04:02,247 He was working. 72 00:04:02,380 --> 00:04:05,657 Radio cars aren't supposed to pick up street fares. 73 00:04:05,850 --> 00:04:07,295 But they do, huh? 74 00:04:09,019 --> 00:04:11,659 I opened a restaurant a year ago. 75 00:04:12,156 --> 00:04:15,035 It's not making any money yet. So, Danny... 76 00:04:17,595 --> 00:04:20,303 We needed every dime he could bring in. 77 00:04:22,299 --> 00:04:23,437 Okay. 78 00:04:23,701 --> 00:04:26,307 Now, could you describe any valuables he had with him? 79 00:04:26,370 --> 00:04:28,850 There's a chance that they'll turn up. 80 00:04:32,542 --> 00:04:34,613 They said you'd need this. 81 00:04:35,478 --> 00:04:39,119 His watch, ring, credit cards. It's all there. BRISCOE: Thank you. 82 00:04:40,617 --> 00:04:41,994 (SIREN WAILING) 83 00:04:42,385 --> 00:04:43,693 Cab robbery, huh? 84 00:04:43,753 --> 00:04:46,393 That narrows it down to anybody who went out last night. 85 00:04:46,456 --> 00:04:48,697 Yeah, if it was a cab robbery. 86 00:04:48,758 --> 00:04:51,967 Well, you heard her. They needed the money. He was working. 87 00:04:52,629 --> 00:04:55,405 He was driving the company car around for a couple of hours 88 00:04:55,465 --> 00:04:56,466 late at night. 89 00:04:56,533 --> 00:05:00,948 What he was doing and what he told the wife are not necessarily the same thing. 90 00:05:02,672 --> 00:05:04,117 He told me he was going home. 91 00:05:04,174 --> 00:05:05,949 His wife said he was picking up fares. 92 00:05:06,009 --> 00:05:08,955 The drill sergeant? She says a lot of things. 93 00:05:09,111 --> 00:05:12,615 She called here yesterday during Johnson's break and bit his head off. 94 00:05:13,348 --> 00:05:15,225 Maybe he didn't want to go home. 95 00:05:15,284 --> 00:05:17,764 So, the Johnsons weren't getting along? 96 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:21,131 Money problems. The guy was always nosing around for an advance. 97 00:05:21,223 --> 00:05:25,069 Okay, so, to make ends meet, he picks up a couple of fares after his shift is over. 98 00:05:25,127 --> 00:05:28,734 No, we don't do street fares. Radio calls only. 99 00:05:28,997 --> 00:05:33,343 Look, Bryant, we are not the Hack Bureau. 100 00:05:33,602 --> 00:05:37,049 All we wanna know is what Danny Johnson was doing last night. 101 00:05:38,941 --> 00:05:40,545 I wanted to help the guy out. 102 00:05:40,609 --> 00:05:44,647 I told him, "Keep the car. Earn what you can. It's your license." 103 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:45,952 Isn't that a little dangerous? 104 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:47,321 BRYANT: Danny knew the risks. 105 00:05:47,482 --> 00:05:49,689 Two months ago, some punk pulls a gun on him, 106 00:05:49,750 --> 00:05:51,923 and by some miracle a cop catches him, 107 00:05:51,986 --> 00:05:54,990 and he gets off with two years for attempted robbery. 108 00:05:55,356 --> 00:05:57,097 We'll talk to the governor. 109 00:06:00,661 --> 00:06:03,505 Their car-wash policy must be once every leap year. 110 00:06:03,564 --> 00:06:06,010 There's a million overlapping prints on that cab. 111 00:06:06,067 --> 00:06:07,774 Well, what about the ones on top? 112 00:06:07,835 --> 00:06:11,373 Funny. I got some partials. Bring me somebody's fingers. 113 00:06:11,539 --> 00:06:13,746 This from the victim's pocket? "3RF"? 114 00:06:13,808 --> 00:06:14,912 HOECK: Yeah. 115 00:06:14,976 --> 00:06:16,978 Three is the coat, right? Right. 116 00:06:17,411 --> 00:06:19,652 What are the keys doing in his pocket? 117 00:06:20,414 --> 00:06:24,759 If a robber pulls you over, even if you kill the engine, the keys stay in the ignition. 118 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:27,321 Well, he must have been parked, and he was getting out. 119 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:30,128 There's nothing to get out on the block for, except Noonan's. 120 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:33,603 A black guy'd have to be awful thirsty to walk into that bar at midnight. 121 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:36,201 Unless he's meeting somebody. 122 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:40,605 I already told you yesterday, I didn't have a black customer last night 123 00:06:40,667 --> 00:06:43,273 or the night before that or the night before that. 124 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:46,874 Yeah, well, we were just wondering if maybe somebody here was waiting for him. 125 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:50,114 I pour drinks and listen to gripes. I don't get their social calendars. 126 00:06:50,177 --> 00:06:52,453 Danny, two drafts. Irish, neat. 127 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:55,456 Okay, about midnight, was anybody sitting alone 128 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:57,255 like they were waiting for somebody to come in? 129 00:06:57,316 --> 00:07:00,354 Sorry. Yeah. Steve what's-his-name. 130 00:07:00,419 --> 00:07:04,196 When he come out of the can, asked if anybody was looking for him. You know. 131 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:06,770 BRISCOE: Yeah. Steve what is his name? 132 00:07:06,825 --> 00:07:08,771 You know how many Steves we get in here? 133 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:11,839 You wanna give it a shot? 134 00:07:11,897 --> 00:07:15,037 I don't know. I might've been thinking of somebody else. 135 00:07:18,103 --> 00:07:21,209 Okay, well, I guess we'll camp out here a few nights. 136 00:07:21,273 --> 00:07:23,116 Let's interrogate anybody coming through the door. 137 00:07:23,175 --> 00:07:25,815 I wouldn't expect much of a cash flow. 138 00:07:32,651 --> 00:07:34,061 Steve Breck, 139 00:07:34,419 --> 00:07:36,763 but you didn't hear it from me. 140 00:07:38,022 --> 00:07:40,195 Buddy of mine was a no-show. 141 00:07:40,992 --> 00:07:43,370 Took a dump, then I left. 142 00:07:43,795 --> 00:07:45,433 Nice detail. 143 00:07:45,496 --> 00:07:48,443 So that puts you outside Noonan's around midnight, right? 144 00:07:49,567 --> 00:07:50,739 I wasn't wearing a watch. 145 00:07:50,802 --> 00:07:51,803 (DOOR OPENING) 146 00:07:52,604 --> 00:07:54,550 Mr. Breck here's a lonely guy. 147 00:07:54,606 --> 00:07:57,212 He goes to bars and hangs out in the men's room. 148 00:07:58,076 --> 00:07:59,953 He's about to become less lonely. 149 00:08:00,011 --> 00:08:03,549 Your fingerprint matches a partial on the cabby's door. 150 00:08:03,848 --> 00:08:05,828 The front driver's side. 151 00:08:06,551 --> 00:08:07,825 Partial? 152 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,360 So, that could be a lot of guys. 153 00:08:10,454 --> 00:08:13,526 Yeah, but you're the one with a record for assault and loan sharking, 154 00:08:13,590 --> 00:08:15,695 so it might as well be you. 155 00:08:20,831 --> 00:08:23,539 I was waiting for Johnson. He doesn't show. 156 00:08:24,568 --> 00:08:26,980 So, I go outside. There's his cab. 157 00:08:28,105 --> 00:08:31,086 I open the door to check. He's already dead. 158 00:08:31,575 --> 00:08:34,317 How much was he into you for, Mr. Breck? 159 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,090 You think I'm gonna whack a guy, so I meet him at my neighborhood bar? 160 00:08:39,149 --> 00:08:41,789 Maybe he promised to pay you and then showed up empty-handed. 161 00:08:41,852 --> 00:08:43,593 Yeah, so I kill him? That'll make him pay. 162 00:08:43,654 --> 00:08:45,156 How much, Mr. Breck? 163 00:08:45,222 --> 00:08:48,600 Fifteen grand, but I never saw any of it. 164 00:08:52,495 --> 00:08:53,838 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 165 00:08:58,334 --> 00:09:02,908 The 2-0 has got a guy trying to use one of Danny Johnson's credit cards right now. 166 00:09:02,972 --> 00:09:04,542 Urban Footwear. 167 00:09:05,207 --> 00:09:07,744 Well, I guess it's not him, 'cause he's here. 168 00:09:09,178 --> 00:09:11,590 He looked like a homeless. You should see his socks. 169 00:09:11,647 --> 00:09:15,823 His credit card lit up my machine. Past due, over limit and stolen. 170 00:09:16,018 --> 00:09:17,190 What did this guy do? 171 00:09:17,253 --> 00:09:18,561 We'll let you know. Thanks. 172 00:09:18,621 --> 00:09:21,033 I just wanted a pair of wingtips. 173 00:09:22,023 --> 00:09:24,025 Where'd you get the credit card, Ronald? 174 00:09:24,092 --> 00:09:27,096 It's mine. Sorry it's overdue. 175 00:09:27,896 --> 00:09:32,003 No, Ronald, the man whose name is on that card was murdered last night. 176 00:09:36,938 --> 00:09:40,647 I found it after the man threw it out. 177 00:09:41,509 --> 00:09:43,989 It's mine. What man threw it out? 178 00:09:45,714 --> 00:09:48,320 The big man. In the dumpster. 179 00:09:48,483 --> 00:09:51,987 Ronald, now, think hard, what did the big man look like? 180 00:09:54,622 --> 00:09:58,763 He had a snake. I saw it when he took off his jacket. 181 00:09:58,826 --> 00:10:00,669 He was carrying a snake? 182 00:10:00,794 --> 00:10:02,364 On his T-shirt. 183 00:10:03,764 --> 00:10:04,868 It said snake. 184 00:10:04,932 --> 00:10:07,435 It said a snake, or it was a snake? 185 00:10:07,501 --> 00:10:08,980 I don't know. 186 00:10:09,236 --> 00:10:12,342 Ronald, can you take us where this dumpster is? 187 00:10:16,577 --> 00:10:20,992 Last time we sifted a dumpster, the investigating officer got in here himself. 188 00:10:21,248 --> 00:10:23,854 That's fascinating. I think you missed a spot over there. 189 00:10:28,722 --> 00:10:32,465 Santana, Abraxas. Who would wanna take a bite out of that? 190 00:10:34,161 --> 00:10:36,504 Hey, what's that there? 191 00:10:40,333 --> 00:10:43,542 Extra large, green plaid 192 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:46,307 with lots of dried brown. 193 00:10:47,707 --> 00:10:51,211 The blood on the jacket is a 96% match with Johnson's. 194 00:10:51,277 --> 00:10:53,985 Figures. Any hints about the jacket's owner? 195 00:10:54,714 --> 00:10:57,354 The trick was sorting through the crap from the dumpster. 196 00:10:57,450 --> 00:11:01,626 Most of that was on the surface, but ingrained in the fibers, grease. 197 00:11:01,888 --> 00:11:04,334 So, he spills his french fries when he eats. 198 00:11:04,424 --> 00:11:07,428 Industrial grease, and something else. 199 00:11:08,227 --> 00:11:10,207 Bits of this in the pocket. 200 00:11:11,997 --> 00:11:13,601 Kind of looks like Silly Putty. 201 00:11:13,665 --> 00:11:16,202 Great. We look for a gigantic first-grader. 202 00:11:16,802 --> 00:11:19,942 It's plumber's compound. Seals pipe threads. 203 00:11:20,906 --> 00:11:22,112 Plumber? 204 00:11:22,441 --> 00:11:25,012 That thing they clean out drains with is a snake, right? 205 00:11:25,076 --> 00:11:27,682 A picture of a snake that said "Snake." 206 00:11:28,647 --> 00:11:31,992 Big and bald? That would be Charlie Kovac. Good plumber. 207 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,891 You know where we can find him? 208 00:11:34,252 --> 00:11:37,597 The pain in the ass calls me Tuesday morning and says he's not coming in, ever. 209 00:11:37,823 --> 00:11:40,099 Did he happen to mention if he hit the lotto? 210 00:11:40,158 --> 00:11:41,831 Maybe he's looking for better health benefits. 211 00:11:41,893 --> 00:11:43,167 He didn't share it with me. 212 00:11:43,228 --> 00:11:46,038 Well, why don't you share his home address with us? 213 00:11:51,936 --> 00:11:54,576 The super says he saw him go out about an hour ago. 214 00:11:55,639 --> 00:11:58,586 He keeps this place about as clean as his jacket. 215 00:12:01,312 --> 00:12:03,155 (DISPATCHER CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 216 00:12:03,214 --> 00:12:04,454 Lennie. 217 00:12:06,383 --> 00:12:09,125 You know anybody that eats their Corn Flakes frozen? 218 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:12,226 Whoever told him to hide stuff in the freezer got it mixed up. 219 00:12:12,323 --> 00:12:15,327 It's supposed to be diamonds in the ice tray. 220 00:12:17,461 --> 00:12:19,805 And what have you got, about $15,000? 221 00:12:20,998 --> 00:12:22,102 Yeah. 222 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:28,948 If I'm not mistaken, Ben Franklin's face is covered with blood. 223 00:12:35,278 --> 00:12:36,951 (LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING) 224 00:12:39,849 --> 00:12:41,851 The personal touch. 225 00:12:41,985 --> 00:12:44,261 It's not easy, all things considered. 226 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,665 Mrs. Johnson, you recognize this man? 227 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,397 His name is Charles Kovac. 228 00:12:53,129 --> 00:12:55,473 We think he killed your husband. 229 00:12:56,566 --> 00:12:58,102 So, then, you got him? 230 00:12:58,168 --> 00:13:01,114 No, but we're looking for him, and we're watching his apartment. 231 00:13:01,169 --> 00:13:02,614 We thought maybe you could help us. 232 00:13:02,671 --> 00:13:04,582 Your husband ever mention him? 233 00:13:05,941 --> 00:13:09,013 You think Danny knew the robber who killed him? 234 00:13:09,111 --> 00:13:11,216 That doesn't make any sense. 235 00:13:11,613 --> 00:13:13,251 Actually, what doesn't make any sense 236 00:13:13,315 --> 00:13:16,558 is that your husband had $15,000 on him when he was killed. 237 00:13:16,952 --> 00:13:18,727 $15,000? 238 00:13:20,088 --> 00:13:22,659 He was carrying it to pay off a loan shark. 239 00:13:24,192 --> 00:13:25,671 This has to be a mistake. 240 00:13:25,727 --> 00:13:28,264 Forgive me, Mrs. Johnson, but I look around at this place, 241 00:13:28,330 --> 00:13:30,674 it must've been pretty expensive to open. 242 00:13:30,732 --> 00:13:33,736 Maybe your husband borrowed the money for you? 243 00:13:34,369 --> 00:13:37,110 I saved eight years for this place. 244 00:13:37,905 --> 00:13:40,511 I've got budget to work through till 1999. 245 00:13:40,574 --> 00:13:44,579 Until my name gets around, I'm lucky if I clear a few hundred dollars a week. 246 00:13:44,645 --> 00:13:46,318 So, maybe you needed a little help. 247 00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:48,917 You think a loan shark would wait five years for his money? 248 00:13:48,983 --> 00:13:51,224 Well, you were married to him, Mrs. Johnson. 249 00:13:51,285 --> 00:13:54,129 I mean, you didn't know what was going on? 250 00:13:54,422 --> 00:13:55,492 No. 251 00:13:55,656 --> 00:13:56,657 (BRISCOE SIGHING) 252 00:13:56,724 --> 00:14:00,399 Did your husband have any friends who might've known what he was up to? 253 00:14:01,262 --> 00:14:03,367 Danny had a lot of friends. 254 00:14:07,635 --> 00:14:09,478 Yeah, I'm gonna miss the guy. 255 00:14:09,770 --> 00:14:13,046 You couldn't be unhappy when Danny was in the room. 256 00:14:13,306 --> 00:14:16,480 What was it, his sense of humor or his winning smile? 257 00:14:16,543 --> 00:14:18,250 Danny was generous. 258 00:14:18,311 --> 00:14:21,087 You ever hear how he got his Purple Heart? 259 00:14:21,314 --> 00:14:22,588 He's over in Kuwait 260 00:14:22,649 --> 00:14:26,495 with a truck of Chinese-smuggled beer that he's bought for $1,000. 261 00:14:26,987 --> 00:14:29,365 He's got it sold to an officer's mess for $2,000. 262 00:14:30,056 --> 00:14:33,469 Meanwhile, I'm lying in a hospital bed 10 miles away, 263 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,934 so Danny detours to drop off some freebies. 264 00:14:37,497 --> 00:14:41,741 This takes him through a minefield. Boom! Shrapnel in the foot. 265 00:14:42,202 --> 00:14:44,307 Not much of a business head, huh? 266 00:14:44,804 --> 00:14:46,306 Danny would've made it someday. 267 00:14:46,373 --> 00:14:49,182 Problem was, he was living like he already had. 268 00:14:49,241 --> 00:14:53,451 One Saturday, when his wife was still working at Contini's, Danny has the kid, 269 00:14:53,512 --> 00:14:55,458 and the kid wants to go fishing. 270 00:14:55,514 --> 00:14:58,552 So, wife says take the two-hour cruise off Sheepshead Bay. 271 00:14:59,218 --> 00:15:02,427 Not Danny. Danny charters a boat. 272 00:15:03,489 --> 00:15:05,765 I caught six bluefish. 273 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:10,071 He was the Miller High Life guy. 274 00:15:10,129 --> 00:15:12,700 Never an empty glass when Danny Johnson was in the bar. 275 00:15:12,765 --> 00:15:15,473 It doesn't take too many boat charters and rounds for the house 276 00:15:15,534 --> 00:15:17,036 to run up some debt. 277 00:15:17,102 --> 00:15:20,675 You think Kovac was hanging around and saw the goodies flowing? 278 00:15:20,906 --> 00:15:23,853 None of Johnson's friends recognized the photo. 279 00:15:24,609 --> 00:15:27,681 Kovac's only priors are small-time possession. 280 00:15:27,745 --> 00:15:30,783 Maybe there's a drug dealer out there who connects them. 281 00:15:31,249 --> 00:15:32,990 You know, as far as we can tell, 282 00:15:33,051 --> 00:15:36,794 the only thing that Johnson was addicted to was a good time. 283 00:15:37,221 --> 00:15:38,461 Anybody turn up Kovac? 284 00:15:38,523 --> 00:15:39,558 Mmm-mmm. 285 00:15:39,624 --> 00:15:42,400 He must've spotted our stakeout and run. 286 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,537 Here, Kovac was arrested twice last year at the same place. 287 00:15:46,664 --> 00:15:49,770 A drug alley off East 110th Street. What? 288 00:15:52,036 --> 00:15:53,140 The guy lives in Chelsea. 289 00:15:53,204 --> 00:15:55,650 He can get a fix a lot closer than East Harlem. 290 00:15:56,274 --> 00:15:58,777 Maybe he has a home away from home. 291 00:15:59,977 --> 00:16:01,478 (SIREN BLARING) 292 00:16:02,379 --> 00:16:06,122 Come here. Come here. Get against that wall. 293 00:16:06,183 --> 00:16:08,595 Time to get up, Charlie. 294 00:16:09,019 --> 00:16:10,828 LOGAN: Listen up, everybody! 295 00:16:11,788 --> 00:16:13,631 We are conducting a drill. 296 00:16:13,990 --> 00:16:17,199 And this is your get-out-of-jail-free card. 297 00:16:17,961 --> 00:16:21,568 It's good for your next bust to the first camper who can tell us 298 00:16:21,631 --> 00:16:23,907 where to find Charles Kovac. 299 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:25,546 How about you? 300 00:16:26,103 --> 00:16:27,446 Come here. 301 00:16:30,006 --> 00:16:32,008 I heard of Ernie Kovacs. 302 00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:36,083 Cuff him. Operating heavy machinery under the influence. 303 00:16:36,146 --> 00:16:38,489 You. You got something to say, huh? 304 00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:41,888 I got a probation hearing next week. 305 00:16:41,951 --> 00:16:44,124 And you want them to know what a good citizen you are, right? 306 00:16:44,186 --> 00:16:46,860 I pledge allegiance every morning. Me and Kovac. 307 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:48,731 Oh, yeah? Come on, I'm listening. 308 00:16:49,658 --> 00:16:52,104 (STAMMERING) He's got a lady. Melanie something. 309 00:16:52,161 --> 00:16:53,572 Yeah? Where? 310 00:16:54,897 --> 00:16:56,001 Mike. 311 00:16:58,334 --> 00:17:00,610 I tell you, nobody's there. 312 00:17:00,669 --> 00:17:04,481 The girl who live in this apartment was away for weeks. 313 00:17:04,874 --> 00:17:06,444 You got the keys? Yeah. 314 00:17:08,043 --> 00:17:09,044 (BABY CRYING) 315 00:17:09,311 --> 00:17:10,517 (WOMAN YELLING) 316 00:17:10,946 --> 00:17:12,323 Okay, ready? 317 00:17:14,115 --> 00:17:15,719 (MAN YELLING) 318 00:17:25,093 --> 00:17:26,231 (WHISTLES) 319 00:17:27,962 --> 00:17:31,967 You think a lug like Kovac would blend in with this color scheme? 320 00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:34,711 He's blended into the rug, all right. 321 00:17:35,470 --> 00:17:38,474 I think Mr. Kovac has snaked his last drain. 322 00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:39,814 LOGAN: Oh, yeah. 323 00:17:40,775 --> 00:17:45,019 Looks like they got him right in the heart. Small caliber. Maybe a .22. 324 00:17:45,380 --> 00:17:47,951 All right, seal up the building and get CSU over here. 325 00:17:48,016 --> 00:17:50,621 You go knock on some doors, huh? 326 00:17:50,684 --> 00:17:53,858 Somebody just saved the taxpayers a lot of money. 327 00:17:56,256 --> 00:17:59,635 Another dead body? Don't plan on any long lunches. 328 00:17:59,693 --> 00:18:02,503 Hey, I'm looking on the bright side. We just solved the cabby case. 329 00:18:02,563 --> 00:18:04,941 We're pretty sure Kovac killed Danny Johnson. 330 00:18:05,098 --> 00:18:07,169 Who's Kovac? The new stiff. 331 00:18:07,234 --> 00:18:08,474 So, who killed him? 332 00:18:08,535 --> 00:18:10,378 Well, he had a lot of junkie friends. 333 00:18:10,437 --> 00:18:12,610 I mean, these guys kill each other all the time. 334 00:18:12,673 --> 00:18:16,086 So, don't you think the cabby murder and Kovac:'s are related? 335 00:18:21,048 --> 00:18:24,552 She's got a point. I was thinking about our leg-breaker, Breck. 336 00:18:24,985 --> 00:18:27,464 Johnson's brains are all over the car. 337 00:18:27,753 --> 00:18:30,632 You think that mook had to open the door to see that he was dead? 338 00:18:31,190 --> 00:18:32,863 He was looking for his $15,000. 339 00:18:32,925 --> 00:18:34,563 Which wasn't there. 340 00:18:34,794 --> 00:18:38,264 If it was me, maybe I see somebody booking down the street, 341 00:18:38,431 --> 00:18:41,173 I'd want to find them, get my money back. 342 00:18:43,035 --> 00:18:45,345 So, why haven't I heard from you? 343 00:18:45,404 --> 00:18:48,010 You sick? Should I have sent flowers? 344 00:18:48,140 --> 00:18:51,121 You, go away. You... Don't be a stranger. 345 00:18:52,979 --> 00:18:55,152 Took me two days to find that weasel. 346 00:18:55,214 --> 00:18:57,057 A friend of yours sent us to say hello. 347 00:18:57,116 --> 00:18:59,118 Charles Kovac. Name ring a bell? 348 00:18:59,185 --> 00:19:01,426 He's tall. He's ugly. He's got a hole in his chest. 349 00:19:01,487 --> 00:19:02,726 Is this supposed to mean something? 350 00:19:02,787 --> 00:19:06,030 Yeah, he's the guy who stole Johnson's cash right from under your nose. 351 00:19:06,091 --> 00:19:08,162 And we think maybe that made you mad, 352 00:19:08,226 --> 00:19:09,705 and you went and tracked him down, 353 00:19:09,761 --> 00:19:11,502 same way you found bozo over there. 354 00:19:11,563 --> 00:19:14,043 Yeah? Well, I never found this dead guy. 355 00:19:14,099 --> 00:19:16,375 Well, we're still wondering how Kovac got so lucky 356 00:19:16,434 --> 00:19:18,471 to hit that cabby when he was flush. 357 00:19:18,537 --> 00:19:20,483 Why are you guys on me? 358 00:19:20,605 --> 00:19:23,916 Johnson said he was getting the money from his wife. 359 00:19:29,981 --> 00:19:33,827 I tied her corporate checking to a non-collateralized credit line. 360 00:19:33,952 --> 00:19:38,127 She had a strong business plan, and character still counts for something. 361 00:19:38,222 --> 00:19:40,725 This jumbo credit card you gave her, 362 00:19:40,791 --> 00:19:43,567 did she withdraw $15,000 on Monday? 363 00:19:43,627 --> 00:19:47,769 No, actually, her husband came in. Said they were redoing the electrical. 364 00:19:48,532 --> 00:19:50,944 And you just handed over $15,000? 365 00:19:51,669 --> 00:19:54,650 In exchange for a check signed by his wife. 366 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:57,314 Can we see it? 367 00:19:57,574 --> 00:19:59,713 Of course. I have a photo image. 368 00:20:13,390 --> 00:20:14,891 Do you have any previous checks? 369 00:20:14,958 --> 00:20:16,062 Of course. 370 00:20:18,094 --> 00:20:20,802 Look at that. Go back to the first one. 371 00:20:22,065 --> 00:20:23,203 (LOGAN EXCLAIMS) 372 00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:26,975 Not even close. What, did she write that one with her left hand? 373 00:20:29,005 --> 00:20:31,212 Guess it is a little bit off. 374 00:20:31,774 --> 00:20:33,651 Yeah, by about 15 grand. 375 00:20:33,710 --> 00:20:35,917 He wiped her out, and she never even knew it. 376 00:20:35,979 --> 00:20:38,653 Actually, I saw some activity later that day. 377 00:20:38,715 --> 00:20:41,787 Mrs. Johnson tried to withdraw $200. 378 00:20:43,219 --> 00:20:45,825 There's only $22 left in the account. 379 00:20:46,456 --> 00:20:48,231 She knew, all right. 380 00:20:49,092 --> 00:20:52,937 Johnson wipes out his wife's working capital. She finds out. 381 00:20:52,995 --> 00:20:55,669 An hour later, she calls him at work and rips his head off. 382 00:20:55,731 --> 00:20:57,608 And that leads you to murder? 383 00:20:57,666 --> 00:21:00,078 This does. We pulled up some IUDs. 384 00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:03,548 Kovac called Mrs. Johnson three hours before her husband was killed. 385 00:21:03,605 --> 00:21:06,381 If they weren't talking murder, it's a hell of a coincidence. 386 00:21:06,441 --> 00:21:09,513 You think the wife told Kovac where to find her husband? 387 00:21:09,878 --> 00:21:11,289 How did she know? 388 00:21:11,647 --> 00:21:14,127 Johnson's last fare was a regular. 389 00:21:14,182 --> 00:21:17,561 Every Monday night, from the bingo parlor to Lenox Avenue. 390 00:21:17,619 --> 00:21:19,530 Now, the wife might have known about it. 391 00:21:19,588 --> 00:21:24,094 So, Kovac followed him from Lenox Avenue to Noonan's Bar, and bang. 392 00:21:24,559 --> 00:21:26,436 Then what happened to Kovac? 393 00:21:26,495 --> 00:21:27,802 Maybe he tried to shake her down 394 00:21:27,862 --> 00:21:30,035 after we took the money out of the freezer. 395 00:21:30,097 --> 00:21:32,600 Or the grieving widow didn't want to leave a loose end. 396 00:21:32,667 --> 00:21:35,648 Nice theory. You got a witness? A weapon? 397 00:21:36,037 --> 00:21:39,575 Kovac was shot with a .22. Nothing registered to the Johnsons. 398 00:21:39,774 --> 00:21:42,721 So, the whole thing hinges on that phone call. 399 00:21:42,777 --> 00:21:47,157 You ever consider that Kovac could have been calling Mr. Johnson? 400 00:21:48,749 --> 00:21:51,593 You better find out if he and the wife ever crossed paths. 401 00:21:51,652 --> 00:21:53,996 Maybe he fixed her leaky faucet. 402 00:21:54,355 --> 00:21:57,427 I got two busted drain pans, a leaky water heater, 403 00:21:57,491 --> 00:22:00,529 and some genius tried to flush his kid's Nintendo down the toilet. 404 00:22:00,628 --> 00:22:04,268 All we wanna know is if Charles Kovac did a job for the Johnsons. 405 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,877 My kid tells me to computerize. 406 00:22:09,669 --> 00:22:10,773 I don't see it. 407 00:22:10,837 --> 00:22:14,341 Well, maybe he did some work for her restaurant. A place called Dee's. 408 00:22:14,407 --> 00:22:16,182 Doesn't ring a bell. 409 00:22:16,443 --> 00:22:19,390 Wanna read the book yourselves? I got things to do. 410 00:22:22,749 --> 00:22:26,094 Hey, what about this job? Did Kovac work on this? 411 00:22:29,022 --> 00:22:30,797 Yeah, that was him. 412 00:22:32,025 --> 00:22:35,165 Contini's, the restaurant where Mrs. Johnson used to work. 413 00:22:36,429 --> 00:22:37,669 Eighteen years I'm here, 414 00:22:37,730 --> 00:22:40,403 and all of a sudden they say my sprinklers are not up to code. 415 00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:41,877 That must have set you back. 416 00:22:41,934 --> 00:22:43,675 Worse than the money, those plumbers, 417 00:22:43,736 --> 00:22:45,841 they had my kitchen torn up for two weeks. 418 00:22:45,904 --> 00:22:47,850 And Denise Johnson was working here then? 419 00:22:47,906 --> 00:22:50,386 Yeah, she was here till she opened her own place. 420 00:22:50,442 --> 00:22:52,649 I've been helping her out. Giving her some advice. 421 00:22:52,711 --> 00:22:54,486 This is for the night deposits, right? 422 00:22:54,546 --> 00:22:55,616 Yes. 423 00:22:55,681 --> 00:22:57,354 You carry it out of here without protection? 424 00:22:57,416 --> 00:22:58,622 Nowadays? 425 00:23:01,687 --> 00:23:02,688 BRISCOE: Uh-uh. 426 00:23:03,088 --> 00:23:04,123 I have a license. 427 00:23:04,189 --> 00:23:06,135 Yeah, but let me get this. 428 00:23:07,693 --> 00:23:09,001 .22. 429 00:23:09,061 --> 00:23:11,337 Did Mrs. Johnson have a key to that drawer? 430 00:23:11,397 --> 00:23:13,343 She was my hostess. I trusted her. 431 00:23:13,398 --> 00:23:15,036 And did she return that key? 432 00:23:18,269 --> 00:23:21,716 We've been through all this. I've got to pick up my son from school. 433 00:23:21,773 --> 00:23:25,448 You looked right at a picture of Kovac and told us you'd never seen him before. 434 00:23:25,510 --> 00:23:28,013 You know how many repair people go through a restaurant? 435 00:23:28,079 --> 00:23:31,253 But how many of them end up killing your husband? 436 00:23:31,482 --> 00:23:33,325 You don't believe I loved my husband? 437 00:23:34,786 --> 00:23:37,528 What do you want us to believe, Mrs. Johnson? 438 00:23:37,588 --> 00:23:41,331 You lied to us about Kovac. You lied about the $15,000. 439 00:23:41,392 --> 00:23:44,566 Now we found out you had access to Contini's gun. 440 00:23:45,663 --> 00:23:50,442 Maybe this man met my husband at the restaurant when he picked me up, 441 00:23:50,501 --> 00:23:52,946 and they got mixed up in something together. 442 00:23:53,003 --> 00:23:55,483 You told us all your husband did was work driving the cab. 443 00:23:55,539 --> 00:23:57,644 I didn't follow him around! 444 00:24:00,777 --> 00:24:02,779 I have to pick up my son. 445 00:24:15,192 --> 00:24:17,433 I'm telling you, she's got ice water in her veins. 446 00:24:17,494 --> 00:24:20,600 Maybe she just knows we don't have enough to arrest her. 447 00:24:20,664 --> 00:24:21,665 (BANGING ON DOOR) 448 00:24:24,267 --> 00:24:27,248 It's a positive match. The gun from Contini's killed Charles Kovac. 449 00:24:27,304 --> 00:24:28,475 That ought to be enough. 450 00:24:28,537 --> 00:24:30,016 For Kovac. What about her husband? 451 00:24:30,072 --> 00:24:31,813 Well, it's sort of a boxed set, isn't it? 452 00:24:31,874 --> 00:24:34,616 She knew her husband stole her money. She had contact with Kovac. 453 00:24:34,677 --> 00:24:36,884 We don't know what went on between her and Kovac. 454 00:24:36,946 --> 00:24:40,792 Yeah, because the best witness is dead because she killed him. 455 00:24:41,183 --> 00:24:43,424 We let her shoot her way out of a murder charge, 456 00:24:43,486 --> 00:24:46,399 we're setting a pretty bad precedent. Do it. 457 00:24:48,691 --> 00:24:50,034 (CHILDREN CHATTERING) 458 00:24:52,762 --> 00:24:53,934 Mrs. Johnson. 459 00:24:53,996 --> 00:24:55,100 What now? 460 00:24:55,164 --> 00:24:57,371 This is Mrs. Lawson from Children's Services. 461 00:24:57,433 --> 00:24:58,639 She'll take care of the boy. 462 00:24:58,701 --> 00:24:59,941 What? 463 00:25:00,035 --> 00:25:03,482 We'd just as soon not arrest you in front of your son. 464 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,242 Rickie, Mommy has to go out tonight, 465 00:25:07,308 --> 00:25:09,879 so this lady, she's gonna baby-sit for you, okay? 466 00:25:10,111 --> 00:25:11,215 Okay. 467 00:25:12,780 --> 00:25:14,157 It's okay. 468 00:25:15,250 --> 00:25:16,854 Denise Johnson, you're under arrest 469 00:25:16,918 --> 00:25:19,364 for the murders of Daniel Johnson and Charles Kovac. 470 00:25:19,420 --> 00:25:20,626 You have the right to remain silent. 471 00:25:20,688 --> 00:25:23,328 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 472 00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:24,563 Do you understand that? You have the right to an attorney. 473 00:25:24,626 --> 00:25:25,627 If you cannot afford... 474 00:25:28,062 --> 00:25:30,804 Two victims, two distinct crimes, 475 00:25:30,865 --> 00:25:32,572 and you come up with one suspect. 476 00:25:33,067 --> 00:25:36,071 Do you people get tunnel vision from breathing the air down here? 477 00:25:36,137 --> 00:25:39,243 It doesn't take a genius to connect your client to both these murders. 478 00:25:39,307 --> 00:25:43,015 Eight other people had access to the gun that killed Charles Kovac. 479 00:25:43,143 --> 00:25:47,990 Five of them met Kovac while he was repairing the sprinklers at Contini's. 480 00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:51,586 Only one of them has a husband in Greenlawn, put there by Kovac. 481 00:25:51,652 --> 00:25:54,792 That's right. He was put there by Kovac. 482 00:25:54,888 --> 00:25:58,199 Three hours after Kovac talked to Mrs. Johnson. 483 00:25:58,258 --> 00:26:00,397 I never talked to that man. My machine must have picked... 484 00:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,440 That phone call lasted 10 seconds. 485 00:26:02,496 --> 00:26:05,136 Enough time to hear the greeting and hang up. 486 00:26:05,198 --> 00:26:06,336 Or... 487 00:26:07,634 --> 00:26:10,581 "Denise? Kovac. Where and when?" 488 00:26:11,204 --> 00:26:13,206 "Noonan's Bar, midnight." 489 00:26:14,341 --> 00:26:15,445 Four seconds. 490 00:26:15,509 --> 00:26:16,782 ELLIOT: As long as you're fantasizing, 491 00:26:16,842 --> 00:26:19,516 you wanna tell me again why she killed Kovac? 492 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:21,285 He wanted more money? 493 00:26:21,447 --> 00:26:22,926 He tried to blackmail her? 494 00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:24,086 I see. 495 00:26:24,350 --> 00:26:27,991 She had motive to kill Kovac because she hired him to kill her husband, 496 00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:31,263 and you know she hired him to kill her husband 497 00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:32,961 because she killed Kovac. 498 00:26:35,194 --> 00:26:39,199 You're driving in circles, and the jury's going to be very dizzy. 499 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:42,137 You might want to lend them your adding machine. 500 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,408 JACK: As long as we lay out the whole package, Adam, 501 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:46,507 her motives and means are perfectly clear. 502 00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:49,052 Right. You're gonna bring charts and diagrams 503 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:51,315 and the dead junkie accomplice, 504 00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:55,188 while Elliot shows the jury a hard-working black woman 505 00:26:55,346 --> 00:26:57,257 who's just become a single mother. 506 00:26:57,315 --> 00:26:59,386 She really can't complain about being a widow 507 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:01,362 after murdering her husband. 508 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,594 I'm sure the jury'll appreciate your sense of humor 509 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:05,794 while they're trying to figure out 510 00:27:05,857 --> 00:27:09,361 why Mrs. Johnson wanted her husband dead. 511 00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:16,170 Even when we were kids, Danny was the smart one. 512 00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:20,215 I used to read to him at night, till he started to correct me. 513 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:23,942 But your brother's the one who ended up behind the wheel of a cab. 514 00:27:24,075 --> 00:27:25,748 Anything else might have required 515 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:28,814 concentrating on one thing for two weeks in a row. 516 00:27:29,380 --> 00:27:31,485 Danny didn't have much follow-through. 517 00:27:31,582 --> 00:27:34,028 His wife seems pretty disciplined. 518 00:27:34,151 --> 00:27:37,928 She wants what she wants. Up the ladder, one rung at a time. 519 00:27:38,088 --> 00:27:40,728 And Danny didn't fit with the program? 520 00:27:40,791 --> 00:27:42,702 Denise was the program. 521 00:27:43,727 --> 00:27:46,867 Danny should have got out of there a long time ago. 522 00:27:46,930 --> 00:27:48,932 Why didn't she just divorce him? 523 00:27:48,999 --> 00:27:53,175 When she was getting started, she needed his signature for the lease documents. 524 00:27:53,370 --> 00:27:57,785 If she divorced him, she probably would have to give him half the place. 525 00:27:58,542 --> 00:28:01,489 Now she doesn't have that problem, does she? 526 00:28:02,312 --> 00:28:04,792 Look, Denise is a businesswoman. 527 00:28:04,848 --> 00:28:08,488 She finds business solutions for her problems, not murder. 528 00:28:09,218 --> 00:28:10,959 Her husband was a problem? 529 00:28:12,789 --> 00:28:15,497 The last time he was here, we had to ask him to leave. 530 00:28:15,558 --> 00:28:16,628 Why? 531 00:28:19,195 --> 00:28:21,300 If you don't tell me, someone else will. 532 00:28:23,933 --> 00:28:28,313 Danny sunk some money, Denise's money, in a pyramid scheme. 533 00:28:28,371 --> 00:28:31,875 He was supposed to get rich quick by selling distributorship. 534 00:28:31,941 --> 00:28:34,319 Danny lines up half a dozen prospects, 535 00:28:34,377 --> 00:28:37,551 brings them and their wives here to close the deal. 536 00:28:37,613 --> 00:28:40,219 Runs up a $1,500 tab. 537 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:43,752 Pulls six bottles of Chéteau Margaux from the wine closet. 538 00:28:43,819 --> 00:28:45,662 $300, our cost. 539 00:28:45,721 --> 00:28:47,723 And his prospects still didn't buy? 540 00:28:47,789 --> 00:28:49,632 They got too drunk to talk. 541 00:28:50,258 --> 00:28:53,034 We had a restaurant critic here from The Times that night. 542 00:28:53,095 --> 00:28:55,735 Danny's party made so much noise, she left. 543 00:28:59,968 --> 00:29:03,848 Mr. Contini, when the New York Times critic 544 00:29:03,905 --> 00:29:07,216 walked out of her restaurant because of her husband, 545 00:29:07,309 --> 00:29:09,812 did you see the defendant shortly after that? 546 00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:11,585 Yes. The next day. 547 00:29:12,147 --> 00:29:14,184 In fact, I've never seen her so upset. 548 00:29:14,249 --> 00:29:17,230 And she did have a key to the drawer where you keep your gun? 549 00:29:17,285 --> 00:29:20,094 Yes, but so do the day manager, the night manager 550 00:29:20,154 --> 00:29:21,531 and my bookkeeper. 551 00:29:21,722 --> 00:29:24,896 You don't think any of them killed Charles Kovac, do you? 552 00:29:25,626 --> 00:29:26,832 Of course not. 553 00:29:28,162 --> 00:29:29,470 Thank you. 554 00:29:31,065 --> 00:29:33,978 Day manager, night manager, bookkeeper. 555 00:29:34,568 --> 00:29:36,878 You left out owner, didn't you? 556 00:29:37,872 --> 00:29:40,011 I have a key to my own desk. 557 00:29:40,274 --> 00:29:42,754 You also had an argument with Mr. Kovac 558 00:29:42,810 --> 00:29:46,849 that was so loud, one of your customers called the police. Isn't that true? 559 00:29:47,047 --> 00:29:48,720 The man was a pig. 560 00:29:49,450 --> 00:29:52,556 I was losing enough business because of the repairs. 561 00:29:52,620 --> 00:29:55,828 I didn't need the mess spilling into my dining room. 562 00:29:55,889 --> 00:30:00,838 So, in effect, Mr. Kovac was taking money out of your pocket. 563 00:30:02,562 --> 00:30:05,236 To some people, that's motive for murder. 564 00:30:05,532 --> 00:30:09,537 Objection. This is not cross examination. It's pure speculation. 565 00:30:10,703 --> 00:30:12,205 Let's move on. 566 00:30:13,173 --> 00:30:16,746 Was Danny Johnson what you would call a regular customer? 567 00:30:17,277 --> 00:30:20,156 He borrowed money maybe half a dozen times. 568 00:30:20,747 --> 00:30:22,727 At first, a grand or two. 569 00:30:23,349 --> 00:30:25,295 Worked his way up to eight. 570 00:30:25,518 --> 00:30:29,022 And how was Mr. Johnson able to repay these loans? 571 00:30:31,023 --> 00:30:32,696 Last time, I said, 572 00:30:33,192 --> 00:30:36,002 "Eight grand is a major obligation, Danny." 573 00:30:36,295 --> 00:30:39,936 He says, "Don't worry. The wife is good for it." 574 00:30:43,235 --> 00:30:44,612 Thank you. 575 00:30:46,872 --> 00:30:51,321 You said Danny Johnson borrowed $8,000, 576 00:30:51,376 --> 00:30:55,552 but the night he died, he was supposed to repay you $15,000. 577 00:30:56,615 --> 00:30:57,855 Well, there's interest. 578 00:30:57,916 --> 00:30:59,953 Almost 100%? 579 00:31:00,419 --> 00:31:03,696 Well, that's not legal, is it? 580 00:31:04,323 --> 00:31:06,962 I don't know. I didn't go to law school. 581 00:31:07,024 --> 00:31:08,230 ELLIOT: I see. 582 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,633 When someone doesn't repay an illegal loan, 583 00:31:14,832 --> 00:31:16,368 what do you do? 584 00:31:16,567 --> 00:31:18,979 I convince them it's in their interest to make good. 585 00:31:19,036 --> 00:31:21,880 Come on, Mr. Breck. What you do is break people's legs. 586 00:31:21,939 --> 00:31:24,112 Objection! Mr. Elliot has no basis for this... 587 00:31:24,175 --> 00:31:27,850 The People are not the only ones with a theory here, Your Honor. 588 00:31:28,045 --> 00:31:29,956 Overruled. The witness will answer. 589 00:31:31,148 --> 00:31:32,718 Break legs? No, 590 00:31:33,484 --> 00:31:35,657 but a person could get hurt. 591 00:31:36,153 --> 00:31:39,760 Okay. Did you ever hurt Danny Johnson? 592 00:31:40,324 --> 00:31:42,201 I never laid a hand on him. 593 00:31:42,326 --> 00:31:46,501 On the night he was killed, his payment was how many weeks overdue? 594 00:31:46,830 --> 00:31:47,968 Three. 595 00:31:49,666 --> 00:31:53,546 $15,000, three weeks late, 596 00:31:54,337 --> 00:31:57,614 and you never laid a hand on him? 597 00:32:06,783 --> 00:32:09,423 Two murders, two cross-examinations, 598 00:32:10,420 --> 00:32:14,459 and this defense lawyer makes suspects out of your own witnesses. 599 00:32:14,891 --> 00:32:17,303 Aren't we lucky this isn't on TV? 600 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,339 Elliot's just blowing a lot of smoke. 601 00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:20,669 I don't think it's gonna go over. 602 00:32:20,729 --> 00:32:23,835 Well, that's fine, but you two are not the jury. 603 00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:26,874 If any of them thinks for one minute 604 00:32:26,936 --> 00:32:28,847 that the restaurant owner killed Kovac... 605 00:32:28,904 --> 00:32:30,577 Or how about this? 606 00:32:31,073 --> 00:32:33,519 A loan shark killed Danny Johnson. 607 00:32:33,576 --> 00:32:36,386 Now, that's called reasonable doubt. Offer a plea. 608 00:32:36,445 --> 00:32:38,118 I already did. They turned it down. 609 00:32:38,180 --> 00:32:39,659 ADAM: Of course they did. 610 00:32:39,882 --> 00:32:42,761 Well, at least you've got one redeeming factor. 611 00:32:42,818 --> 00:32:44,354 And what's that? 612 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:46,297 Saving the citizens a little money. 613 00:32:46,355 --> 00:32:48,926 Losing two cases for the price of one. 614 00:32:50,526 --> 00:32:53,700 We've got Detective Logan coming up on the stand. 615 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:58,377 He'll link Denise Johnson to Kovac and the gun that killed him. 616 00:33:02,170 --> 00:33:04,707 Mr. Kovac was behind the couch here. 617 00:33:05,807 --> 00:33:08,549 He'd been shot once in the chest with a .22 caliber pistol 618 00:33:08,610 --> 00:33:11,454 which we recovered at Contini's Restaurant. 619 00:33:12,013 --> 00:33:15,551 Did you obtain phone company reports from Mr. Kovac:'s apartment? 620 00:33:15,616 --> 00:33:18,722 Yes. They showed a phone call from Mr. Kovac to Denise Johnson 621 00:33:18,786 --> 00:33:20,823 on the day of Danny Johnson's murder. 622 00:33:20,888 --> 00:33:22,731 Thank you, Detective. 623 00:33:25,727 --> 00:33:29,698 Did the police department make a recording of that conversation? 624 00:33:29,864 --> 00:33:32,673 We usually don't investigate before a crime is committed. 625 00:33:32,733 --> 00:33:36,909 Then you don't actually know that Mrs. Johnson and Kovac ever spoke. 626 00:33:38,171 --> 00:33:42,347 Detective, would you read the highlighted portion of People's Eight, 627 00:33:42,409 --> 00:33:43,888 your activity report. 628 00:33:45,112 --> 00:33:48,423 "Mr. Johnson's death occurred in the course of an apparent armed robbery." 629 00:33:48,515 --> 00:33:49,619 A robbery. 630 00:33:49,683 --> 00:33:53,096 And did you find the money taken from Danny Johnson 631 00:33:53,153 --> 00:33:54,860 during the commission of that crime? 632 00:33:54,921 --> 00:33:57,367 Yes, it was in Mr. Kovac:'s apartment. 633 00:33:57,424 --> 00:33:59,927 And that money, in a sense, 634 00:34:00,994 --> 00:34:03,497 belonged to Mr. Breck, didn't it? 635 00:34:03,730 --> 00:34:07,268 Well, it was being repaid to Mr. Breck's employers, yes. 636 00:34:07,501 --> 00:34:12,449 At one point, didn't you suspect Mr. Breck of killing Kovac? 637 00:34:13,973 --> 00:34:15,281 We did talk to him. 638 00:34:15,341 --> 00:34:18,481 In fact, you accused him of being the killer. 639 00:34:18,711 --> 00:34:21,487 That's a common interrogation technique. 640 00:34:24,150 --> 00:34:26,061 Sounds like a good one. 641 00:34:28,053 --> 00:34:31,660 Detective Logan, why did you stop pursuing other leads 642 00:34:31,724 --> 00:34:33,726 in the murder of Charles Kovac? 643 00:34:33,793 --> 00:34:36,137 Because the phone call from Mr. Kovac 644 00:34:36,195 --> 00:34:38,835 and the gun we recovered at Contini's Restaurant 645 00:34:38,898 --> 00:34:41,811 both point to the defendant, Denise Johnson. 646 00:34:42,234 --> 00:34:44,042 JACK: Thank you, Detective. 647 00:34:44,402 --> 00:34:47,212 Your Honor, at this time the People rest. 648 00:34:47,839 --> 00:34:52,083 The Defense moves, pursuant to CPL Section 290.10, 649 00:34:52,143 --> 00:34:54,282 for trial order of dismissal. 650 00:34:56,114 --> 00:34:58,720 I'll hear from counsel in 15 minutes. 651 00:34:59,784 --> 00:35:03,596 A motion to dismiss at the end of the People's case is pro forma, Your Honor. 652 00:35:03,655 --> 00:35:06,431 If you think I'm wasting your time by asking to hear this one argued, 653 00:35:06,491 --> 00:35:07,526 you don't have to say anything. 654 00:35:07,592 --> 00:35:11,165 I've seen some blatant bootstrapping, Your Honor, but this takes the prize. 655 00:35:11,229 --> 00:35:14,699 Johnson's murder explains Kovac:'s? Kovac:'s explains Johnson's? 656 00:35:14,766 --> 00:35:17,212 So the evidence overlaps. Since when is that a weakness? 657 00:35:17,268 --> 00:35:18,804 Without calling a single witness, 658 00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:21,247 I've established alternate theories for both murders. 659 00:35:21,305 --> 00:35:23,444 Right. Dead-ending in the police investigation. 660 00:35:23,507 --> 00:35:25,919 Our theory is the only one that explains both murders. 661 00:35:25,976 --> 00:35:30,049 If you assume the existence of the very plot you need to prove. 662 00:35:30,547 --> 00:35:32,356 Jack Ruby guns down Oswald. 663 00:35:32,416 --> 00:35:36,421 It might seem like whoever killed Kennedy wanted Oswald silenced, 664 00:35:36,487 --> 00:35:39,434 but only if you've already come up with a conspiracy theory. 665 00:35:39,490 --> 00:35:41,868 I have more than theory. Two men are dead. 666 00:35:41,925 --> 00:35:44,166 The defendant had access to the gun that killed one of them. 667 00:35:44,228 --> 00:35:45,764 KAYLIN: May I say something? 668 00:35:45,829 --> 00:35:50,005 You're right, Mr. McCoy, the gun killed one of them, Charles Kovac. 669 00:35:50,634 --> 00:35:52,705 But regarding the murder of Daniel Johnson, however, 670 00:35:52,770 --> 00:35:55,683 the People have not made a prima facie case. 671 00:35:55,806 --> 00:35:57,580 I'm dismissing that count of the indictment. 672 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,553 Now, that's the post holding up the People's entire tent, Your Honor. 673 00:36:00,610 --> 00:36:03,614 Without that charge, they don't have any case against my client 674 00:36:03,679 --> 00:36:05,056 for the Kovac killing, either. 675 00:36:05,114 --> 00:36:06,752 Hold it. Ruby did kill Oswald. 676 00:36:06,816 --> 00:36:08,159 Point taken. 677 00:36:08,251 --> 00:36:10,424 The Kovac: matter will go to the jury. 678 00:36:10,486 --> 00:36:11,624 Thank you, Your Honor. 679 00:36:11,687 --> 00:36:12,927 Don't thank me yet. 680 00:36:12,989 --> 00:36:15,026 You're gonna have to make your case without any hint 681 00:36:15,091 --> 00:36:17,662 that Mrs. Johnson was involved in the murder of her husband. 682 00:36:17,727 --> 00:36:19,900 I will so instruct the jury. 683 00:36:19,962 --> 00:36:21,964 But, Your Honor... What? 684 00:36:32,241 --> 00:36:34,447 So, now we're trying a woman for the murder 685 00:36:34,509 --> 00:36:36,386 of the hit man she hired to kill her husband, 686 00:36:36,445 --> 00:36:38,516 but we can't mention the husband. 687 00:36:38,580 --> 00:36:43,290 Beef up the rest of the story, and dig up some hard evidence on Mrs. Johnson 688 00:36:43,351 --> 00:36:45,854 linking her to the murder of Kovac:. 689 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,158 To use how? We rested our case. 690 00:36:48,223 --> 00:36:50,931 At least we'll be ready to punch holes in theirs. 691 00:36:51,493 --> 00:36:54,599 Go over the ground again with Briscoe and Logan. 692 00:36:54,830 --> 00:36:56,537 What am I looking for? 693 00:36:56,598 --> 00:36:58,839 An eyewitness would be lovely. 694 00:37:00,001 --> 00:37:04,347 Nobody saw Mrs. Johnson with Kovac. Nobody even heard the gunshot. 695 00:37:04,906 --> 00:37:06,283 Okay, what else have we got? 696 00:37:06,341 --> 00:37:10,117 We've got phone records, just that one call, the gun at Contini's. 697 00:37:10,177 --> 00:37:12,851 She was in the office, but no one saw her take it. 698 00:37:12,913 --> 00:37:14,415 Yeah, what's this? 699 00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:17,122 It's an old attempted robbery against Johnson. 700 00:37:17,184 --> 00:37:19,027 Two months before he was killed. 701 00:37:19,086 --> 00:37:22,329 Okay, the robber put a gun behind Johnson's ear and pulled the trigger. 702 00:37:22,389 --> 00:37:25,666 The gun jammed. The robber took off on foot with the gun in his hand. 703 00:37:25,726 --> 00:37:28,536 He was caught by a passing anti-crime car. 704 00:37:28,596 --> 00:37:32,169 Don't these guys usually ask for money before they pull the trigger? 705 00:37:32,833 --> 00:37:34,471 This one didn't. 706 00:37:37,071 --> 00:37:38,880 It was a Monday night. 707 00:37:39,039 --> 00:37:40,450 The shooter flagged down Johnson 708 00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:43,751 right after the bingo lady, his regular Monday night fare. 709 00:37:43,811 --> 00:37:46,086 Just like Kovac. What are the odds of that? 710 00:37:46,145 --> 00:37:49,718 We always figured Mrs. Johnson tipped Kovac to the bingo lady. 711 00:37:49,916 --> 00:37:52,624 Yeah, well, maybe she tried this once before. 712 00:37:56,556 --> 00:37:59,036 I tried to take that cabby down, 713 00:37:59,092 --> 00:38:00,469 and it didn't go right. 714 00:38:01,327 --> 00:38:04,433 Just like I said when I made my plea agreement. 715 00:38:04,931 --> 00:38:09,437 Are you certain, Mr. Lattimer, you weren't trying to do more than just rob him? 716 00:38:12,105 --> 00:38:14,642 I would've played gin rummy with him, except I didn't have the time, 717 00:38:14,707 --> 00:38:16,482 you know what I'm saying? 718 00:38:17,944 --> 00:38:20,151 We think you may have wanted to kill him. 719 00:38:20,213 --> 00:38:21,885 Read my label, miss. 720 00:38:21,947 --> 00:38:25,019 Attempted armed robbery, two-to-six. That's it. 721 00:38:25,150 --> 00:38:29,599 If you were hired to kill that cab driver, and you can tell us by whom, 722 00:38:30,822 --> 00:38:32,995 we can change those numbers. 723 00:38:34,393 --> 00:38:37,306 You want me to cop to attempted murder, man? 724 00:38:38,330 --> 00:38:39,832 No, that's all right. 725 00:38:39,898 --> 00:38:42,208 That ain't good for this black man's health. 726 00:38:42,401 --> 00:38:45,848 We're not after you. We want the person who hired you. 727 00:38:51,076 --> 00:38:52,646 And if I give it up? 728 00:38:52,711 --> 00:38:55,419 You can call a cab and go home. 729 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,126 (SIGHS) 730 00:39:05,589 --> 00:39:07,262 The cabby's wife. 731 00:39:08,959 --> 00:39:10,131 Name? 732 00:39:10,194 --> 00:39:11,400 Denise. 733 00:39:13,464 --> 00:39:17,037 She gave me the address to his last fare. Some old lady. 734 00:39:17,668 --> 00:39:19,341 I waved him down. 735 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,621 I think I'm gonna make that phone call now, all right? 736 00:39:26,677 --> 00:39:28,088 Interesting. 737 00:39:28,245 --> 00:39:31,124 Get this kid to confess to a more serious crime, 738 00:39:31,182 --> 00:39:32,456 and you reduce his sentence. 739 00:39:32,550 --> 00:39:34,256 He gave us Denise Johnson. 740 00:39:34,317 --> 00:39:35,762 Denise Johnson. 741 00:39:35,819 --> 00:39:37,264 You're gonna charge her 742 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,096 with attempted murder for the first try on her husband? 743 00:39:40,190 --> 00:39:41,567 CLAIRE: I know, a tough sell. 744 00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:44,128 All we have is the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. 745 00:39:44,194 --> 00:39:48,370 Johnny-come-lately, you should have connected her with this punk hit man 746 00:39:48,431 --> 00:39:49,967 before you rested your case. 747 00:39:50,033 --> 00:39:51,740 We'll petition the judge to reopen. 748 00:39:51,801 --> 00:39:53,508 Judge Kaylin, yeah. 749 00:39:53,870 --> 00:39:55,781 Dismissed half your case in the first place. 750 00:39:55,839 --> 00:39:59,412 If I can't reopen, I'll put the hit man on as a rebuttal witness. 751 00:39:59,476 --> 00:40:00,477 Rebuttal to what? 752 00:40:00,543 --> 00:40:04,150 I'll drag some statement out of Mrs. Johnson on cross-examination 753 00:40:04,214 --> 00:40:05,284 that he can rebut. 754 00:40:05,348 --> 00:40:07,123 What cross-examination? 755 00:40:07,751 --> 00:40:09,128 Your case is such a shambles 756 00:40:09,185 --> 00:40:12,757 that the defense attorney would have to be brain-dead to put her on. 757 00:40:13,088 --> 00:40:16,501 She doesn't take the stand, your witness doesn't take the stand. 758 00:40:16,558 --> 00:40:19,129 Then, I'll just have to convince the defense attorney 759 00:40:19,194 --> 00:40:22,505 that it's in his best interest to call Mrs. Johnson. 760 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:26,304 Best interest. 761 00:40:29,071 --> 00:40:32,917 I see no grounds to reopen, Mr. McCoy. The People have rested. 762 00:40:33,142 --> 00:40:35,053 We'll hear from them again in closing arguments. 763 00:40:35,110 --> 00:40:36,851 Will Your Honor please remind counsel 764 00:40:36,912 --> 00:40:40,860 that those arguments may not refer to any alleged conspiracy 765 00:40:40,916 --> 00:40:43,487 between my client and Mr. Kovac? 766 00:40:43,619 --> 00:40:45,394 Don't worry, Brian. 767 00:40:45,654 --> 00:40:47,291 We've changed our theory of the case. 768 00:40:47,355 --> 00:40:50,825 We'll be arguing that Mrs. Johnson killed Kovac for revenge. 769 00:40:50,925 --> 00:40:52,165 Revenge? 770 00:40:52,260 --> 00:40:54,934 He killed her beloved husband. She wanted to get even. 771 00:40:54,996 --> 00:40:56,202 That's fiction, and they know it. 772 00:40:56,264 --> 00:40:59,609 We don't need your permission to present a different motive to the jury. 773 00:40:59,667 --> 00:41:02,978 The Court's already ruled that you can't mention any testimony 774 00:41:03,037 --> 00:41:04,983 regarding the murder of my client's husband. 775 00:41:05,039 --> 00:41:08,179 The jury must disregard Mrs. Johnson's role 776 00:41:08,242 --> 00:41:10,449 in the murder of her husband, not Kovac's. 777 00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:11,854 He's right, Mr. Elliot. 778 00:41:11,913 --> 00:41:16,089 But there's no evidence that Mrs. Johnson knew Kovac killed her husband, 779 00:41:16,150 --> 00:41:18,494 so how can she avenge something she didn't know about? 780 00:41:18,553 --> 00:41:19,759 JACK: Black letter law. 781 00:41:19,821 --> 00:41:22,199 The jury can infer that she had the requisite knowledge 782 00:41:22,256 --> 00:41:24,064 if they believe she committed the act. 783 00:41:24,124 --> 00:41:26,104 Right again. If you'll excuse me, 784 00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:28,605 I've got a jury sitting on its thumbs in Part 27. 785 00:41:31,898 --> 00:41:33,809 That's very cute, Jack. 786 00:41:34,935 --> 00:41:36,937 But you forgot one thing. 787 00:41:37,237 --> 00:41:41,708 Revenge only makes sense if my client was sorry her husband was dead. 788 00:41:42,609 --> 00:41:45,715 Well, the jury's going to hear that that's not the case. 789 00:41:51,418 --> 00:41:54,297 It was like living in quicksand. 790 00:41:55,322 --> 00:41:59,292 The more I tried to raise us up, the more Danny dragged us down. 791 00:41:59,759 --> 00:42:00,965 ELLIOT: You mean into debt? 792 00:42:01,026 --> 00:42:02,471 Not just that. 793 00:42:03,262 --> 00:42:04,707 Emotionally... 794 00:42:05,798 --> 00:42:09,575 Danny's habits made home life pretty shaky. 795 00:42:10,402 --> 00:42:12,643 Mrs. Johnson, in all honesty, 796 00:42:13,005 --> 00:42:16,145 how did you feel when you heard your husband was dead? 797 00:42:16,775 --> 00:42:18,413 I felt terrible. 798 00:42:19,445 --> 00:42:21,152 He was my husband. 799 00:42:21,781 --> 00:42:23,818 And how else did you feel? 800 00:42:27,653 --> 00:42:28,961 Relieved. 801 00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:32,236 And were you angry at the man who killed him? 802 00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:35,695 God help me, 803 00:42:36,828 --> 00:42:38,239 I was not. 804 00:42:39,397 --> 00:42:40,774 Thank you. 805 00:42:48,540 --> 00:42:49,780 So, 806 00:42:51,443 --> 00:42:54,356 your husband's murder was a blessing? 807 00:42:54,712 --> 00:42:56,692 No, of course not. 808 00:42:56,748 --> 00:42:59,388 But you were better off with him dead. 809 00:43:00,018 --> 00:43:03,898 All I wanted was to make something of myself. 810 00:43:04,122 --> 00:43:07,399 For myself and my son and my husband. 811 00:43:07,492 --> 00:43:09,165 But your husband was hardly helping. 812 00:43:09,227 --> 00:43:12,730 He was the father of my child. I did not want him dead. 813 00:43:15,766 --> 00:43:17,074 I see. 814 00:43:17,668 --> 00:43:20,774 You just didn't care much one way or the other. 815 00:43:26,510 --> 00:43:28,353 Redirect, Mr. Elliot? 816 00:43:28,879 --> 00:43:31,359 No, Your Honor. The Defense rests. 817 00:43:33,083 --> 00:43:35,893 The People would like to call a rebuttal witness, Your Honor. 818 00:43:35,953 --> 00:43:37,296 Your Honor? 819 00:43:37,721 --> 00:43:39,029 Approach. 820 00:43:44,027 --> 00:43:45,973 What's this witness, Jack? 821 00:43:46,029 --> 00:43:50,568 He will refute the defendant's testimony that she didn't want her husband dead. 822 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:53,278 Now, how can he possibly know that? 823 00:43:53,336 --> 00:43:56,647 Because Mrs. Johnson hired him to kill her husband. 824 00:43:57,340 --> 00:43:59,513 Well, now, even if that's true, it's irrelevant. 825 00:43:59,575 --> 00:44:02,715 My client is no longer on trial for killing her husband. 826 00:44:02,778 --> 00:44:05,725 It goes to Mrs. Johnson's credibility. That's always relevant. 827 00:44:05,781 --> 00:44:10,252 Your Honor, this would be extremely prejudicial. 828 00:44:15,591 --> 00:44:18,037 Call your witness. Now, just a minute. 829 00:44:20,296 --> 00:44:21,570 (SIGHING) 830 00:44:21,998 --> 00:44:25,035 Jack, can we meet? 831 00:44:28,169 --> 00:44:31,776 This so-called hit man can take the stand for one reason only, 832 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,717 to challenge my client's credibility. 833 00:44:33,775 --> 00:44:36,415 Judge Kaylin can instruct the jury any way he wants. 834 00:44:36,478 --> 00:44:39,459 They'll hear what they need to, and you know it. 835 00:44:39,514 --> 00:44:42,495 If they convict, I've got grounds for appeal. 836 00:44:42,550 --> 00:44:44,052 JACK: Mrs. Johnson, 837 00:44:45,587 --> 00:44:48,158 nobody likes to let a murderer walk. 838 00:44:48,323 --> 00:44:50,860 The appellate judges will know what you did. 839 00:44:55,196 --> 00:44:56,971 What are my choices? 840 00:45:00,234 --> 00:45:02,339 Man two. She does three-to-nine. 841 00:45:02,469 --> 00:45:04,972 She's lucky the death penalty isn't the law yet. 842 00:45:06,573 --> 00:45:09,213 Murder two. 15-to-life. 843 00:45:10,744 --> 00:45:13,987 If you wait for the jury to convict, it'll be 25. 844 00:45:19,987 --> 00:45:22,558 I grew up in a two-room apartment. 845 00:45:24,191 --> 00:45:26,296 My mother sent me and my sisters to school 846 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:29,239 with mashed potato sandwiches for lunch. 847 00:45:30,998 --> 00:45:34,343 I pulled myself above that. 848 00:45:35,536 --> 00:45:38,539 No one helped me. Not Danny. 849 00:45:40,173 --> 00:45:42,483 People thought he was charming. 850 00:45:43,876 --> 00:45:48,291 When he took that $15,000 from me, it was not charming. 851 00:45:53,052 --> 00:45:55,362 Kovac, or the deal's off. 852 00:46:02,228 --> 00:46:05,334 After the police found the money, he called me. 853 00:46:06,499 --> 00:46:09,503 He wanted cash to get out of town. 854 00:46:12,371 --> 00:46:14,647 I took the gun 855 00:46:16,441 --> 00:46:19,115 and I went over to his girlfriend's place. 856 00:46:20,879 --> 00:46:24,588 He would have been on my back forever, just like Danny. 857 00:46:30,589 --> 00:46:31,795 (SIGHING) 858 00:46:45,504 --> 00:46:46,539 (DOOR CLOSING) 859 00:46:46,605 --> 00:46:50,279 She killed two men. Still believes they're the bad guys. 860 00:46:51,308 --> 00:46:53,811 They interfered with her cash flow. 861 00:46:55,613 --> 00:46:57,684 No, it wasn't about money. 862 00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:05,298 Maybe it wasn't the motive, but it was her cue for passion.