1 00:00:02,716 --> 00:00:04,457 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:04,518 --> 00:00:08,364 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:08,422 --> 00:00:10,299 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:10,357 --> 00:00:13,167 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:13,227 --> 00:00:14,934 These are their stories. 6 00:00:16,129 --> 00:00:19,008 Where did you find that trey, in your Christmas stocking? 7 00:00:19,066 --> 00:00:21,774 If I'm not mistaken, I hit four tonight out of seven. 8 00:00:21,835 --> 00:00:24,213 Would've been perfect if you'd have kept your hands out of my face. 9 00:00:24,271 --> 00:00:25,841 Hey, I didn't hear any whistles blowing. 10 00:00:25,906 --> 00:00:29,080 Yeah, well, the ref's too busy watching girls' volleyball now. 11 00:00:29,276 --> 00:00:30,516 You wanna get a pizza? 12 00:00:30,577 --> 00:00:33,558 Oh, two overtimes? My wife's gonna kill me. 13 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,386 I better let her know I'm alive, huh? 14 00:00:35,448 --> 00:00:37,291 Next week. Yeah. 15 00:00:46,492 --> 00:00:47,903 Dear? Hi. 16 00:00:48,361 --> 00:00:51,205 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I know, I know. 17 00:00:51,697 --> 00:00:53,802 Well, what do you feel like? 18 00:00:55,234 --> 00:00:56,975 (GUN FIRING) Pizza's good. 19 00:00:57,036 --> 00:00:59,812 What? Nothing. No. 20 00:01:00,439 --> 00:01:03,249 Hey, look, I'll take a taxicab home, okay? 21 00:01:03,442 --> 00:01:04,853 Yeah. Bye. 22 00:01:07,213 --> 00:01:09,454 MAN: Someone has been shot. Call 911. 23 00:01:22,261 --> 00:01:26,641 That's right, Dave Lempert. I-E-M-P-E-R-T, I think. 24 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:29,246 (SIRENS WAILING) Are you sure you didn't see anything? 25 00:01:29,302 --> 00:01:34,274 No, I was inside, like I told the other guy. We played some ball, I called my wife. 26 00:01:34,340 --> 00:01:36,980 We played full-court every week the last year. 27 00:01:37,043 --> 00:01:39,489 Yeah? Did you know his next of kin? 28 00:01:39,545 --> 00:01:42,924 No, we never really talked about anything. All I know is he lived by himself. 29 00:01:42,982 --> 00:01:45,484 A numbers cruncher for the Park Department. 30 00:01:45,884 --> 00:01:49,024 I can't believe this. He asked me to get a pizza. 31 00:01:50,422 --> 00:01:51,901 Look, this is my card. 32 00:01:51,957 --> 00:01:54,028 If you do remember anything else, give me a buzz, okay? 33 00:01:54,092 --> 00:01:55,469 Thank you. And take it easy. 34 00:01:57,195 --> 00:02:00,506 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 35 00:02:00,565 --> 00:02:01,737 Wallet's gone. 36 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,680 Three .22 shell casings next to the body and three holes in the chest. 37 00:02:05,737 --> 00:02:08,183 There's a time-tested method of assuring eternal silence. 38 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:09,240 Detectives. 39 00:02:11,776 --> 00:02:13,551 Deidre's got something for you. 40 00:02:13,612 --> 00:02:16,821 There was this black car that was double-parked over there. 41 00:02:16,881 --> 00:02:19,760 Client of yours? A Lincoln? Yeah, I wish. 42 00:02:19,818 --> 00:02:22,662 I knocked on the tinted window, and the jerk behind the wheel, 43 00:02:22,721 --> 00:02:24,632 I mean, he wouldn't even give me a roll down. 44 00:02:24,689 --> 00:02:26,293 Obviously he didn't know what he was missing. 45 00:02:26,358 --> 00:02:27,996 Yeah, well, you got that right. 46 00:02:28,059 --> 00:02:29,834 A couple of minutes later, I'm crossing the street, 47 00:02:29,894 --> 00:02:32,602 trying to close on a deal, and I hear these three shots, 48 00:02:32,664 --> 00:02:34,871 and I see some guy jumping into the back seat. 49 00:02:34,933 --> 00:02:38,107 Did you see his face? No, I saw him from behind. 50 00:02:38,203 --> 00:02:41,207 He was built regular, like a thousand other guys I know, 51 00:02:41,606 --> 00:02:43,449 but I got part of the plate. 52 00:02:44,142 --> 00:02:47,248 It's New York, MPV 1. 53 00:02:47,379 --> 00:02:49,052 Hey, good work, Deidre. 54 00:02:49,180 --> 00:02:51,490 You know, I wouldn't be surprised if you got a call from the Mayor. 55 00:02:51,549 --> 00:02:53,323 Yeah, well, he's paying like everybody else. 56 00:02:53,384 --> 00:02:55,990 Get her a cup of coffee or something. 57 00:03:45,736 --> 00:03:50,185 Another statistic to add to the pile. I don't know why anybody still lives here. 58 00:03:50,274 --> 00:03:53,448 Hey, where else can you get mugged by a guy in a $40,000 car? 59 00:03:53,510 --> 00:03:55,251 I don't know, three pops to the chest? 60 00:03:55,312 --> 00:03:58,088 You want to grab a guy's wallet, one would've done the job. 61 00:03:58,148 --> 00:04:01,322 Maybe our guy got antsy. Or maybe it wasn't random. 62 00:04:01,385 --> 00:04:03,864 The hooker said the car was parked outside the gym. 63 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:05,866 Maybe they waited for Lempert. 64 00:04:05,922 --> 00:04:07,367 Nailed your vehicle. 65 00:04:07,423 --> 00:04:11,633 Four-door black Town Car. New York, 9PV 143. 66 00:04:11,694 --> 00:04:14,072 Only Lincoln even close. Registered to? 67 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:17,168 Dr. Harry Fine, 967 Park Avenue. 68 00:04:18,501 --> 00:04:19,912 You're a little late, Detectives. 69 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:23,473 My husband died about six months ago of a heart attack 70 00:04:23,539 --> 00:04:25,177 on the 16th hole. 71 00:04:25,541 --> 00:04:29,216 Well, there's still a car registered in your husband's name. 72 00:04:29,278 --> 00:04:33,749 Well, I'm sorry. The DMV wasn't one of my bigger priorities. 73 00:04:34,751 --> 00:04:36,753 What's this all about, anyway? 74 00:04:36,819 --> 00:04:41,359 Well, your car has been identified as the getaway vehicle in a homicide. 75 00:04:41,657 --> 00:04:44,137 Oh, there must be a mistake. 76 00:04:44,193 --> 00:04:46,969 Harry was the only one that ever drove that car. 77 00:04:47,063 --> 00:04:50,738 Your husband died six months ago, and no one's used that car since? 78 00:04:50,867 --> 00:04:51,868 No. 79 00:04:52,235 --> 00:04:54,010 I don't like to go out of town. 80 00:04:54,070 --> 00:04:56,311 It's always easier to hail a cab. 81 00:04:56,506 --> 00:04:58,747 Listen, we park the car in the garage in the basement. 82 00:04:58,808 --> 00:05:01,118 Have a look if you like. 83 00:05:01,344 --> 00:05:03,415 Mrs. Fine told us she never drives it. 84 00:05:03,479 --> 00:05:05,083 Well, the only time she ever comes by 85 00:05:05,148 --> 00:05:08,027 is the first of the month to drop off the check. 86 00:05:08,084 --> 00:05:11,087 This baby hasn't moved an inch since the husband died. 87 00:05:11,253 --> 00:05:13,460 The Harry Fine Memorial Town Car. 88 00:05:13,522 --> 00:05:16,002 Hey, check it out. 89 00:05:19,227 --> 00:05:21,798 Looks like somebody helped themselves to a fake ID. 90 00:05:21,863 --> 00:05:25,174 That plate was there yesterday when I washed it. I would've seen. 91 00:05:25,233 --> 00:05:27,543 I'm gonna call CSU and have them dust it for prints. 92 00:05:27,602 --> 00:05:30,583 You got a phone here? Yeah, telephone's over there. 93 00:05:30,972 --> 00:05:32,474 Now, are these all monthlies? 94 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:35,317 Most. The rest are first come and first serve. 95 00:05:35,377 --> 00:05:37,357 Okay. You got receipts on them? Tickets. 96 00:05:37,412 --> 00:05:40,120 Yesterday maybe 20, 30. They're in the office. 97 00:05:40,515 --> 00:05:44,122 What'd you guys do? Simoniz the Lincoln before you called us down here? 98 00:05:44,186 --> 00:05:46,097 So, you're saying you got nothing, right? 99 00:05:46,154 --> 00:05:48,691 Exterior's clean as a baby's bottom. 100 00:05:49,324 --> 00:05:53,101 But your parking stubs, on the other hand, 101 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:57,870 you got a Arnold Black, 65. 102 00:05:58,266 --> 00:06:00,473 Twenty-seven unpaid parking tickets. 103 00:06:00,569 --> 00:06:02,412 Doesn't sound like much of a shooter. 104 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:06,418 Behind door number two, John Joseph Furini. 105 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:10,113 Last 10 years, up three times on aggravated assault. 106 00:06:10,178 --> 00:06:14,456 Twice for resisting arrest, once for voluntary manslaughter. 107 00:06:14,549 --> 00:06:16,051 So, what? Nothing stuck? 108 00:06:16,117 --> 00:06:17,687 Seems to run in the family. 109 00:06:17,752 --> 00:06:19,288 What, you got his whole genealogy in there? 110 00:06:19,354 --> 00:06:24,166 As a matter of fact, I do. Furini's a soldier in the Dosso crime family. 111 00:06:27,328 --> 00:06:30,537 Oh, wonderful. One of Vinny's many little nephews. 112 00:06:33,067 --> 00:06:34,171 (MACHINERY BEEPING) 113 00:06:34,235 --> 00:06:35,873 I've been breaking my back lugging ice 114 00:06:35,936 --> 00:06:38,075 for my old man's business since high school. 115 00:06:38,138 --> 00:06:40,209 Finally, I treat myself to a company car. 116 00:06:40,274 --> 00:06:42,220 Business must be good, you getting a Lincoln. 117 00:06:42,276 --> 00:06:44,278 Well, a Caddy was a couple of bucks less, 118 00:06:44,345 --> 00:06:47,224 but you can't beat the Town Car for sophistication. 119 00:06:47,448 --> 00:06:48,984 You're a regular David Niven. 120 00:06:49,049 --> 00:06:50,722 I'm supposed to know this guy? 121 00:06:50,784 --> 00:06:52,422 How about David Lempert? You know him? 122 00:06:52,486 --> 00:06:54,659 You know, I never was too good at Trivial Pursuit. 123 00:06:54,722 --> 00:06:56,633 David Lempert got killed last night 124 00:06:56,690 --> 00:07:00,399 by somebody who jumped into a black Town Car just like yours. 125 00:07:00,794 --> 00:07:02,865 All of a sudden I got the only Lincoln in New York? 126 00:07:02,930 --> 00:07:07,276 Come on, let's cut the crap, huh, Johnny? The guy's dead. Your car was at the scene. 127 00:07:07,334 --> 00:07:09,712 Oh, you can prove that? 128 00:07:09,837 --> 00:07:11,248 All right, then riddle me this, 129 00:07:11,305 --> 00:07:12,909 what's a downtown guy like yourself 130 00:07:12,973 --> 00:07:17,581 doing in an East 78th Street parking garage in the middle of the afternoon? 131 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:20,785 Mrs. Sanet on 79th Street? She's having a bar mitzvah. 132 00:07:20,881 --> 00:07:23,020 I drive in to supervise the job. 133 00:07:23,083 --> 00:07:26,621 Ain't no spots on the street, so I pull into some lot. 134 00:07:26,754 --> 00:07:30,462 What, you don't believe me? Here, I'll give you her number. 135 00:07:30,690 --> 00:07:31,862 Call her up. 136 00:07:32,625 --> 00:07:35,538 Where'd you park this boat? It's right over there. 137 00:07:36,362 --> 00:07:37,898 Same plate as the front. 138 00:07:37,964 --> 00:07:40,001 Well, Furini goes through the trouble to switch the plates, 139 00:07:40,066 --> 00:07:41,409 he's not gonna forget to switch them back. 140 00:07:41,467 --> 00:07:44,277 He didn't look like an M.l.T. grad to me. 141 00:07:44,437 --> 00:07:46,246 Hey, Mike, we don't have a search warrant. 142 00:07:46,306 --> 00:07:49,549 I'm just wondering if it's worth our time to even get one. 143 00:07:49,776 --> 00:07:51,653 You know what bothers me? 144 00:07:51,711 --> 00:07:52,883 What would a mope like Furini 145 00:07:52,946 --> 00:07:56,416 have against some bean counter like Lempert in the first place? 146 00:07:59,953 --> 00:08:01,193 Dave was a lifer. 147 00:08:01,254 --> 00:08:04,667 Started here right out of grad school before we got computers. 148 00:08:04,724 --> 00:08:06,635 What exactly did he do? 149 00:08:06,693 --> 00:08:10,835 Well, he worked on budgets, financial projections, stuff like that. 150 00:08:10,997 --> 00:08:12,601 Was he any good at it? 151 00:08:12,832 --> 00:08:14,470 Detective, this is a city job. 152 00:08:14,534 --> 00:08:17,515 You get the same cost-of-living increase if you're good or bad. 153 00:08:17,570 --> 00:08:18,571 Dave was competent. 154 00:08:18,638 --> 00:08:20,879 Did he ever mention a guy named John Furini? 155 00:08:20,940 --> 00:08:23,352 Is he in accounting? I doubt it. 156 00:08:24,544 --> 00:08:27,684 So, tell me, what skeletons did Dave have in his closet? 157 00:08:27,747 --> 00:08:31,661 Actually, that's what we're here to ask you. Did he gamble? Drink? 158 00:08:32,251 --> 00:08:33,559 Nothing I know about. 159 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:35,964 Girlfriend? No, his daughter Emily. 160 00:08:36,255 --> 00:08:38,256 She's away at some fancy school. 161 00:08:38,390 --> 00:08:41,132 We didn't even know he was married. He wasn't. 162 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:44,507 His wife divorced him about three years ago. 163 00:08:45,330 --> 00:08:47,071 Whoever did it must be disappointed. 164 00:08:47,132 --> 00:08:49,203 Excuse me? Picked the wrong guy to mug. 165 00:08:49,267 --> 00:08:51,975 David never carried more than $10 in his wallet. 166 00:08:52,037 --> 00:08:54,108 Hell, he never had more than $10. 167 00:08:54,172 --> 00:08:57,483 Well, you never get rich working for the city. Believe me, I know. 168 00:08:57,542 --> 00:08:59,852 Did he fall behind in his payments? 169 00:09:00,178 --> 00:09:02,180 He did his best. 170 00:09:02,314 --> 00:09:03,918 That's very understanding of you. 171 00:09:03,982 --> 00:09:06,428 Look, we were married for 21 years. 172 00:09:06,485 --> 00:09:10,695 It was great for one, good for two, maybe C+ for the rest. 173 00:09:11,123 --> 00:09:12,500 A lot of fighting? 174 00:09:13,425 --> 00:09:16,998 Wait a minute. Do you think... No, I'm not thinking anything, 175 00:09:17,062 --> 00:09:19,633 but I gotta ask. I wish we fought. 176 00:09:20,098 --> 00:09:23,079 At least then he might have shown some passion. 177 00:09:23,135 --> 00:09:25,479 David went to work. He came home. 178 00:09:25,537 --> 00:09:27,380 The only two things he got excited about 179 00:09:27,439 --> 00:09:30,420 were his weekly basketball and our daughter Emily. 180 00:09:30,475 --> 00:09:33,285 Every nickel he made went into her education. 181 00:09:33,345 --> 00:09:35,382 State college wasn't good enough. 182 00:09:35,447 --> 00:09:40,055 Private school. Wow, that's gotta be about 20 grand per, huh? 183 00:09:40,419 --> 00:09:42,626 If you don't plan on eating anything. 184 00:09:42,687 --> 00:09:45,065 Did he have any outside sources of income? 185 00:09:45,123 --> 00:09:47,363 Like I said, every penny went to Em. 186 00:09:47,425 --> 00:09:50,770 If he had anything else, she wouldn't be driving an '83 Buick. 187 00:09:50,828 --> 00:09:53,866 All her classmates drive BMWs. 188 00:09:53,931 --> 00:09:56,207 Your husband... My ex-husband. 189 00:09:56,267 --> 00:09:59,578 Ex-husband. Did he ever mention a John Furini? 190 00:10:01,572 --> 00:10:04,348 But then again, we hadn't talked in over a year. 191 00:10:04,408 --> 00:10:06,854 Since Emily's 19th birthday party. 192 00:10:08,612 --> 00:10:10,353 So, what's it all about, Lennie? 193 00:10:10,414 --> 00:10:13,258 Would you bust your butt to buy your kid a Bimmer? 194 00:10:13,350 --> 00:10:15,626 Nothing wrong with wanting the best for your daughter. 195 00:10:15,686 --> 00:10:16,824 Right. 196 00:10:16,887 --> 00:10:19,231 I like those pair of Converses you bought Julia. 197 00:10:19,290 --> 00:10:21,236 Well, they're the best, right? 198 00:10:21,292 --> 00:10:23,738 All I know is, no German cars for my kid. 199 00:10:23,794 --> 00:10:26,001 Your kid? What, Rollerblades? 200 00:10:26,330 --> 00:10:28,105 We're talking Vette, baby. 201 00:10:28,866 --> 00:10:31,176 Listen, Lempert needs a few extra bucks. 202 00:10:31,235 --> 00:10:33,647 You think maybe Furini was his banker? 203 00:10:34,572 --> 00:10:36,210 Yeah, at 50% interest. 204 00:10:36,340 --> 00:10:38,342 Let's go see how Lempert lived. 205 00:10:39,543 --> 00:10:41,921 Well, he certainly wasn't stealing from the mob. 206 00:10:41,979 --> 00:10:44,516 He's got 230 bucks in his checking account. 207 00:10:44,915 --> 00:10:48,522 Yeah, you work for the city for 20 years. Makes you think. 208 00:10:51,489 --> 00:10:55,733 Whoa, three gray suits. A wild and crazy guy. 209 00:10:56,392 --> 00:11:00,033 LOGAN: I don't think he spent money on personal grooming, either. 210 00:11:00,230 --> 00:11:01,470 Look at this. 211 00:11:01,765 --> 00:11:05,372 He must have 20 bottles of shampoo from the Arcady Hotel downtown. 212 00:11:05,702 --> 00:11:08,114 So? I got a bathrobe from Grossinger's. 213 00:11:08,171 --> 00:11:10,617 A guy who steals shampoo? 214 00:11:10,673 --> 00:11:13,984 He's gonna spend money on a hotel that's a subway ride away? 215 00:11:17,514 --> 00:11:18,822 (PHONE RINGING) 216 00:11:18,882 --> 00:11:21,692 Sure, I remember him. Stayed with us a little over three months last summer. 217 00:11:21,751 --> 00:11:25,961 Yeah? Well, no offense, but this doesn't exactly look like a vacation spot. 218 00:11:26,022 --> 00:11:27,558 No offense taken. 219 00:11:27,690 --> 00:11:32,036 And he wasn't on a vacation, Detective. He was a guest of the state. Jury duty. 220 00:11:32,262 --> 00:11:33,764 This is where they sequestered him? 221 00:11:33,830 --> 00:11:36,401 Twelve people. Three months, three meals a day. 222 00:11:36,466 --> 00:11:39,208 Great for business, and the press didn't hurt, either. 223 00:11:39,269 --> 00:11:41,647 Press, huh? Must've been some big shot on trial. 224 00:11:41,704 --> 00:11:44,844 They don't get much bigger. Vincent Dosso, the godfather. 225 00:11:44,908 --> 00:11:47,388 They tried him for knocking off that labor guy, O'Malley. 226 00:11:49,813 --> 00:11:51,224 Small world. 227 00:11:55,652 --> 00:11:57,461 Lempert sits on Dosso's trial. 228 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:00,899 One of Dosso's henchmen is at the scene. That's not just a coincidence. 229 00:12:00,957 --> 00:12:05,530 The jury hung, Mike. There was no retrial. Why would they wanna kill him? 230 00:12:05,594 --> 00:12:07,574 I'm thinking Lempert hung the jury. 231 00:12:07,629 --> 00:12:10,405 The guy worked at a city computer all day. 232 00:12:10,465 --> 00:12:12,672 He's not the usual target for a mob hit. 233 00:12:12,734 --> 00:12:15,613 I still haven't heard a reason for making him dead. 234 00:12:15,871 --> 00:12:18,147 Lempert was bought off. Maybe he wanted more. 235 00:12:18,207 --> 00:12:20,949 Or maybe his existence gave Dosso agita. 236 00:12:21,009 --> 00:12:22,886 I say we talk to those other jurors. 237 00:12:22,945 --> 00:12:26,620 What are you gonna do, look up "anonymous juror" in the yellow pages? 238 00:12:26,682 --> 00:12:29,219 They weren't anonymous to everybody. 239 00:12:32,521 --> 00:12:35,502 Are you nuts? They'd can me before breakfast. 240 00:12:36,291 --> 00:12:39,761 The trial's been over for six months. Who's it gonna hurt? 241 00:12:39,828 --> 00:12:41,535 Judge Berman's got rules. 242 00:12:41,597 --> 00:12:43,008 Hey, so does my Lieutenant. 243 00:12:43,065 --> 00:12:45,443 That doesn't stop me from taking a three-hour lunch break 244 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,411 every now and then. 245 00:12:48,136 --> 00:12:49,877 (SIGHING) Come on, Gibbons. 246 00:12:49,938 --> 00:12:53,181 We're all working stiffs. We're all on the same side here. 247 00:12:54,142 --> 00:12:56,622 I'll deny everything. So will we. 248 00:12:59,348 --> 00:13:00,918 One name, okay? 249 00:13:02,017 --> 00:13:04,827 No TV, radio, newspapers or magazines. 250 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,127 Wow, three months is a long time. It must have been hell. 251 00:13:07,189 --> 00:13:08,190 Tell me about it. 252 00:13:08,256 --> 00:13:10,793 No phone calls unless a court officer stood next to me. 253 00:13:10,859 --> 00:13:12,805 We couldn't even leave our rooms for ice. 254 00:13:12,861 --> 00:13:15,841 Convicted felons get more privileges. 255 00:13:15,896 --> 00:13:18,103 Do you remember a Dave Lempert? 256 00:13:18,666 --> 00:13:19,701 Remember him? 257 00:13:19,767 --> 00:13:21,838 We would have been out of there in a week if it wasn't for him. 258 00:13:21,903 --> 00:13:23,382 Are you saying he was the only holdout? 259 00:13:23,437 --> 00:13:26,680 Eleven people tell me the sky is blue, I start to believe them. 260 00:13:26,741 --> 00:13:27,947 I tell you what. 261 00:13:28,009 --> 00:13:30,717 "Reasonable doubt" are two words I never wanna hear again. 262 00:13:30,778 --> 00:13:34,055 You ever get the feeling his mind had already been made up in advance? 263 00:13:34,115 --> 00:13:36,254 If you're asking was he bought off, I don't see how. 264 00:13:36,317 --> 00:13:38,593 Court officers were all over us like flies on... 265 00:13:39,153 --> 00:13:41,360 I get your point. My opinion? 266 00:13:41,689 --> 00:13:43,862 Lempert was just a pain in the ass. 267 00:13:44,892 --> 00:13:47,270 Any time you get a defendant up on a murder charge, 268 00:13:47,328 --> 00:13:51,003 juror safety and/or potential tampering become a major concern. 269 00:13:51,065 --> 00:13:54,239 Well, was the danger more than hypothetical in Dosso's case? 270 00:13:54,302 --> 00:13:56,748 Well, we assumed this guy was capable of anything, 271 00:13:56,804 --> 00:13:59,944 so we cranked up security to the max. 272 00:14:00,307 --> 00:14:02,480 Had the guys on OT, the works. 273 00:14:02,543 --> 00:14:05,990 We even brought in the FBI's food taster on a consult. 274 00:14:06,247 --> 00:14:08,420 Maybe your ship wasn't as airtight as you thought. 275 00:14:08,482 --> 00:14:12,020 I've been doing this 12 years, Detective. I haven't lost a juror yet. 276 00:14:12,086 --> 00:14:13,360 That you know about. 277 00:14:13,421 --> 00:14:16,891 Let me ask you this. Did anybody contact David Lempert? 278 00:14:17,858 --> 00:14:22,273 Let's see. No visitors, no medical requests, no special foods. 279 00:14:22,530 --> 00:14:23,872 LOGAN: What about phone calls? 280 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:27,468 Every outgoing phone call is monitored by one of my men. 281 00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:32,006 Looks like he dialed a daughter in Pennsylvania once a week. 282 00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:33,574 BRISCOE: What about incoming calls? 283 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,746 Lempert had three. All from his wife, Priscilla. 284 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,717 Be back. 285 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:43,884 Now, didn't she say she hadn't spoken to him in over a year? 286 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,055 Maybe she got her dates mixed up. 287 00:14:47,821 --> 00:14:50,961 You remember the last time you spoke to your ex, Lennie? 288 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:56,539 July 17th, 1994, 2:35 p.m. 289 00:14:58,231 --> 00:15:00,973 I gotta be honest with you, Mrs. Lempert. 290 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:03,913 Nothing bothers me more than being lied to. 291 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:07,008 I didn't lie. I never called David. 292 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:10,350 Oh, so, now it's the court officer's logbook that lied? 293 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:11,980 Three separate times? 294 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:15,026 If you're not honest with us, Mrs. Lempert, we can't help you. 295 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:17,960 Please, Detective, I'm not naive. You're not here to help me. 296 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:20,931 But we can arrest you for obstructing justice. 297 00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:22,158 Go ahead. 298 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:24,391 Think about it, Mrs. Lempert. 299 00:15:24,457 --> 00:15:26,095 Every time you go out to buy groceries, 300 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,230 every time you go down to the corner to get a paper, 301 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:29,671 how safe are you gonna feel? 302 00:15:29,729 --> 00:15:33,175 And you're going to protect me? LOGAN: They killed your ex. 303 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,507 They know you know it. 304 00:15:35,567 --> 00:15:37,569 Do you really think they're going to send you a sympathy card 305 00:15:37,636 --> 00:15:39,138 and forget about it? 306 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:43,118 And then they're gonna come after anybody you might have told. 307 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:44,816 Like your daughter. 308 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:54,923 After the divorce, 309 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:57,667 money grew tight. 310 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:02,501 David was having trouble making Emily's college payments. 311 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:06,134 We were talking about transferring her from Swarthmore to SUNY. 312 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:09,302 And that was a big deal? To David it was. 313 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,449 And then somebody came along to solve all your problems. 314 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:17,815 He never told me his name. 315 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:20,385 I never asked. 316 00:16:22,981 --> 00:16:27,191 He showed up here one night when David was at the jury. 317 00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:31,390 He knew everything about us. 318 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:33,903 And you didn't get just a little bit suspicious? 319 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,370 I was scared. 320 00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:39,508 All I had to do was call David at the hotel 321 00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:42,568 and then leave the apartment while they spoke. 322 00:16:46,871 --> 00:16:50,648 After the trial, David paid Swarthmore in full. 323 00:16:54,078 --> 00:16:56,149 I never asked where he got it. 324 00:16:58,783 --> 00:17:00,763 Is that the mystery man? 325 00:17:05,256 --> 00:17:08,465 All we've got is Jury Tampering in the Second Degree. 326 00:17:08,526 --> 00:17:09,630 A misdemeanor. 327 00:17:09,694 --> 00:17:13,164 You'd think bribing a juror would carry a little bit more than a slap on the wrist. 328 00:17:13,231 --> 00:17:17,680 Well, you're assuming somebody up in Albany actually thinks for a living. 329 00:17:18,169 --> 00:17:21,673 Poor sap. He gets himself killed for just trying to keep his kid in school. 330 00:17:21,739 --> 00:17:24,720 He took money to throw a case. He's no saint, Lennie. 331 00:17:24,775 --> 00:17:28,154 Hey, he was being squeezed from all sides. He thought he'd found a way out. 332 00:17:28,212 --> 00:17:29,782 Well, maybe as part of his sentence, 333 00:17:29,847 --> 00:17:32,225 Furini will finish paying the girl's tuition. 334 00:17:32,283 --> 00:17:34,285 Pick him up. What, on a misdemeanor? 335 00:17:36,287 --> 00:17:38,858 Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were too busy. 336 00:17:38,923 --> 00:17:41,267 Look, Furini's not going anywhere. 337 00:17:41,325 --> 00:17:45,068 We take Lempert's wife's statement to a judge, we could get a wiretap. 338 00:17:45,129 --> 00:17:47,735 Maybe we could get him on the murder. 339 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:50,543 Shortest distance between two points? 340 00:17:52,402 --> 00:17:54,006 Talk to OCCB. 341 00:17:54,070 --> 00:17:57,643 They've been bugging Dosso's social club ever since the mistrial. 342 00:17:59,075 --> 00:18:01,248 MAN 1: You got the shirt? MAN 2: Yeah, I got the shirt. 343 00:18:01,311 --> 00:18:04,224 You sure you got the shirt? Yeah, I got the shirt. 344 00:18:04,314 --> 00:18:06,453 You got the bullets for the shirt? 345 00:18:07,150 --> 00:18:08,891 Not exactly brain surgeons. 346 00:18:08,952 --> 00:18:10,829 Well, they're smart enough to know you're eavesdropping. 347 00:18:10,887 --> 00:18:12,560 You got anything with Furini? 348 00:18:12,622 --> 00:18:14,829 Yeah, I taped this yesterday. 349 00:18:17,961 --> 00:18:20,305 LOGAN: Yes, the Dandy Don. 350 00:18:20,363 --> 00:18:21,967 Shows up every morning at 8:00. 351 00:18:22,032 --> 00:18:24,444 He and Furini have been very tight since the trial. 352 00:18:24,501 --> 00:18:27,744 You got any conversations between them about a guy named Lempert? 353 00:18:27,804 --> 00:18:30,717 We've got bugs and phone taps on Dosso, 354 00:18:30,774 --> 00:18:33,482 Furini and everybody else they eat pasta with. 355 00:18:33,677 --> 00:18:35,748 These are the ones we transcribed already. 356 00:18:35,812 --> 00:18:39,225 They're labeled by who was in the room or who made the call. 357 00:18:40,050 --> 00:18:42,894 And these are tapes we haven't even gotten to yet. 358 00:18:43,053 --> 00:18:46,159 Well, my boss will give you a 49 for the dupes, okay? 359 00:18:47,257 --> 00:18:50,795 DOSSO: Furini's a moron. We've been picking his pocket since '85, 360 00:18:50,861 --> 00:18:53,102 and the son of a bitch is dumb enough to thank us for it. 361 00:18:54,331 --> 00:18:55,776 Sounds like my family. 362 00:18:55,832 --> 00:18:59,472 We're wasting our time. These guys know OCCB's listening in. 363 00:18:59,535 --> 00:19:01,412 They're not gonna say anything useful. 364 00:19:01,470 --> 00:19:03,575 Well, if the bad guys didn't screw up every once in a while, 365 00:19:03,639 --> 00:19:04,777 the jails would be empty. 366 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,878 Listen to this, from a phone call between Dosso and Furini 367 00:19:07,943 --> 00:19:10,116 the day after Lempert was popped. 368 00:19:10,179 --> 00:19:13,752 Furini, "Mr. Parks is all taken care of, Vin." 369 00:19:13,816 --> 00:19:15,955 "Bada-bing, bada-bang, bada-boom." 370 00:19:16,018 --> 00:19:18,794 Dosso, "Good job, John." 371 00:19:18,854 --> 00:19:21,664 Mr. Parks? Well, Lempert worked for the Parks Department. 372 00:19:21,724 --> 00:19:23,328 It's gotta be, right? 373 00:19:23,392 --> 00:19:25,497 Find the tape. Pick them both up. 374 00:19:29,131 --> 00:19:30,474 We're here to see Vincent Dosso. 375 00:19:30,532 --> 00:19:32,341 Mr. Dosso isn't taking any visitors tonight. 376 00:19:32,401 --> 00:19:34,904 He'll make an exception for us. 377 00:19:36,472 --> 00:19:38,713 Vincent Dosso, John Furini, 378 00:19:38,974 --> 00:19:41,955 you're under arrest for the murder of David Lempert. 379 00:19:42,011 --> 00:19:43,456 You have the right to remain silent. 380 00:19:43,512 --> 00:19:46,755 Anything you do say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 381 00:19:46,815 --> 00:19:48,453 You have the right to an attorney. 382 00:19:48,517 --> 00:19:51,589 If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you. 383 00:19:51,654 --> 00:19:52,758 You have the right to make one... 384 00:19:54,990 --> 00:19:58,563 You know, Jack, we would have been more comfortable in my office. 385 00:19:59,028 --> 00:20:01,975 We would have been more comfortable in Aruba. 386 00:20:02,431 --> 00:20:05,378 But I'm sure neither one of us could afford the time. 387 00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:08,610 Looks more like you couldn't afford the airfare. 388 00:20:08,670 --> 00:20:11,412 I work for the government, Paul. No one would have ever known. 389 00:20:11,472 --> 00:20:14,544 See? That's why he graduated number eight in the class. 390 00:20:15,243 --> 00:20:18,247 But like they say, the A students end up working for the C students. 391 00:20:18,313 --> 00:20:20,725 Or in this case, being humiliated by them. 392 00:20:20,782 --> 00:20:23,888 We have your client and Mr. Furini on tape. 393 00:20:24,452 --> 00:20:26,796 Let me guess. It's another A student? 394 00:20:26,854 --> 00:20:30,802 Yeah, but you don't have to be Law Review to add one and one. 395 00:20:30,858 --> 00:20:32,838 FURINI: Mr. Parks is all taken care of, Vin. 396 00:20:32,894 --> 00:20:34,965 Bada-bing, bada-bang, bada-boom. 397 00:20:35,563 --> 00:20:36,871 DOSSO: Good job, John. 398 00:20:38,700 --> 00:20:40,577 I think the meaning is obvious. 399 00:20:40,635 --> 00:20:43,616 Sure, it is. They were watching Miss America reruns. 400 00:20:45,974 --> 00:20:48,420 Not to be condescending, Jack, but you gotta know 401 00:20:48,476 --> 00:20:50,820 your case is gonna go the way of all flesh. 402 00:20:50,878 --> 00:20:54,257 Why, because you're the lead counsel for the defense? 403 00:20:54,449 --> 00:20:57,521 Because that tape will never be heard in the courtroom. 404 00:20:58,219 --> 00:20:59,425 Motion to suppress. 405 00:20:59,487 --> 00:21:03,492 I believe Mr. Murphy has a similar motion on Mr. Furini's behalf. 406 00:21:04,392 --> 00:21:06,167 See you in chambers. 407 00:21:10,465 --> 00:21:14,003 Oh, I almost forgot. Anna sends her love. 408 00:21:18,739 --> 00:21:20,446 You're friends with him? 409 00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:25,221 Great point guard. We beat the med school three years running. 410 00:21:26,446 --> 00:21:27,754 Did he pay off the ref? 411 00:21:29,282 --> 00:21:32,593 He's the defense counsel, Claire, not the defendant. 412 00:21:36,490 --> 00:21:38,902 I just wanna make sure we're all on the same page here. 413 00:21:38,959 --> 00:21:40,597 This is America, right? 414 00:21:42,162 --> 00:21:46,838 We do still have a constitution and at least four amendments thereto? 415 00:21:47,467 --> 00:21:51,347 The conversation in question was obtained by OCCB through a valid warrant. 416 00:21:51,405 --> 00:21:52,941 Yes, but valid against whom? 417 00:21:53,006 --> 00:21:57,512 The warrant Mr. McCoy refers to was for a tap on Mr. Furini's telephone. 418 00:21:57,711 --> 00:22:01,591 Its specific intent was to implicate Mr. Furini in a crime. 419 00:22:01,715 --> 00:22:04,389 And if I'm not mistaken, that's exactly what it's done. 420 00:22:04,451 --> 00:22:06,692 Mr. Murphy will address that shortly, Your Honor. 421 00:22:06,753 --> 00:22:09,256 At the moment, my concern is with Mr. Dosso. 422 00:22:09,322 --> 00:22:10,892 Takes two to have a telephone conversation. 423 00:22:10,957 --> 00:22:13,335 And if you intend to offer that conversation 424 00:22:13,393 --> 00:22:15,236 as evidence against the party of the second part, 425 00:22:15,295 --> 00:22:17,172 his name should have been included in the warrant. 426 00:22:17,230 --> 00:22:18,504 That's absurd. 427 00:22:19,099 --> 00:22:21,545 Let's pretend I have a warrant to search your apartment for drugs. 428 00:22:21,601 --> 00:22:24,104 I legally enter, only to discover that Pablo Escobar 429 00:22:24,171 --> 00:22:26,048 is about to sell you a pound of cocaine. 430 00:22:26,106 --> 00:22:28,210 You're saying I can't arrest him? Of course not. 431 00:22:28,274 --> 00:22:32,984 Because Mr. Escobar didn't have an expectation of privacy in my apartment. 432 00:22:33,245 --> 00:22:35,316 Exactly, and Mr. Dosso didn't have an expectation 433 00:22:35,381 --> 00:22:37,258 of anything in Mr. Furini's telephone. 434 00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:40,627 But he did in the telephone used to call Mr. Furini. 435 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,668 The OCCB had a separate warrant for Mr. Dosso's telephone. 436 00:22:45,725 --> 00:22:47,033 KOPELL: His office phone. 437 00:22:47,093 --> 00:22:51,371 My client placed the call in question from a pay phone in Miami Beach. 438 00:22:52,198 --> 00:22:55,304 He certainly had expectation of privacy therein. 439 00:22:57,470 --> 00:23:00,576 Your Honor, to admit this evidence against my client 440 00:23:00,639 --> 00:23:04,815 would sound the death knell for any and all Fourth Amendment protection. 441 00:23:04,877 --> 00:23:06,151 (LAUGHS) 442 00:23:06,212 --> 00:23:08,192 That's very eloquent, Mr. Kopell. 443 00:23:08,247 --> 00:23:11,126 You can't possibly... I wear the robes, Mr. McCoy. 444 00:23:11,317 --> 00:23:13,024 I can do anything I like. 445 00:23:13,085 --> 00:23:16,259 I like to keep the state out of our bedrooms and our churches 446 00:23:16,322 --> 00:23:17,960 and our telephones. 447 00:23:18,023 --> 00:23:20,799 Your Honor, the warrant in this case was issued specifically 448 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:24,603 to gather evidence relating to the murder of a Mr. John O'Malley. 449 00:23:24,663 --> 00:23:26,108 It's a totally unrelated crime. 450 00:23:26,165 --> 00:23:29,578 The conversation at issue is far beyond the scope of this warrant. 451 00:23:29,635 --> 00:23:31,410 JACK: This is plain view, Your Honor. 452 00:23:31,470 --> 00:23:32,471 Harris v. U. S. 453 00:23:32,538 --> 00:23:35,746 But, Judge... Mr. Murphy, I may be open-minded, 454 00:23:36,174 --> 00:23:37,653 but I'm not vacant. 455 00:23:38,109 --> 00:23:40,953 Now, the tape is admissible against Mr. Furini, 456 00:23:41,479 --> 00:23:44,255 and it's inadmissible against Mr. Dosso. 457 00:23:49,587 --> 00:23:51,726 Still flinching when you get near the boards, huh, Jack? 458 00:23:51,789 --> 00:23:53,359 I've still got my outside shot. 459 00:23:53,424 --> 00:23:58,066 How many times do I have to tell you, you cannot win without an inside game. 460 00:23:58,696 --> 00:24:02,803 I'll send my messenger for the notice of dismissal. 461 00:24:04,869 --> 00:24:06,780 Expectation of privacy. 462 00:24:07,505 --> 00:24:09,849 He earned his $600 an hour. 463 00:24:09,908 --> 00:24:12,821 He made a good argument in front of the right judge. 464 00:24:12,944 --> 00:24:15,618 This certainly isn't the work of a C student. 465 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:16,715 Paul only got C's 466 00:24:16,781 --> 00:24:20,160 because he spent more time around a courtroom than a classroom. 467 00:24:20,218 --> 00:24:21,629 Poverty Law Group, 468 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:24,790 Abused Women Advocacy Coalition. 469 00:24:25,823 --> 00:24:27,359 He's come a long way. 470 00:24:27,425 --> 00:24:30,099 It's about the battle, Claire, not the prize. 471 00:24:30,161 --> 00:24:34,576 He blindsided a half-witted judge on behalf of the head of a mob family. 472 00:24:34,832 --> 00:24:36,709 You're acting like it was some kind of noble cause. 473 00:24:36,768 --> 00:24:38,372 It's part of the game. 474 00:24:38,536 --> 00:24:40,743 Excuse me? Last I looked, it was about justice. 475 00:24:40,805 --> 00:24:42,614 That's merely a by-product. 476 00:24:43,107 --> 00:24:44,313 Boy Scouts seek it, 477 00:24:44,374 --> 00:24:47,378 effective prosecutors do their best to avoid thinking about it. 478 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:50,448 And what do they think about? Winning, period. 479 00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:54,990 I'm sorry, I don't put in 15 hours a day just so I can flex my muscles. 480 00:24:55,052 --> 00:24:56,122 Well, you better start, Claire, 481 00:24:56,186 --> 00:24:59,463 or you'll wind up talking to yourself in elevators. 482 00:25:00,491 --> 00:25:03,267 Now, Adam, we've got the wiretap on Furini, 483 00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:06,740 his fingerprints at the garage, and an ID by Lempert's wife. 484 00:25:08,098 --> 00:25:11,739 If we're lucky, he won't want to spend the rest of his life in prison. 485 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:15,147 He gives us Dosso. Man one with a recommendation. 486 00:25:17,841 --> 00:25:19,445 (GATE BUZZING) 487 00:25:19,509 --> 00:25:21,250 FURINI: You're wasting your time. 488 00:25:21,545 --> 00:25:24,116 JACK: You're not being loyal. You're being stupid. 489 00:25:25,582 --> 00:25:26,754 Look around. 490 00:25:27,718 --> 00:25:29,664 This is as good as it's gonna get. 491 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,701 Do you actually think Dosso would return the loyalty? 492 00:25:32,990 --> 00:25:34,970 JACK: Think about it, Mr. Furini. 493 00:25:35,025 --> 00:25:37,631 Dosso had one of the best lawyers in the city, 494 00:25:37,694 --> 00:25:39,799 and you had Oliver Wendell Blockhead here. 495 00:25:39,863 --> 00:25:40,864 Hey. 496 00:25:40,931 --> 00:25:43,434 Dosso and Kopell gave us a bone, 497 00:25:44,801 --> 00:25:46,109 and it's you, sir. 498 00:25:46,169 --> 00:25:48,581 MURPHY: That's enough. We're done talking. 499 00:25:49,606 --> 00:25:52,086 Fine, no more talking. Let's just listen. 500 00:25:55,578 --> 00:25:59,025 DOSSO: Furini's a moron. We've been picking his pocket since '85, 501 00:25:59,081 --> 00:26:02,255 and the son of a bitch is dumb enough to thank us for it. 502 00:26:03,352 --> 00:26:05,263 I ain't gonna testify against Vin. 503 00:26:05,321 --> 00:26:07,961 Maybe you could help us without taking the stand. 504 00:26:08,024 --> 00:26:10,334 I wouldn't advise that, John. You. 505 00:26:11,961 --> 00:26:14,202 What have you got? It depends what you give. 506 00:26:14,263 --> 00:26:17,369 John, if anybody finds out... We're both dead. 507 00:26:20,136 --> 00:26:23,447 Above the club, there's an apartment. 2G, I think. 508 00:26:23,673 --> 00:26:27,621 Some old bag lives there. Dosso uses it when she's out. 509 00:26:27,777 --> 00:26:30,451 That should be enough for an electronic surveillance warrant. 510 00:26:30,513 --> 00:26:33,619 John's name doesn't appear anywhere. 511 00:26:33,683 --> 00:26:35,424 Congratulations, Mr. Furini. 512 00:26:35,484 --> 00:26:37,964 You've just become an anonymous informant. 513 00:26:41,157 --> 00:26:42,158 What'd I miss? 514 00:26:42,224 --> 00:26:45,034 A couple of bottles of Chianti and the old lady's itinerary. 515 00:26:45,094 --> 00:26:46,971 And another fabulous lunch, I see. 516 00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:50,067 Oh, we still have some fried rice left. Thanks, anyway. 517 00:26:50,132 --> 00:26:52,578 Hey, Logan, you might want to hear this. 518 00:26:53,836 --> 00:26:56,316 DOSSO: Hey, what can I tell you? Pauly's the best. 519 00:26:56,372 --> 00:26:59,012 You want a dismissal, get yourself a Jew. 520 00:26:59,275 --> 00:27:02,347 MAN: What about Lempert's wife? She knows what I did to hubby. 521 00:27:02,411 --> 00:27:06,586 He stays dead, she's no problem. Send her some flowers or something. 522 00:27:06,848 --> 00:27:09,692 Somebody cancel the subscription to Sporting News. 523 00:27:09,851 --> 00:27:11,797 (BOTH LAUGHING) 524 00:27:11,853 --> 00:27:15,323 Hey, Vinny, you got that thing at 5:00. Your car's downstairs. 525 00:27:15,857 --> 00:27:17,234 Sounds good to me. 526 00:27:17,292 --> 00:27:19,499 Pick him up as soon as he hits the street. 527 00:27:21,362 --> 00:27:23,865 (HORNS HONKING) 528 00:27:28,269 --> 00:27:29,976 Sorry to ruin your plans. 529 00:27:30,171 --> 00:27:32,117 Oh, don't you guys ever get tired? 530 00:27:32,173 --> 00:27:33,618 Of that face? Never. 531 00:27:33,675 --> 00:27:35,951 Vincent Dosso, you're under arrest for the murder of David Lempert. 532 00:27:36,010 --> 00:27:37,045 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 533 00:27:37,112 --> 00:27:38,682 You have the right to remain silent. 534 00:27:38,746 --> 00:27:40,350 Anything you say can and will be used... 535 00:27:42,584 --> 00:27:45,588 "Docket Number 545362." 536 00:27:45,787 --> 00:27:47,733 "People v. Vincent Dosso." 537 00:27:47,789 --> 00:27:49,791 "Charge is Murder in the Second Degree." 538 00:27:49,858 --> 00:27:51,201 How do you plead? 539 00:27:51,259 --> 00:27:53,466 Not guilty, Your Honor. JUDGE WELCH: Miss Kincaid? 540 00:27:53,528 --> 00:27:54,802 Because of the nature of the charges 541 00:27:54,863 --> 00:27:58,140 and Mr. Dosso's connection to organized... KOPELL: Plumbing. 542 00:27:58,433 --> 00:28:00,413 Mr. Dosso is a small businessman, Your Honor. 543 00:28:00,468 --> 00:28:04,473 And I had a leaky faucet that I'm still paying off two years later. 544 00:28:05,573 --> 00:28:07,712 Bail is set at $500,000. 545 00:28:15,516 --> 00:28:18,360 Second bite at a bad apple's just as sour. 546 00:28:19,153 --> 00:28:21,497 There are no constitutional violations this time. 547 00:28:21,555 --> 00:28:22,693 Maybe not, 548 00:28:23,090 --> 00:28:26,560 but I'm sure you've heard of attorney-client privilege. 549 00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:28,162 See you in chambers. 550 00:28:30,397 --> 00:28:32,809 MAN: We sent her for a week to Atlantic City. 551 00:28:33,067 --> 00:28:36,344 DOSSO: You make sure she's flush. KOPELL: All taken care of, Vin. I did it myself. 552 00:28:36,403 --> 00:28:38,178 That last voice, it's mine. 553 00:28:38,372 --> 00:28:40,010 Because you say it is? 554 00:28:40,107 --> 00:28:43,281 No, because Dr. Peter Frank of M.l.T. says it is, 555 00:28:43,343 --> 00:28:47,814 as he swears to in this affidavit, signed following electronic voice analysis. 556 00:28:48,315 --> 00:28:50,454 And as Mr. Dosso is my longstanding client, 557 00:28:50,517 --> 00:28:53,964 this entire conversation is privileged, and therefore inadmissible. 558 00:28:54,021 --> 00:28:56,433 The first voice on that tape wasn't yours. 559 00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:59,528 Privilege is broken when a third party is present. 560 00:28:59,593 --> 00:29:02,073 Unless the third party is also a client. 561 00:29:02,129 --> 00:29:05,599 The voice Ms. Kincaid refers to is that of Al Gennaro, 562 00:29:05,666 --> 00:29:08,977 who I have successfully represented several times over the years. 563 00:29:09,036 --> 00:29:12,643 The discussion of a criminal enterprise is not privileged, Your Honor. 564 00:29:12,706 --> 00:29:16,210 That's correct, if it's an on-going or future enterprise. 565 00:29:16,543 --> 00:29:20,184 Unfortunately, it appears the defendant was discussing past crimes. 566 00:29:20,847 --> 00:29:23,487 I'm going to have to exclude the tape. 567 00:29:23,883 --> 00:29:25,794 Make a motion, Mr. Kopell. 568 00:29:25,851 --> 00:29:28,593 As there is no other evidence against my client? 569 00:29:29,055 --> 00:29:30,056 No? 570 00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:32,300 I move for a dismissal. 571 00:29:32,358 --> 00:29:33,894 I object, Your Honor. 572 00:29:34,627 --> 00:29:37,267 So do I, but I have no choice. 573 00:29:38,631 --> 00:29:42,101 Your friend plays the game by a different set of rules. 574 00:29:42,802 --> 00:29:46,272 He and I are not playing the same game anymore, Claire. 575 00:29:46,339 --> 00:29:49,980 Wait a minute, is that the sound of an ego being deflated? 576 00:29:52,578 --> 00:29:54,285 First day of law school. 577 00:29:55,848 --> 00:29:59,057 "What's the cornerstone of the adversarial process?" 578 00:29:59,352 --> 00:30:01,525 I don't need the Socratic attitude. 579 00:30:02,355 --> 00:30:04,767 Just answer the question, Claire. 580 00:30:05,191 --> 00:30:08,570 Two independent counsel, arguing points of fact and points of law 581 00:30:08,628 --> 00:30:10,665 before an impartial judge and jury. Right. 582 00:30:10,730 --> 00:30:13,108 The operative word being "independent." 583 00:30:15,334 --> 00:30:16,813 Paul crossed the line. 584 00:30:16,869 --> 00:30:18,473 He listened to Dosso brag about his exploits. 585 00:30:18,538 --> 00:30:20,484 He didn't do anything illegal. 586 00:30:20,940 --> 00:30:22,419 You heard the tape. 587 00:30:22,975 --> 00:30:26,616 Paul paid the old lady to leave town so they could use her apartment. 588 00:30:26,679 --> 00:30:28,420 So what? There's no crime there, Jack. 589 00:30:28,481 --> 00:30:31,393 He facilitated the operation of a criminal enterprise. 590 00:30:31,449 --> 00:30:34,760 Well, he does that every time he steps into court for Dosso. 591 00:30:35,654 --> 00:30:38,066 Referring to Lempert, Dosso says, 592 00:30:39,357 --> 00:30:41,598 "And somebody cancel the subscription to Sporting News." 593 00:30:41,660 --> 00:30:44,732 How do you suppose Dosso knew Lempert's reading habits? 594 00:30:44,896 --> 00:30:46,671 Maybe they had cappuccino together. 595 00:30:46,731 --> 00:30:48,836 A bribed juror? No way. 596 00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:51,642 Dosso wouldn't have gotten within a mile of him. 597 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,884 There were 12 people on that jury, Claire. 598 00:30:58,209 --> 00:31:02,214 If Dosso had picked one who happened to have a sudden bout of honesty, 599 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,727 there would have been another count on the indictment. 600 00:31:08,486 --> 00:31:11,558 No, I suspect Dosso knew exactly what he was doing 601 00:31:11,923 --> 00:31:13,766 when he approached Lempert. 602 00:31:15,627 --> 00:31:19,302 Lempert was desperate for the money. He lived alone. 603 00:31:21,032 --> 00:31:23,034 The juror questionnaires. 604 00:31:23,835 --> 00:31:26,907 How much money do you make? How much do you owe? 605 00:31:26,972 --> 00:31:29,077 How many dependents do you have? 606 00:31:30,175 --> 00:31:32,348 What's your biggest single expense? 607 00:31:36,247 --> 00:31:37,282 Kopell framed questions 608 00:31:37,349 --> 00:31:41,194 that would make it easier to pick the juror most likely to take a bribe. 609 00:31:41,251 --> 00:31:44,789 Even if you're right, the questionnaires were anonymous. 610 00:31:46,824 --> 00:31:49,498 Not to the county clerks, they weren't. 611 00:31:50,194 --> 00:31:52,674 I worked for Judge Berman for eight years. 612 00:31:52,730 --> 00:31:55,142 Nobody ever accused me of any wrongdoing. 613 00:31:55,199 --> 00:31:58,271 JACK: Well, we're accusing you, Mark. Yeah? Well, I didn't do nothing. 614 00:31:58,335 --> 00:32:02,010 You worked for the State. You took money. That's receiving a bribe. 615 00:32:03,107 --> 00:32:05,018 All those years in a courtroom, 616 00:32:05,075 --> 00:32:08,147 you have to know it's better to talk to us now. 617 00:32:09,179 --> 00:32:12,786 We're on the same side, right? Why are you doing this to me? 618 00:32:12,850 --> 00:32:14,386 You wanna know why? 619 00:32:14,585 --> 00:32:16,565 Because I bust my butt to bring down scum like Dosso, 620 00:32:16,620 --> 00:32:19,965 then some whore in a uniform sandbags me for a couple of bucks. 621 00:32:20,024 --> 00:32:23,062 If you took over $10,000, it's a C felony. 622 00:32:24,194 --> 00:32:26,401 That's three years in Attica. 623 00:32:28,766 --> 00:32:30,677 He only gave me $5,000. 624 00:32:32,236 --> 00:32:33,510 Who did, Mark? 625 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:40,245 Some gumba. Said he worked for Dosso. 626 00:32:41,845 --> 00:32:42,949 Twenty-five years ago, 627 00:32:43,013 --> 00:32:45,823 Paul stayed up till 3:00 the night before an exam 628 00:32:45,883 --> 00:32:48,385 to teach me the Rule Against Perpetuities. 629 00:32:48,885 --> 00:32:51,092 Smart has nothing to do with honest. 630 00:32:51,754 --> 00:32:53,631 What are you gonna do? 631 00:32:54,524 --> 00:32:56,731 How does burning at the stake sound? 632 00:32:57,260 --> 00:33:01,367 Well, even if we could implicate Kopell, it's only Bribery Three, an E felony. 633 00:33:01,431 --> 00:33:04,503 No. It's an A felony. 634 00:33:05,701 --> 00:33:08,875 Paul picked David Lempert's name out of the pile. 635 00:33:09,372 --> 00:33:12,751 It's the first step in the conspiracy to commit murder. 636 00:33:12,809 --> 00:33:15,653 You don't think Kopell actually knew they were going to kill Lempert. 637 00:33:15,711 --> 00:33:18,692 We wanna get Dosso, right? Paul can give him to us. 638 00:33:21,884 --> 00:33:24,330 Mrs. Kopell? Yes? 639 00:33:24,620 --> 00:33:26,099 Is your husband in? 640 00:33:27,190 --> 00:33:30,103 We have people here. This will only take a minute. 641 00:33:41,104 --> 00:33:42,742 Can't this wait? No, it can't. 642 00:33:42,805 --> 00:33:46,275 Paul Kopell, you're under arrest for conspiracy to murder David Lempert. 643 00:33:46,342 --> 00:33:48,583 Drink up. You have the right to remain silent. 644 00:33:48,644 --> 00:33:51,523 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 645 00:33:51,581 --> 00:33:52,753 Do you understand that? 646 00:33:52,815 --> 00:33:53,919 You have the right to an attorney. 647 00:33:53,983 --> 00:33:58,226 If you cannot afford one, one will be provided to you free of charge. 648 00:34:02,090 --> 00:34:05,299 You son of a bitch. Now, now, calm down. 649 00:34:05,927 --> 00:34:08,669 You could have called, Jack. You have my number. 650 00:34:09,197 --> 00:34:11,370 I'm sorry. It fell out of my Rolodex. 651 00:34:11,433 --> 00:34:13,879 The police, Jack? In our home, terrorizing us? 652 00:34:13,935 --> 00:34:16,916 Yes. I wanted him to be scared. He should be scared. 653 00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,542 Well, it isn't working. 654 00:34:18,607 --> 00:34:21,144 Although you did get to the women and children, if that makes you happy. 655 00:34:21,209 --> 00:34:23,052 Happy? That's right, I'm thrilled to discover 656 00:34:23,111 --> 00:34:24,647 that my friend of 25 years is a felon. 657 00:34:24,713 --> 00:34:26,488 Oh, give me a break! 658 00:34:26,915 --> 00:34:29,327 Let's assume Dosso bribed the clerk. 659 00:34:29,384 --> 00:34:32,524 What does that have to do with me? No, you give me a break, Paul. 660 00:34:32,587 --> 00:34:34,123 We both know you're smarter than that. 661 00:34:34,189 --> 00:34:37,068 This is really getting your juices going, isn't it, Jack? 662 00:34:37,125 --> 00:34:39,162 Anna, if you can't let me proceed here, you better step outside. 663 00:34:39,227 --> 00:34:41,730 You know us. You know our children. 664 00:34:42,898 --> 00:34:45,435 You can put an end to this right now, Paul. 665 00:34:46,801 --> 00:34:47,871 Give me Dosso. 666 00:34:47,936 --> 00:34:49,916 And get killed? Anna, stop it! 667 00:34:51,606 --> 00:34:55,019 Look, Jack, you can't even carry my briefcase. 668 00:34:55,076 --> 00:34:57,078 You never could. I'll tell you what. 669 00:34:57,145 --> 00:34:58,852 Tomorrow I'm gonna get this crap dismissed, 670 00:34:58,914 --> 00:35:01,258 and the next day I'm gonna hit you with a civil suit so big 671 00:35:01,316 --> 00:35:04,593 your great-grandchildren will be answering motions. 672 00:35:13,794 --> 00:35:17,332 Even if this nonsense about jury questionnaires is true, 673 00:35:17,832 --> 00:35:20,972 the state still cannot produce any evidence whatsoever 674 00:35:21,035 --> 00:35:24,573 that implicates me in any way to the murder. 675 00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:26,913 Basic conspiracy theory, Your Honor. 676 00:35:26,974 --> 00:35:29,284 The left hand doesn't have to know what the right hand is doing, 677 00:35:29,343 --> 00:35:32,222 so long as they share a common criminal purpose. 678 00:35:32,279 --> 00:35:36,853 The purpose in this case being to rig the trial of Vincent Dosso 679 00:35:36,917 --> 00:35:40,387 and destroy the evidence thereof, I.e., murdering David Lempert. 680 00:35:40,454 --> 00:35:44,664 Only there is no proof that Mr. Dosso is connected in any way to said murder. 681 00:35:44,725 --> 00:35:47,331 We have him confessing to it on tape. 682 00:35:47,728 --> 00:35:50,436 A tape which Judge Gance declared inadmissible 683 00:35:50,498 --> 00:35:52,136 because of attorney-client privilege. 684 00:35:52,199 --> 00:35:56,341 Your Honor, if you would read the order labeled Exhibit Three to my brief? 685 00:35:56,437 --> 00:35:58,314 I read it, Mr. Kopell. 686 00:35:59,707 --> 00:36:02,711 Judge Gance's decision seems clear, Mr. McCoy. 687 00:36:03,010 --> 00:36:06,184 Nobody's trying to violate privilege, Your Honor. 688 00:36:06,413 --> 00:36:08,017 The state's position is 689 00:36:08,182 --> 00:36:13,427 that due to Mr. Kopell's total immersion in Vincent Dosso's criminal activities, 690 00:36:13,487 --> 00:36:18,560 he stopped being an attorney and became a de facto participant thereof. 691 00:36:18,625 --> 00:36:20,195 That is ridiculous. 692 00:36:20,260 --> 00:36:21,864 It's also very creative. 693 00:36:21,928 --> 00:36:23,908 Mr. McCoy's creativity notwithstanding, 694 00:36:23,963 --> 00:36:26,842 it's well settled that the privilege belongs to the client. 695 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:30,404 Mr. Dosso believed he was conversing in the presence of his attorney. 696 00:36:30,470 --> 00:36:34,008 That's all that matters. That's correct as far as Mr. Dosso. 697 00:36:34,073 --> 00:36:36,747 The privilege is intended to promote free dialogue 698 00:36:36,809 --> 00:36:39,289 between the client and his legal representative. 699 00:36:39,345 --> 00:36:40,380 It goes both ways. 700 00:36:40,446 --> 00:36:44,690 Not if you weren't functioning as a legal representative, it doesn't. 701 00:36:45,585 --> 00:36:48,065 Same time, same place next week, 702 00:36:48,121 --> 00:36:52,331 I'll listen to evidence relating to Mr. Kopell's true relationship 703 00:36:52,392 --> 00:36:53,962 to Mr. Dosso's business. 704 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:55,264 (GAVEL BANGS) 705 00:36:57,897 --> 00:37:00,468 So, what do we do, look at Kopell's time sheets? 706 00:37:00,533 --> 00:37:03,207 I doubt he listed, "Six hours, criminal activities." 707 00:37:03,269 --> 00:37:06,216 I don't need your sarcasm right now, Claire. 708 00:37:06,439 --> 00:37:07,474 (SIGHING) 709 00:37:07,540 --> 00:37:10,851 Look, Jack, this whole thing is getting out of hand. 710 00:37:11,945 --> 00:37:14,926 Do you wanna put Dosso in prison? Of course, I do. 711 00:37:14,981 --> 00:37:17,188 Well, I'm fresh out of ideas. 712 00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:20,253 This is the only way I can see of doing it. 713 00:37:23,989 --> 00:37:26,526 Déjà vu, no? We've been through this. 714 00:37:27,059 --> 00:37:29,596 No way I testify against Dosso. 715 00:37:30,629 --> 00:37:32,768 I'm not asking you to, Mr. Furini. 716 00:37:32,864 --> 00:37:36,402 I wanna know about his lawyer. You're kidding, right? 717 00:37:36,868 --> 00:37:39,144 Are you sure you don't want a lawyer? 718 00:37:39,571 --> 00:37:40,572 Lawyers. 719 00:37:41,874 --> 00:37:43,649 You cut my sentence. 720 00:37:44,242 --> 00:37:46,984 Seven years. Five. 721 00:37:47,913 --> 00:37:48,914 Fine. 722 00:37:49,781 --> 00:37:52,762 Like I said, you get nothing from me on Dosso. 723 00:37:53,585 --> 00:37:54,996 And another thing, 724 00:37:55,087 --> 00:38:00,036 I get immunity for anything I might say of a self-incriminating nature. 725 00:38:04,830 --> 00:38:06,207 FURINI: Kopell was always there. 726 00:38:06,264 --> 00:38:08,574 He was in the room whenever we talked about anything. 727 00:38:08,634 --> 00:38:11,274 JACK: What kind of thing did you talk about? 728 00:38:11,403 --> 00:38:13,542 Things. You know, business. 729 00:38:13,672 --> 00:38:15,481 What kind of business, sir? 730 00:38:15,707 --> 00:38:17,618 Our deal stands, right? 731 00:38:21,446 --> 00:38:25,087 A lot of times I talked about how I was gonna pop someone. 732 00:38:26,651 --> 00:38:29,131 Could you please be more specific? 733 00:38:29,821 --> 00:38:32,301 Like that mick, the labor guy, O'Malley. 734 00:38:36,427 --> 00:38:40,466 Mr. Kopell was in the room when you decided to kill John O'Malley? 735 00:38:40,531 --> 00:38:43,876 That's right. And Lloyd Lipman and Tomaso Bucci. 736 00:38:44,735 --> 00:38:49,548 Please limit your responses to the case of the deceased juror, David Lempert. 737 00:38:50,608 --> 00:38:54,283 Yeah, I offed him, too. That's why I'm presently in the can. 738 00:38:54,345 --> 00:39:00,421 And Mr. Kopell was in the room with you when you decided to kill Mr. Lempert? 739 00:39:03,387 --> 00:39:05,367 He was eating a cannoli. 740 00:39:12,229 --> 00:39:14,231 Was anyone else in the room, Mr. Furini? 741 00:39:14,298 --> 00:39:17,438 Nice try, Counselor. I don't recall. 742 00:39:17,535 --> 00:39:18,673 Your Honor, this is ridiculous. 743 00:39:18,736 --> 00:39:20,147 The man cut a deal with the state. 744 00:39:20,204 --> 00:39:23,276 He's obviously going to say whatever they want to hear. 745 00:39:23,340 --> 00:39:26,514 And look at his track record. Can you really rely on his credibility? 746 00:39:26,577 --> 00:39:30,491 It's your own credibility I'd start worrying about, Mr. Kopell. 747 00:39:31,015 --> 00:39:33,256 The witness has established to my satisfaction 748 00:39:33,317 --> 00:39:36,594 that you functioned in something more than a legal capacity. 749 00:39:37,521 --> 00:39:40,832 As such, the material in question is not privileged. 750 00:39:41,158 --> 00:39:45,299 My clerk will inform you as to commencement of trial. 751 00:39:46,329 --> 00:39:49,037 What is this, Bernie's Bargain Basement? 752 00:39:49,165 --> 00:39:53,875 Today's special, cop to four murders, get only five years. 753 00:39:55,638 --> 00:39:59,347 When I gave Furini immunity, I had no idea. 754 00:39:59,809 --> 00:40:03,757 No idea, because the blood was rushing downstream from your head 755 00:40:04,147 --> 00:40:06,559 and is settling somewhere south of the border. 756 00:40:06,616 --> 00:40:08,596 I'm trying to get Dosso, Adam. 757 00:40:08,651 --> 00:40:11,393 You're no closer than you were three months ago. 758 00:40:11,721 --> 00:40:13,257 Paul will cut a deal. 759 00:40:13,823 --> 00:40:15,734 And what if he doesn't? 760 00:40:22,932 --> 00:40:24,673 If Paul knew I was here... 761 00:40:25,535 --> 00:40:28,675 He doesn't actually intend to go through with the trial? 762 00:40:29,305 --> 00:40:32,115 You've known him for 25 years. What do you think? 763 00:40:32,442 --> 00:40:35,616 I think he's smart enough to realize... Get off it, Jack. 764 00:40:36,312 --> 00:40:40,317 What makes him such a good lawyer isn't his brains or his talent. 765 00:40:40,583 --> 00:40:43,757 It's that he refuses to be intimidated by anyone. 766 00:40:44,087 --> 00:40:46,499 You know he'd never kill someone. 767 00:40:47,790 --> 00:40:49,497 Furini implicated him. 768 00:40:49,659 --> 00:40:52,195 Paul only listened to them, for God's sake. 769 00:40:53,128 --> 00:40:55,108 He helped them to bribe a juror. 770 00:40:55,164 --> 00:40:56,700 You can't prove that. 771 00:40:57,332 --> 00:40:58,572 (SCOFFS) 772 00:40:58,634 --> 00:41:00,443 Why am I wasting my breath? 773 00:41:01,370 --> 00:41:04,943 I've been watching the two of you arm wrestle for a quarter of a century. 774 00:41:09,111 --> 00:41:11,614 This isn't personal, Anna. Oh, no? 775 00:41:13,215 --> 00:41:14,523 Think about it. 776 00:41:15,517 --> 00:41:19,465 Would you have pushed this hard if wasn't Paul at the other table? 777 00:41:19,521 --> 00:41:24,129 Would you really have gone that extra mile to beat some Joe Schmo defense attorney? 778 00:41:25,928 --> 00:41:29,740 All right, maybe Paul wanted to win too much. 779 00:41:30,732 --> 00:41:33,645 But don't you see? You're doing the same damn thing. 780 00:41:33,869 --> 00:41:36,577 Win at all costs. And you know what? 781 00:41:38,073 --> 00:41:39,848 We're all gonna lose. 782 00:41:43,512 --> 00:41:47,255 I told you, Jack, I'm not gonna roll on Dosso. 783 00:41:47,850 --> 00:41:51,764 He's a murderer He's my client. I don't judge him. 784 00:41:52,054 --> 00:41:54,432 You don't have to climb into bed with him, either. 785 00:41:54,490 --> 00:41:55,628 That's where you're wrong. 786 00:41:55,691 --> 00:41:58,695 I gotta think like he thinks, do as he does. I gotta become him. 787 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,796 It's the only way I can go into a courtroom 788 00:42:00,862 --> 00:42:03,035 and fight for him with any passion at all. 789 00:42:03,097 --> 00:42:05,703 It's what makes this system work, Jack. 790 00:42:05,766 --> 00:42:08,372 A criminal defense lawyer who says to his client, 791 00:42:08,436 --> 00:42:10,143 "I'll meet you, but only during office hours. 792 00:42:10,204 --> 00:42:12,810 "I'll talk with you, but I won't have Christmas dinner at your house. 793 00:42:12,874 --> 00:42:14,444 "I'll defend you, 794 00:42:14,508 --> 00:42:17,580 "but I won't go to your grandson's christening," is not doing his job. 795 00:42:17,645 --> 00:42:20,285 He's giving the prosecution an edge. 796 00:42:20,348 --> 00:42:22,123 That's your only agenda? 797 00:42:23,417 --> 00:42:26,227 The best interest of the client? Hell, no. 798 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,268 I hang out with Dosso because I love it. It elevates me. 799 00:42:31,659 --> 00:42:35,129 I climbed Macho Mountain, Jack, and it feels damn good. 800 00:42:35,730 --> 00:42:37,835 Is it really worth throwing your life away? 801 00:42:37,899 --> 00:42:41,039 You're assuming you're going to win this trial, Ms. Kincaid? 802 00:42:43,337 --> 00:42:45,283 I'm offering you a way out, Paul. 803 00:42:49,777 --> 00:42:52,087 Maybe you should listen to him. Don't you see? 804 00:42:52,146 --> 00:42:56,595 He called this meeting. It means his case is weak. 805 00:42:57,351 --> 00:43:01,493 This isn't a game of chicken. Oh, yes, it is, and you just blinked. 806 00:43:02,390 --> 00:43:04,131 I'll see you at trial. 807 00:43:07,862 --> 00:43:11,138 The People of the State of New York v. Paul Kopell. 808 00:43:11,498 --> 00:43:14,206 Twenty million people versus one man. 809 00:43:14,868 --> 00:43:16,643 Think of the enormity of it. 810 00:43:16,703 --> 00:43:21,482 The full extent of the government's resources and manpower against me. 811 00:43:22,809 --> 00:43:27,519 And what heinous crime did I commit? I defended my client. 812 00:43:28,848 --> 00:43:30,885 Yes, I constantly hear the snide remarks 813 00:43:30,950 --> 00:43:34,523 about the shark getting his client off on a technicality. 814 00:43:34,788 --> 00:43:40,033 But hidden in those remarks is a sigh of relief, a silent thank you. 815 00:43:42,595 --> 00:43:46,975 You may hate me, but you sleep better because of me. 816 00:43:48,268 --> 00:43:52,546 You see, when a defense lawyer steps into a courtroom 817 00:43:52,605 --> 00:43:56,485 and does everything in his power to poke holes in the prosecutor's case 818 00:43:56,810 --> 00:43:58,483 and still fails, 819 00:43:59,379 --> 00:44:02,952 the chance that an innocent man will be convicted is nil. 820 00:44:04,884 --> 00:44:07,330 We have an adversarial system. 821 00:44:08,822 --> 00:44:10,199 I'm the adversary, 822 00:44:12,158 --> 00:44:15,435 but you cannot punish me for it. Thank you. 823 00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:19,966 Defense attorneys distort the facts. 824 00:44:20,499 --> 00:44:22,308 They twist evidence. 825 00:44:22,901 --> 00:44:25,142 They will not only go to the mat for their clients, 826 00:44:25,204 --> 00:44:29,482 they will take that mat and toss it out the window as far as they can. 827 00:44:30,142 --> 00:44:32,486 They are not bound by the truth. 828 00:44:33,846 --> 00:44:38,420 They are bound to obfuscate it if it serves to get their clients acquitted. 829 00:44:38,484 --> 00:44:42,990 And they should be commended for it, and it is what makes the system work. 830 00:44:44,757 --> 00:44:50,105 But when Paul Kopell picked David Lempert's name off of a jury list, 831 00:44:50,429 --> 00:44:53,342 he was no longer functioning as an attorney. 832 00:44:53,632 --> 00:44:56,238 He was part of a criminal conspiracy. 833 00:44:58,037 --> 00:45:01,177 He didn't fire the shots into David Lempert's chest. 834 00:45:03,142 --> 00:45:05,782 He fired them into our justice system. 835 00:45:09,048 --> 00:45:10,857 And he should go to prison. 836 00:45:22,761 --> 00:45:24,934 JUDGE BONELLI: On the sole count of the indictment, 837 00:45:24,997 --> 00:45:29,445 Conspiracy to Commit Murder in the Second Degree, how do you find? 838 00:45:29,968 --> 00:45:32,812 We find the defendant, Paul Kopell, guilty. 839 00:45:33,037 --> 00:45:34,175 (GAVEL BANGS) 840 00:45:34,238 --> 00:45:35,717 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 841 00:46:06,704 --> 00:46:09,548 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) That sounded like it was more than a game. 842 00:46:10,041 --> 00:46:12,351 You better take the next elevator. 843 00:46:14,946 --> 00:46:17,222 I wouldn't be very good company.