1 00:00:02,566 --> 00:00:04,295 In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:04,368 --> 00:00:08,269 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:08,338 --> 00:00:10,135 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:10,206 --> 00:00:13,004 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:13,076 --> 00:00:14,565 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,477 --> 00:00:19,607 It's the nature of things. The universe devolves into entropy. 7 00:00:19,681 --> 00:00:21,740 Entropy? You lost me. 8 00:00:21,817 --> 00:00:24,842 Disorder. Things rot, they rust, they fall apart. 9 00:00:24,919 --> 00:00:26,079 You're falling apart. 10 00:00:26,154 --> 00:00:29,555 You bring home Brad Pitt, this is what you do all night? Talk? 11 00:00:29,624 --> 00:00:31,285 Guess who forgot to buy condoms? 12 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:33,259 Oh! You are such a virgin. 13 00:00:33,327 --> 00:00:35,317 I wasn't in the mood anyway. 14 00:00:35,395 --> 00:00:37,863 Like, if the whole universe is doomed to spin out of control, 15 00:00:37,931 --> 00:00:39,262 what is the point of anything? 16 00:00:39,332 --> 00:00:42,733 Thank you, happy person. I got to get back to work. Later. 17 00:00:46,138 --> 00:00:48,106 It's lunchtime, everybody. 18 00:00:52,411 --> 00:00:54,003 Oh, my God. 19 00:01:00,585 --> 00:01:03,247 Three dead inside, another vic was taken to the ER. 20 00:01:03,321 --> 00:01:05,379 Head wound. Probably not gonna make it. 21 00:01:05,456 --> 00:01:07,014 Just our luck. 22 00:01:07,091 --> 00:01:10,219 You got the cashier there, customer there under the rack. 23 00:01:10,294 --> 00:01:13,422 CSU ID'd her as Linda Bowers according to her wallet. 24 00:01:13,497 --> 00:01:15,464 Worked in a bakery on Greene. 25 00:01:15,531 --> 00:01:19,023 Irving Marx. Owns the joint. Opened less than a year ago. 26 00:01:19,702 --> 00:01:21,363 Rough business. Who found them? 27 00:01:21,437 --> 00:01:23,598 Sales clerk. She was bringing back lunch. 28 00:01:23,673 --> 00:01:24,661 Where is she now? 29 00:01:24,739 --> 00:01:26,297 Hospital. Should have seen her. 30 00:01:26,374 --> 00:01:29,207 She ID'd the cashier before she went mental on us. 31 00:01:29,277 --> 00:01:31,108 Speaking of, did anybody check the till? 32 00:01:31,179 --> 00:01:33,170 CSU did. Couple hundred bucks and change. 33 00:01:33,248 --> 00:01:34,578 Any witnesses? 34 00:01:34,648 --> 00:01:35,672 Nobody so far. 35 00:01:35,749 --> 00:01:36,943 Keep asking. 36 00:01:38,252 --> 00:01:42,382 Vintage clothing. I wonder if anybody actually makes a living selling this stuff? 37 00:01:42,456 --> 00:01:44,047 Apparently not. 38 00:01:44,124 --> 00:01:46,149 I think I see one of my old bowling shirts. 39 00:01:46,226 --> 00:01:49,195 Bad day for the Irish, Lennie? Long time. 40 00:01:50,130 --> 00:01:52,724 What's the matter, Mickey, not enough crime in Brooklyn for you? 41 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:54,493 No goodies like this one. 42 00:01:54,566 --> 00:01:58,093 Your basic violent misanthrope gone berserk with some kind of sword. 43 00:01:58,170 --> 00:01:59,159 A sword? 44 00:01:59,238 --> 00:02:00,296 I mean, like Zorro. 45 00:02:00,372 --> 00:02:02,772 There's deep stab wounds, wild slash and gash. 46 00:02:02,841 --> 00:02:04,535 You work out the sequence? 47 00:02:04,609 --> 00:02:07,976 First, Mr. Marx here. Then this one, Linda Bowers. 48 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:10,707 Then the cashier, she was making for the front door. 49 00:02:10,781 --> 00:02:12,715 And last, our survivor, 50 00:02:13,517 --> 00:02:16,145 looks like she caught it coming out of the fitting room. 51 00:02:16,253 --> 00:02:18,380 It was quick. Excuse me. 52 00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:21,656 Well, it doesn't play out as a robbery or a shakedown. 53 00:02:21,725 --> 00:02:23,783 Could be a very dissatisfied customer. 54 00:02:23,859 --> 00:02:26,487 Yeah, he didn't like the return policy. 55 00:03:15,172 --> 00:03:18,573 They were laying there so quiet, all of them. 56 00:03:18,642 --> 00:03:21,167 I wasn't gone for more than half an hour. 57 00:03:21,245 --> 00:03:24,941 When you left, did you see anyone suspicious hanging around? 58 00:03:26,482 --> 00:03:29,918 I was rushing to meet my friend. I didn't really look. 59 00:03:30,954 --> 00:03:34,150 What about your boss? Did he have any problems with anyone? 60 00:03:35,557 --> 00:03:39,357 We had some trouble just before I went to get the lunch. 61 00:03:40,696 --> 00:03:41,685 With who? 62 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:43,559 These two black kids. 63 00:03:44,632 --> 00:03:47,601 I feel stupid even thinking they could've done it. 64 00:03:47,668 --> 00:03:49,568 Just tell us what happened. 65 00:03:49,637 --> 00:03:54,573 Mr. Marx caught this girl shoplifting a blouse and he... 66 00:03:55,642 --> 00:04:00,579 He threw them out the store, and her boyfriend got really angry. 67 00:04:00,647 --> 00:04:03,342 He said he was coming back with his crew. 68 00:04:03,749 --> 00:04:05,273 And what did they look like? 69 00:04:05,351 --> 00:04:07,979 He was really tall, 70 00:04:09,922 --> 00:04:12,651 and he had almost shaved head. 71 00:04:13,558 --> 00:04:18,996 She had dookie curls and a big maroon jacket, a varsity jacket. 72 00:04:19,597 --> 00:04:21,622 Did it have writing on it? 73 00:04:24,234 --> 00:04:28,034 Just initials. WTS. 74 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,040 Wagner Trades. Basketball team was in the finals last year. 75 00:04:37,079 --> 00:04:39,070 A tall black teenager. 76 00:04:39,148 --> 00:04:42,947 It figures he's a criminal and he plays basketball. 77 00:04:43,018 --> 00:04:45,851 Well, we'll check out your chess team next. 78 00:04:53,661 --> 00:04:55,891 That's him. In the back row. 79 00:04:57,298 --> 00:04:58,663 Look, it's always the same thing. 80 00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:00,996 I mean, people in stores are always watching what we do, 81 00:05:01,068 --> 00:05:02,694 always thinking, "They gotta be stealing something." 82 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:04,259 Hey, I'm watching you now, Jerome, 83 00:05:04,337 --> 00:05:06,430 and I see a kid with a big chip on his shoulder. 84 00:05:06,506 --> 00:05:08,838 Yeah. What you don't see is I have a 3.5 average, 85 00:05:08,908 --> 00:05:11,375 because a concept like that wouldn't enter your policeman's mind. 86 00:05:11,443 --> 00:05:13,536 You wouldn't be the first killer who made dean's list. 87 00:05:13,612 --> 00:05:15,876 Now, look, we have a witness who says you threatened the store owner. 88 00:05:15,947 --> 00:05:20,077 No. No, man. Look, I was gonna sue his ass for taking Liana's shirt the way he did. 89 00:05:20,152 --> 00:05:22,085 So now it's her blouse? That's right. 90 00:05:22,153 --> 00:05:23,745 I was gonna get mine back the American way. 91 00:05:23,821 --> 00:05:26,051 I don't need to kill anybody. 92 00:05:26,123 --> 00:05:29,183 My mother bought it for me at Bloomie's last year, for my birthday. 93 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:31,420 A witness says you lifted it off the rack. 94 00:05:31,494 --> 00:05:33,052 Accused of lifting it. 95 00:05:33,129 --> 00:05:34,994 But nothing on that blouse said it was theirs. 96 00:05:35,065 --> 00:05:37,431 No tag, nothing. It was mine. 97 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:39,730 After the store, where did you go? 98 00:05:39,803 --> 00:05:42,270 We got something to eat and then we went back to school. 99 00:05:42,338 --> 00:05:44,397 And Jerome was with you the whole time? 100 00:05:44,473 --> 00:05:45,701 Yes, ma'am. 101 00:05:46,809 --> 00:05:48,436 I know who you ought to be looking for. 102 00:05:48,510 --> 00:05:50,137 Oh, yeah? Who's that? 103 00:05:50,212 --> 00:05:53,874 This raggedy old crackhead. He was outside when we were thrown out. 104 00:05:53,948 --> 00:05:56,143 He was rocking, like they do when they're high. 105 00:05:56,217 --> 00:05:57,980 Can you describe this man? 106 00:05:58,052 --> 00:06:01,612 White. Long hair. Dirty beard. 107 00:06:02,356 --> 00:06:06,122 He had on a green coat. He gave me a nasty look. 108 00:06:07,728 --> 00:06:10,560 Look, I said I didn't do anything. 109 00:06:10,629 --> 00:06:11,618 Why don't you ask Liana? 110 00:06:11,697 --> 00:06:12,721 We asked your school, Jerome. 111 00:06:12,798 --> 00:06:14,561 Last year, they took a walking stick from you, 112 00:06:14,633 --> 00:06:16,328 the trick kind, with a sword inside. 113 00:06:16,402 --> 00:06:17,426 That was just a toy. 114 00:06:17,503 --> 00:06:19,994 And we also heard you're a regular Dennis Rodman on the court. 115 00:06:20,072 --> 00:06:21,060 Bad temper, the whole act. 116 00:06:21,139 --> 00:06:22,538 Man! It's just bumping uglies, man. 117 00:06:22,607 --> 00:06:24,370 That's part of the game. I didn't kill anybody. 118 00:06:24,442 --> 00:06:25,932 All right, all right. Take it easy, Jerome. 119 00:06:26,010 --> 00:06:28,843 Now, after you were asked to leave the premises, 120 00:06:28,913 --> 00:06:30,675 did you see anybody outside the store? 121 00:06:30,748 --> 00:06:32,215 I don't know. 122 00:06:32,683 --> 00:06:35,117 I mean, just a pipehead talking to a window. 123 00:06:35,185 --> 00:06:36,209 What did he look like? 124 00:06:36,286 --> 00:06:40,017 He was a white guy. He had like a beard and like long, ratty hair. 125 00:06:40,089 --> 00:06:41,886 He was wearing an army jacket. 126 00:06:41,958 --> 00:06:44,085 Okay, you wait here. 127 00:06:47,597 --> 00:06:51,327 The neighborhood crackhead. Everybody's favorite bogeyman. 128 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,697 You heard this story before? 129 00:06:52,768 --> 00:06:54,030 From the girlfriend. 130 00:06:54,102 --> 00:06:56,866 Before you go, put them each with separate sketch artists. 131 00:06:56,938 --> 00:06:59,498 See if they come up with the same picture. 132 00:07:01,075 --> 00:07:03,669 Not quite twins, but they're related. 133 00:07:03,744 --> 00:07:06,178 Good thing he only looks like every other bum on the street. 134 00:07:06,247 --> 00:07:09,011 Well, call the hospital. Maybe the survivor can make an ID. 135 00:07:09,083 --> 00:07:11,983 She better. Latent got nowhere on prints. 136 00:07:12,051 --> 00:07:14,747 The M.E. Worked up a profile of the weapon based on the wounds. 137 00:07:14,821 --> 00:07:19,053 Single-edge stabbing weapon. Probably military, a sword or a bayonet. 138 00:07:23,629 --> 00:07:29,567 I heard a woman scream. 139 00:07:31,502 --> 00:07:34,130 Give her some time. She's processing. 140 00:07:34,972 --> 00:07:36,439 How much can we expect? 141 00:07:36,507 --> 00:07:39,998 As far as first level details go, limited. 142 00:07:40,076 --> 00:07:45,480 I was trying on a dress. 143 00:07:46,283 --> 00:07:52,016 A woman was on the floor. 144 00:07:52,521 --> 00:07:55,684 A man hit me. 145 00:07:56,459 --> 00:08:00,189 All right, Joanne, I'm gonna show you a drawing. 146 00:08:01,162 --> 00:08:03,460 Just nod if you recognize him. 147 00:08:05,767 --> 00:08:07,826 That's him. 148 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:15,408 The homeless really are invisible. No one remembers seeing him. 149 00:08:15,476 --> 00:08:18,468 Yeah, everybody I talked to has got the same blind spot. 150 00:08:18,545 --> 00:08:20,205 Sumptuous, isn't it? 151 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:23,146 We have a whole selection of fabrics over here. 152 00:08:23,216 --> 00:08:26,310 How soon would you gentlemen need it delivered? 153 00:08:26,385 --> 00:08:29,046 Well, at these prices, we ought to be able to drive it home. 154 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,485 No, actually, we're with the police, ma'am. 155 00:08:30,555 --> 00:08:33,581 We're trying to find someone connected with those murders down the block. 156 00:08:33,658 --> 00:08:35,683 Oh, yes, it was horrifying. 157 00:08:36,561 --> 00:08:40,155 Does this face ring a bell? Maybe you saw him yesterday? 158 00:08:40,231 --> 00:08:42,927 Not yesterday. The day before. 159 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,733 He was just outside, right there. He kept looking in. 160 00:08:47,805 --> 00:08:50,170 I think he was watching one of my customers. 161 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:52,071 What did your customer look like? 162 00:08:52,141 --> 00:08:55,167 Blond, curly hair. Glasses. 163 00:08:55,245 --> 00:08:56,644 You remember her name? 164 00:08:56,713 --> 00:08:57,941 Uh... 165 00:08:58,014 --> 00:09:01,312 She wrote it down in our book, for the mailing list. 166 00:09:04,219 --> 00:09:06,050 Here it is. 167 00:09:06,121 --> 00:09:09,521 Victim number two, Linda Bowers. 168 00:09:09,590 --> 00:09:13,993 Five days a week for three months, Linda worked in the window. 169 00:09:14,061 --> 00:09:17,053 Sweet kid like that got a lot of looks. 170 00:09:17,131 --> 00:09:21,396 Guys gave her their number. It's awful what happened. 171 00:09:22,369 --> 00:09:24,132 You ever see this guy bothering her? 172 00:09:24,204 --> 00:09:26,832 Oh, yeah. This germ. 173 00:09:26,907 --> 00:09:30,239 Linda gave him some samples about a month ago. I told her not to. 174 00:09:30,309 --> 00:09:31,640 Love at first sight? 175 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:32,734 Must've been. 176 00:09:32,811 --> 00:09:37,145 Every couple of days he'd park himself across the street and stare at her. 177 00:09:37,216 --> 00:09:40,446 Imagine having that staring at you and following you around. 178 00:09:40,518 --> 00:09:42,281 If it were me, I might call the police. 179 00:09:42,353 --> 00:09:44,480 She did. Couple of weeks ago. 180 00:09:45,056 --> 00:09:46,648 Lot of good it did her. 181 00:09:47,692 --> 00:09:50,558 Yeah, you got to see this skell in person to get the real flavor. 182 00:09:50,627 --> 00:09:53,596 I can't wait. So the Bowers girl called you from home? 183 00:09:53,664 --> 00:09:55,598 Yeah, around 10:00 at night. 184 00:09:55,666 --> 00:09:57,725 Suspicious character loitering in the side alley. 185 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:58,858 We get there, the guy's gone. 186 00:09:58,935 --> 00:10:01,665 The girl said he followed her home from work. She gave us a description. 187 00:10:01,737 --> 00:10:02,795 Well, where'd you catch up with him? 188 00:10:02,872 --> 00:10:05,432 Well, we went back by her place a couple of hours later. 189 00:10:05,508 --> 00:10:08,476 He was across the street, walking a circle, so we grabbed him. 190 00:10:08,543 --> 00:10:09,532 So you got an ID. 191 00:10:09,611 --> 00:10:10,839 No wallet, no driver's license. 192 00:10:10,912 --> 00:10:13,574 Wouldn't give us his name. 100% John Doe. 193 00:10:13,648 --> 00:10:14,637 What'd you do with him? 194 00:10:14,716 --> 00:10:16,581 We relocated him. 195 00:10:16,651 --> 00:10:18,117 You know, like they do with bears. 196 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:21,086 We dropped him in the park. Gave him a little kick in the ass. 197 00:10:21,155 --> 00:10:23,180 You know, to send a message. 198 00:10:23,257 --> 00:10:25,418 Guess what? It didn't stick. 199 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:31,596 And they should've dumped him at the North Pole. 200 00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:33,894 You know, he was back a week ago. 201 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,525 Back here? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 202 00:10:35,602 --> 00:10:39,503 Ms. Bowers wasn't home. I found him looking through the garbage. 203 00:10:39,571 --> 00:10:41,937 You were happy to see him, I'll bet. 204 00:10:42,007 --> 00:10:45,408 I was gonna put his nose out the back of his head. 205 00:10:45,477 --> 00:10:49,207 But then he pulls out this bayonet, Korean era. All shined up. 206 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:51,680 So the guy swings a blade at you, you don't call the cops? 207 00:10:51,749 --> 00:10:55,310 I didn't even tell Ms. Bowers. I didn't want to alarm her. 208 00:10:55,386 --> 00:10:57,649 Thought I was doing her a favor. 209 00:10:57,721 --> 00:11:01,282 They sent the sketch to every shelter from Downtown to Midtown, no nibbles yet. 210 00:11:01,358 --> 00:11:02,689 I don't know, maybe the guy hit the road. 211 00:11:02,759 --> 00:11:05,489 Oh, sure. He's in Miami with Sly and Madonna. 212 00:11:05,562 --> 00:11:07,085 This guy's like my Uncle Harry. 213 00:11:07,162 --> 00:11:10,131 Five blocks from his bed in any direction, that's as far as he went. 214 00:11:10,199 --> 00:11:11,496 So what, you want to cruise the neighborhood 215 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:13,626 in hopes that he comes and squeegees our windshield? 216 00:11:13,702 --> 00:11:15,101 Hey, the bayonet, 217 00:11:15,170 --> 00:11:19,230 he didn't have it when Nit and Wit took him for a ride in the park. 218 00:11:19,774 --> 00:11:22,572 Some places on Houston carry army surplus. 219 00:11:22,644 --> 00:11:26,045 Hey, Lennie, everything for the weekend warrior. 220 00:11:26,114 --> 00:11:27,546 Can I help you? 221 00:11:27,614 --> 00:11:30,708 Yeah, we're looking for a Korean War bayonet. 222 00:11:30,784 --> 00:11:31,773 For the M1? 223 00:11:31,852 --> 00:11:34,150 Yeah, something, preferably new, right out of the box. 224 00:11:34,221 --> 00:11:37,451 You're a week late. Some bum stole it off my table. 225 00:11:37,923 --> 00:11:38,912 This bum? 226 00:11:38,991 --> 00:11:40,253 That resembles him. 227 00:11:40,326 --> 00:11:42,556 He tried to buy it with soup kitchen vouchers. 228 00:11:42,628 --> 00:11:43,856 From where? 229 00:11:43,929 --> 00:11:45,123 They looked like St. Ive's. 230 00:11:45,197 --> 00:11:48,131 I turned around, bing, the blade is gone. 231 00:11:51,569 --> 00:11:53,469 That looks like James. 232 00:11:53,538 --> 00:11:54,971 James who? 233 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,064 All I got was James. 234 00:11:57,141 --> 00:12:00,770 The other regulars call him Gomer. As in Gomer Pyle. 235 00:12:00,844 --> 00:12:02,368 He's a vet? 236 00:12:02,446 --> 00:12:05,108 Not of any war we've heard of. 237 00:12:05,182 --> 00:12:08,048 He wears army fatigues, army boots. 238 00:12:08,117 --> 00:12:09,948 This really surprises me about James. 239 00:12:10,019 --> 00:12:11,418 Why's that, Father? 240 00:12:11,487 --> 00:12:15,014 He's been coming here on and off for the last eight months. 241 00:12:15,091 --> 00:12:19,686 At times, he seems very lucid. He's obviously had an education. 242 00:12:19,761 --> 00:12:22,924 Yeah, well, looks like he's a couple of credits shy of a degree. 243 00:12:22,998 --> 00:12:24,363 Thanks, Father. 244 00:12:25,734 --> 00:12:28,668 What? Sometimes the guy's crazy, sometimes he's not? 245 00:12:28,736 --> 00:12:29,964 Maybe he's on medication. 246 00:12:30,037 --> 00:12:33,768 Keeps himself on a pretty short leash. Let's try the local clinics. 247 00:12:33,841 --> 00:12:36,434 Yeah, I know him. James Smith. 248 00:12:37,477 --> 00:12:40,640 He always tells me, "I shall return." 249 00:12:40,714 --> 00:12:43,274 You know, like MacArthur. Because I'm Filipino. 250 00:12:43,349 --> 00:12:45,544 How often does he return? 251 00:12:45,618 --> 00:12:46,641 Uh... 252 00:12:46,719 --> 00:12:50,246 According to this, he hasn't for a couple of months. 253 00:12:50,322 --> 00:12:51,380 Did something happen to him? 254 00:12:51,457 --> 00:12:53,755 No, he happened to somebody else. 255 00:12:53,826 --> 00:12:55,316 What's his drug of choice? 256 00:12:55,394 --> 00:12:59,159 Risperidone and carbamazepine for schizophrenia. 257 00:12:59,230 --> 00:13:01,926 He's supposed to take it every day or... Watch out. 258 00:13:01,999 --> 00:13:05,059 What? His world and ours don't revolve around the same sun? 259 00:13:05,136 --> 00:13:07,330 Not even in the same galaxy. 260 00:13:07,404 --> 00:13:09,929 Most of your schizophrenics don't get violent. 261 00:13:10,006 --> 00:13:12,497 But they never told that to Mr. Smith. 262 00:13:12,576 --> 00:13:15,806 When he visits the planet, where does he stay? 263 00:13:15,878 --> 00:13:19,507 As of a year ago, he was staying at the Donough Arms on Broadway. 264 00:13:19,582 --> 00:13:23,313 But mail we sent there was returned. Moved, no forwarding address. 265 00:13:23,385 --> 00:13:24,682 Okay. Let's try this. 266 00:13:24,754 --> 00:13:27,449 When he showed up for his pills, how would he verify his identity? 267 00:13:27,522 --> 00:13:29,513 With his New York Public Library card. 268 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,287 So what now, we check to see if he had any overdue books? 269 00:13:35,362 --> 00:13:38,661 Well, my guess is he does most of his reading in the library. 270 00:13:38,732 --> 00:13:41,496 You know, it's warm in the winter, cool in the summer. 271 00:13:41,568 --> 00:13:43,832 As a home away from home, it's highly recommended. 272 00:13:43,904 --> 00:13:46,337 Send out a sketch, maybe we'll get a bite. 273 00:13:52,612 --> 00:13:55,045 He's been in the stacks since we opened. 274 00:13:55,113 --> 00:13:57,445 You'll find him under ancient history on the left. 275 00:13:57,516 --> 00:13:59,074 Okay, thanks. We'll take it from here. 276 00:13:59,151 --> 00:14:00,880 I'll take this side. 277 00:14:02,020 --> 00:14:04,887 Do me a favor, get these people cleared out. 278 00:14:25,307 --> 00:14:27,036 Hey, how you doing? 279 00:14:33,182 --> 00:14:34,342 Run! Run! 280 00:14:34,416 --> 00:14:36,042 Rey! He's coming to you! 281 00:14:47,227 --> 00:14:49,161 All right! Take it easy. 282 00:14:50,163 --> 00:14:51,858 Stay away, Barak. 283 00:14:51,932 --> 00:14:53,593 Just drop the weapon, Jim! 284 00:14:53,667 --> 00:14:55,861 I can't hear you. I'm not listening. 285 00:14:55,935 --> 00:14:57,960 Nobody wants to hurt you, Jim. Just drop it! 286 00:14:58,037 --> 00:15:01,097 That's it! Make all the noise you want. 287 00:15:03,676 --> 00:15:05,939 The noise! The noise! The noise! 288 00:15:06,010 --> 00:15:10,106 How's this for noise? James Smith, you're under arrest for assault. 289 00:15:10,181 --> 00:15:11,671 You have the right to remain silent. 290 00:15:11,749 --> 00:15:15,479 Anything you do say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 291 00:15:15,552 --> 00:15:17,520 You have the right to an attorney. What's happening to me? 292 00:15:17,588 --> 00:15:19,055 I can't feel my hands. I've lost my hands. 293 00:15:19,122 --> 00:15:20,817 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 294 00:15:20,891 --> 00:15:23,587 Linda Bowers, she's the one who gave you pastries. 295 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:24,648 Do you remember her? 296 00:15:24,727 --> 00:15:26,592 This is all very familiar to me. 297 00:15:26,662 --> 00:15:28,220 They'll come through that door any minute! 298 00:15:28,297 --> 00:15:30,663 Hey, hey, hey! Mr. Smith, we're already here. 299 00:15:30,733 --> 00:15:32,291 How about leaving your imaginary friends alone. 300 00:15:32,368 --> 00:15:33,959 You talk to us, okay? 301 00:15:35,170 --> 00:15:37,400 I am a captain in Jabin's army! 302 00:15:37,472 --> 00:15:41,135 Really? I was a corporal in Uncle Sam's. 303 00:15:41,209 --> 00:15:43,006 I fought at the Kishon River. 304 00:15:43,078 --> 00:15:44,101 Oh, you did? 305 00:15:44,178 --> 00:15:47,670 So when you killed Linda Bowers and those other people, 306 00:15:47,748 --> 00:15:50,012 you were following orders, right? 307 00:15:50,084 --> 00:15:54,782 The chattering people across the street, they're with the CIA, too, aren't they? 308 00:15:54,854 --> 00:15:57,152 This isn't the CIA, Jim. 309 00:15:57,223 --> 00:16:01,387 This is the 27th precinct of the New York City Police Department. 310 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:02,450 You understand that? 311 00:16:04,363 --> 00:16:07,491 It's a hell of a system. It's a hell of a system. 312 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:11,366 They drive touch-tone dialing to work and they're still hungry. 313 00:16:12,571 --> 00:16:14,936 Right. I give up. 314 00:16:19,277 --> 00:16:22,041 I think I need whatever he's supposed to be taking. 315 00:16:22,113 --> 00:16:23,704 Are we even sure of his name? 316 00:16:23,780 --> 00:16:25,839 Without a Social Security number or a date of birth, 317 00:16:25,916 --> 00:16:27,508 all we have to go on are his prints. 318 00:16:27,584 --> 00:16:30,075 Forensics did a preliminary match of the wounds 319 00:16:30,153 --> 00:16:32,519 and cut marks with Mr. Smith's bayonet. 320 00:16:32,589 --> 00:16:35,022 They're still working up the blood drops on his jacket. 321 00:16:35,090 --> 00:16:37,581 So what do you want us to do with him? He refused a lawyer. 322 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:39,321 I'll get somebody from Legal Aid down here. 323 00:16:39,395 --> 00:16:42,387 And get your eyewitness in here for a line-up. 324 00:16:43,431 --> 00:16:46,366 Okay, just tell us if you recognize anyone. 325 00:16:52,273 --> 00:16:54,672 That one. 326 00:16:55,842 --> 00:17:02,270 The second one from the left. 327 00:17:02,349 --> 00:17:04,680 He's the one. 328 00:17:05,484 --> 00:17:07,247 Okay. Thank you. 329 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,810 All right. Ms. Kincaid, I want to arrange 330 00:17:08,888 --> 00:17:10,913 to get him back on his medication as soon as possible. 331 00:17:10,990 --> 00:17:13,150 After he's booked for murder. 332 00:17:13,224 --> 00:17:15,954 The prints matched up with a James Stephen Smith. 333 00:17:16,027 --> 00:17:17,255 Great. Thank you. 334 00:17:17,329 --> 00:17:20,628 Besides battling the forces of evil, what other trouble's he been in? 335 00:17:20,699 --> 00:17:24,395 Only one arrest. For stalking a woman 16 months ago. 336 00:17:24,468 --> 00:17:29,201 He pleaded out on harassment two, six months probation and a $500 fine. 337 00:17:29,273 --> 00:17:31,537 I guess if he'd killed her, it would've been $1,000. 338 00:17:31,608 --> 00:17:34,098 What idiot in the D.A.'s let him off? 339 00:17:35,278 --> 00:17:37,075 Say hello, Counselor. 340 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:50,324 "Case number 631811, People v. James Stephen Smith. 341 00:17:50,392 --> 00:17:53,053 "Charges are three counts of Murder in the Second Degree, 342 00:17:53,127 --> 00:17:55,618 "one count of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, 343 00:17:55,696 --> 00:17:58,597 "two counts of Aggravated Assault on a police officer." 344 00:17:58,666 --> 00:17:59,655 Let's hear a plea, Mr... 345 00:17:59,734 --> 00:18:01,463 Not guilty on all charges. 346 00:18:01,535 --> 00:18:02,558 You got that, judge? 347 00:18:02,635 --> 00:18:06,298 Oh! Loud and clear, Mr. Smith. Miss Kincaid. 348 00:18:06,373 --> 00:18:08,568 Your Honor, the People ask for remand without bail. 349 00:18:08,641 --> 00:18:11,838 The defendant has no fixed address, he poses a danger to the community. 350 00:18:11,911 --> 00:18:14,845 Your Honor, my client's sister is prepared to post bail 351 00:18:14,913 --> 00:18:15,902 up to an amount of one million... 352 00:18:15,981 --> 00:18:17,312 Hey, dark eyes, I remember you. 353 00:18:17,383 --> 00:18:18,372 Mr. Smith, be quiet. 354 00:18:18,450 --> 00:18:20,384 Your Honor, this woman knows me. 355 00:18:20,452 --> 00:18:21,851 Mr. Lowe, control your client. 356 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,580 I'll take the same deal as last time. 357 00:18:23,654 --> 00:18:25,622 Make me an offer. That's enough, Mr. Smith. 358 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:27,282 You're remanded to custody without bail. 359 00:18:27,358 --> 00:18:28,655 No, that wasn't the deal. 360 00:18:28,726 --> 00:18:30,785 Officers, remove the prisoner. I am not finished. 361 00:18:30,862 --> 00:18:34,627 I did my... I did my probation. I stayed away from Weinstein. 362 00:18:34,698 --> 00:18:35,687 Doesn't that count? 363 00:18:35,766 --> 00:18:36,994 Send up the next case. 364 00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:39,228 Ms. Kincaid, what deal was James Smith talking about? 365 00:18:39,302 --> 00:18:40,428 I can't comment on that. 366 00:18:40,504 --> 00:18:42,300 Well, was he on probation when he committed the murders? 367 00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:44,339 No, he was not. Why did he say he knew you? 368 00:18:44,407 --> 00:18:46,898 I don't have any comment. Excuse me. 369 00:18:48,944 --> 00:18:52,606 No comment? If you were trying to chum the waters, congratulations. 370 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,978 The feeding frenzy would've started without me. 371 00:18:55,050 --> 00:18:57,348 Now it looks like we have something to hide. Do we? 372 00:18:57,419 --> 00:19:01,855 I don't. It was a routine plea bargain. The case against him was weak. 373 00:19:01,922 --> 00:19:03,753 He never made threats, he had a job. 374 00:19:03,824 --> 00:19:04,984 What kind of a job? 375 00:19:05,059 --> 00:19:08,460 Grading practice essays for a bar review prep school. 376 00:19:08,529 --> 00:19:11,554 Back then, he didn't look like he slept in a cardboard box. 377 00:19:11,631 --> 00:19:14,293 His mental state was never even brought up. 378 00:19:14,367 --> 00:19:18,201 The point is, he paid the fine and he never harassed the woman again. 379 00:19:18,271 --> 00:19:19,863 We don't owe anyone an apology. 380 00:19:19,939 --> 00:19:21,405 Good thing you're not writing the press release. 381 00:19:22,574 --> 00:19:23,563 Yes. 382 00:19:23,642 --> 00:19:24,904 This came for you, Jack. 383 00:19:24,976 --> 00:19:26,204 Thanks. 384 00:19:30,148 --> 00:19:33,981 Smith's lawyer. He's withdrawing from the case. 385 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:36,143 He fired me. 386 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:37,209 He has his own lawyer? 387 00:19:37,288 --> 00:19:38,312 Uh-huh. 388 00:19:38,389 --> 00:19:40,550 James Smith, pro se. 389 00:19:40,624 --> 00:19:42,056 You're not serious. 390 00:19:42,125 --> 00:19:44,423 He's obviously not fit to represent himself. 391 00:19:44,494 --> 00:19:45,825 Oh, he has an edge. 392 00:19:45,895 --> 00:19:49,092 If you're gonna defend a guy like that, doesn't hurt to be crazy. 393 00:19:49,165 --> 00:19:50,757 No judge will ever go along with it. 394 00:19:50,834 --> 00:19:54,064 You'll know come Monday. He has a hearing with Judge Rivera. 395 00:19:54,136 --> 00:19:57,936 Plan to be there, Mr. Lowe. I'm opposing your being released. 396 00:19:59,174 --> 00:20:03,337 You want me to stick with this fruitcake? What did I ever do to you? 397 00:20:06,581 --> 00:20:09,414 The right to represent oneself is not absolute, Your Honor. 398 00:20:09,484 --> 00:20:13,112 It can't be asserted by someone who is clearly incompetent. 399 00:20:13,186 --> 00:20:16,781 Mr. Smith, isn't it a fact that you have a history of mental illness, 400 00:20:16,857 --> 00:20:21,589 that you've been diagnosed as having schizoaffective disorder? 401 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:25,426 Yes, Your Honor. Since I was 23, at college. 402 00:20:25,498 --> 00:20:30,764 I'm prone to manic depression, hallucinations, paranoid delusions, 403 00:20:30,835 --> 00:20:34,202 and many other kinds of psychotic behavior. 404 00:20:34,272 --> 00:20:36,172 Unless I'm taking my medication. 405 00:20:36,241 --> 00:20:37,833 And you're currently doing that? 406 00:20:37,909 --> 00:20:39,137 Yes. Since my arrest. 407 00:20:39,210 --> 00:20:44,112 This is the same person who claimed the police were CIA agents. 408 00:20:44,181 --> 00:20:48,083 If you let him represent himself and we convict, he'll appeal 409 00:20:48,886 --> 00:20:51,285 and say that he was denied competent representation. 410 00:20:51,354 --> 00:20:54,881 Absolutely not. Your Honor, I am a lawyer. 411 00:20:54,957 --> 00:20:58,188 University of Michigan Law School, class of '87. 412 00:20:58,261 --> 00:21:01,991 Admitted to the New York Bar in '88, in the First Department, 413 00:21:02,063 --> 00:21:04,896 as were Your Honor and Mr. McCoy, I believe. 414 00:21:04,966 --> 00:21:09,993 There's no guarantee that he won't suffer another psychotic break during the trial. 415 00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:11,503 We'll all be back where we started. 416 00:21:11,572 --> 00:21:13,096 Your Honor, I can stand here all day 417 00:21:13,174 --> 00:21:18,009 and quote People v. Kaltenbach, v. Conney, v. Harris, v. Sawyer. 418 00:21:18,078 --> 00:21:22,013 Unless Mr. McCoy can establish at this very moment 419 00:21:22,081 --> 00:21:23,605 that I am incompetent, 420 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:29,315 the court has no choice but to allow me to proceed pro se. 421 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:34,023 He's absolutely right, Mr. McCoy. 422 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:36,719 Then, Your Honor, 423 00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:41,356 I request that Mr. Lowe remain as the defendant's standby counsel. 424 00:21:41,432 --> 00:21:44,765 So ordered. See you in court, Mr. Smith. 425 00:21:44,835 --> 00:21:49,169 Your Honor, I'll have my omnibus motion to suppress 426 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,264 on your desk by the end of the week. 427 00:21:51,341 --> 00:21:53,172 I look forward to it. 428 00:21:54,611 --> 00:21:56,306 We're adjourned. 429 00:21:57,047 --> 00:21:58,639 Hell of a brick. 430 00:21:58,715 --> 00:22:03,048 Must've had every jailhouse lawyer in Rikers working on it. 431 00:22:03,118 --> 00:22:06,451 He's a one-man show. I talked to his law school. 432 00:22:06,522 --> 00:22:11,857 He graduated summa cum laude, law review, Postdoctoral Associateship. 433 00:22:11,926 --> 00:22:14,019 But as far as anyone knows, he's never practiced. 434 00:22:14,095 --> 00:22:17,622 His first trial, and he knows just enough law to turn it into a circus. 435 00:22:17,699 --> 00:22:21,862 A circus? Three counts of murder? He's taking it seriously. 436 00:22:21,935 --> 00:22:24,631 Then why doesn't he plead insanity? 437 00:22:24,705 --> 00:22:26,002 Because he's insane. 438 00:22:26,073 --> 00:22:28,098 Or he thinks he can beat us in court. 439 00:22:28,175 --> 00:22:30,404 He's been attacking every piece of evidence we have. 440 00:22:30,476 --> 00:22:31,966 He's gonna claim we have the wrong man. 441 00:22:32,044 --> 00:22:34,740 I've read his motion. I doubt Judge Rivera will grant it. 442 00:22:34,814 --> 00:22:38,773 Rivera wasn't supposed to let him represent himself either. 443 00:22:38,851 --> 00:22:42,308 He gets 10% of this past any judge, you're in trouble. 444 00:22:42,387 --> 00:22:45,584 You can't even tell a jury why he stalked Linda Bowers. 445 00:22:45,657 --> 00:22:47,181 A schizophrenic's motive? 446 00:22:47,259 --> 00:22:50,989 You're prosecuting an attorney, not a schizophrenic. 447 00:22:51,061 --> 00:22:55,555 The eyewitness, she hear him say anything before he attacked Bowers? 448 00:22:55,633 --> 00:22:58,193 She barely remembers seeing Smith in the store. 449 00:22:59,335 --> 00:23:01,565 Well, take another run at her. 450 00:23:04,941 --> 00:23:09,138 There was a lot of screaming. 451 00:23:12,014 --> 00:23:15,848 There might have been words. 452 00:23:16,451 --> 00:23:19,214 Can you think what those words might've been? 453 00:23:19,287 --> 00:23:23,986 I was in the dressing room. 454 00:23:24,058 --> 00:23:28,460 A man's voice said 455 00:23:29,996 --> 00:23:34,933 something like, "Life forever." 456 00:23:37,137 --> 00:23:38,535 Was it Smith's voice? 457 00:23:38,604 --> 00:23:42,165 What difference does it make what he said? He's a lunatic. 458 00:23:42,241 --> 00:23:45,870 If you could've heard him in court last week, you might not be so sure. 459 00:23:45,944 --> 00:23:51,745 We read where he has 460 00:23:51,816 --> 00:23:54,785 a law degree. 461 00:23:54,852 --> 00:23:55,876 Yes. 462 00:23:55,953 --> 00:23:58,318 Is that why you let him go, because he was a lawyer? 463 00:23:58,388 --> 00:24:00,822 No, we just didn't know enough about him at the time. 464 00:24:00,891 --> 00:24:02,290 He was stalking a woman. 465 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,350 That didn't give you a clue there was something wrong with him? 466 00:24:04,428 --> 00:24:08,830 Sir, I can't even imagine how angry and frustrated you must feel. 467 00:24:08,898 --> 00:24:11,867 You're going to know exactly how we feel, Ms. Kincaid. 468 00:24:11,934 --> 00:24:14,300 We've been contacted by an attorney for the other families. 469 00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:17,430 We're suing you and the city. Those people are dead 470 00:24:17,506 --> 00:24:20,770 and my Joanne will never be the same because of you. 471 00:24:22,110 --> 00:24:26,774 I talked to my brother last month. Never mentioned Linda Bowers. 472 00:24:28,148 --> 00:24:31,447 He called because he overheard someone plotting to kill our parents 473 00:24:31,518 --> 00:24:34,385 and he wanted me to take them to Canada. 474 00:24:36,790 --> 00:24:39,155 Our parents died three years ago. 475 00:24:39,826 --> 00:24:43,819 The woman he injured said he yelled something about life forever. 476 00:24:44,163 --> 00:24:45,687 Any idea what he meant by that? 477 00:24:45,765 --> 00:24:49,564 He probably said, "The wife of Heber. " It's from the Bible. 478 00:24:50,402 --> 00:24:53,428 She lured Sisera, an army captain, into her tent with food, 479 00:24:53,505 --> 00:24:55,268 and then she stabbed him through the temple. 480 00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:57,205 This is old news to you. 481 00:24:57,275 --> 00:25:00,539 Jimmy minored in theology, so he studied the Bible. 482 00:25:01,612 --> 00:25:03,273 When he first became schizophrenic, 483 00:25:03,347 --> 00:25:07,078 he used to accuse his girlfriend of putting needles in his brain. 484 00:25:07,151 --> 00:25:09,482 He called her the wife of Heber. 485 00:25:09,552 --> 00:25:12,020 And Linda Bowers gave him pastries. 486 00:25:13,790 --> 00:25:15,883 Did he ever attack his girlfriend? 487 00:25:18,627 --> 00:25:21,892 He tried to strangle her in his dorm in Princeton. 488 00:25:22,698 --> 00:25:25,929 The next day, he was in a hospital for six months. 489 00:25:27,368 --> 00:25:29,336 So now you have a motive. 490 00:25:29,804 --> 00:25:32,932 Is that supposed to make him criminally liable? 491 00:25:33,007 --> 00:25:35,441 I'm just trying to understand his behavior. 492 00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:38,603 You should've tried that a year and a half ago. 493 00:25:39,112 --> 00:25:41,444 How come you never returned my phone call? 494 00:25:41,515 --> 00:25:42,641 Excuse me? 495 00:25:42,716 --> 00:25:45,879 Last year, when he was arrested for following that woman, 496 00:25:45,952 --> 00:25:47,919 I left a message for you. 497 00:25:48,754 --> 00:25:51,086 Oh, yes, I remember. 498 00:25:52,224 --> 00:25:55,489 I assumed that you were calling to ask for leniency. 499 00:25:55,761 --> 00:25:58,854 I thought since I let your brother off with a fine that I didn't... 500 00:25:58,930 --> 00:26:02,331 I called to tell you that he belongs in a hospital. 501 00:26:03,334 --> 00:26:04,596 He needs supervision. 502 00:26:04,669 --> 00:26:08,536 He takes his medication for a few months, he thinks he's cured, he stops. 503 00:26:08,605 --> 00:26:10,698 That's how he gets into trouble. 504 00:26:10,774 --> 00:26:13,140 With all due respect, Ms. Smith, 505 00:26:14,077 --> 00:26:17,910 it was your problem to get your brother hospitalized, not ours. 506 00:26:18,281 --> 00:26:21,011 But now he is your problem, Ms. Kincaid. 507 00:26:27,155 --> 00:26:30,682 The campus police at Princeton just dug up their report. 508 00:26:30,759 --> 00:26:33,091 Since Smith's girlfriend declined to file charges, 509 00:26:33,161 --> 00:26:35,425 it was never reported to the local police. 510 00:26:35,497 --> 00:26:38,056 So the Ellises can add Princeton to their lawsuit. 511 00:26:38,132 --> 00:26:40,999 I also checked with the University of Michigan Law School. 512 00:26:41,068 --> 00:26:44,435 During his post-doctoral year, Smith trashed an office. 513 00:26:44,505 --> 00:26:47,837 It would've been nice to know all this 16 months ago. 514 00:26:48,475 --> 00:26:51,171 If I'd returned Patricia Smith's phone call, maybe we would've. 515 00:26:51,244 --> 00:26:52,575 Claire, check your roster. 516 00:26:52,645 --> 00:26:55,808 How many cases did you have on calendar that week? 517 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:57,474 Forty-seven. 518 00:26:57,549 --> 00:26:59,608 And how many "A" felonies? 519 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:01,274 Nine. 520 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:03,253 How many plea bargains? 521 00:27:03,789 --> 00:27:04,813 Fifteen. 522 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:07,983 Guess what? You can't leap tall buildings either. 523 00:27:08,459 --> 00:27:10,427 Makes you feel any better, 524 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:14,955 Rivera tossed out Smith's omnibus motion. Our evidence stays. 525 00:27:17,367 --> 00:27:22,236 Of all the nonsense, your Mr. Smith has just served me. 526 00:27:22,305 --> 00:27:23,499 With what? 527 00:27:23,573 --> 00:27:26,166 While I'm on the phone with the mayor. 528 00:27:27,443 --> 00:27:29,308 He's changed his plea. 529 00:27:29,812 --> 00:27:33,043 Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. 530 00:27:33,115 --> 00:27:35,049 He blinked. Work something out with him. 531 00:27:35,117 --> 00:27:38,847 Wait a minute. We let him plead insanity, he could be out tomorrow or the next day. 532 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,047 No doctor's gonna rush to declare him sane. 533 00:27:41,122 --> 00:27:44,489 Long as Smith takes his pills, we can't guarantee he'll stay locked up. 534 00:27:44,559 --> 00:27:46,082 That's right. No guarantee. 535 00:27:46,159 --> 00:27:47,854 The community expects one. 536 00:27:47,928 --> 00:27:51,694 And I believe they're entitled to it. Let a jury decide if he's insane. 537 00:27:51,765 --> 00:27:53,665 Oh, you want a trial? 538 00:27:54,635 --> 00:27:57,262 He's been diagnosed as schizophrenic. 539 00:27:57,336 --> 00:27:58,963 A trial is an absolute waste. 540 00:27:59,038 --> 00:28:01,165 Three people are dead, and you're counting pennies? 541 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,868 I can count bodies as well as pennies. 542 00:28:04,877 --> 00:28:06,935 You're not using this office to make up for your mistake. 543 00:28:07,012 --> 00:28:10,539 My mistake was following your lead, Mr. Schiff. 544 00:28:11,416 --> 00:28:15,112 I cut a deal the way you like them, quick, cheap and out the door. 545 00:28:15,185 --> 00:28:16,948 You're off this case, as of now. Adam. 546 00:28:17,021 --> 00:28:19,455 She can do other cases, she can take a cruise, 547 00:28:19,523 --> 00:28:21,616 she can plant a garden, I couldn't care less. 548 00:28:21,692 --> 00:28:22,716 Adam. 549 00:28:22,793 --> 00:28:23,782 I don't want to hear it. 550 00:28:23,861 --> 00:28:24,919 She didn't deserve that. 551 00:28:24,994 --> 00:28:26,928 Tough. Plead Smith out. 552 00:28:33,236 --> 00:28:37,069 Six years in criminal detention at Bellevue? 553 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,371 That's your best offer? 554 00:28:39,441 --> 00:28:41,102 Six years minimum. 555 00:28:41,843 --> 00:28:44,811 You get out only if two doctors of our choosing 556 00:28:44,879 --> 00:28:47,074 say you're no longer a danger. 557 00:28:47,582 --> 00:28:49,743 Do you know who's at Bellevue? 558 00:28:50,117 --> 00:28:53,678 Zombies, you know, cannibals, derelicts. 559 00:28:53,754 --> 00:28:56,278 I'd go out of my mind. No, I am not agreeing to any minimum term. 560 00:28:56,356 --> 00:28:59,450 If this goes to a jury, you might not get a choice. 561 00:28:59,526 --> 00:29:03,292 Oh, you want to get into a pissing contest with me over legal insanity? 562 00:29:03,363 --> 00:29:06,354 I'm an expert on the subject, from both sides of the looking glass. 563 00:29:06,432 --> 00:29:08,332 And I know something about juries. 564 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,097 They're sick of sharing their streets with dangerous madmen. 565 00:29:12,171 --> 00:29:16,766 They don't want to cure you, they want you behind bars, for life. 566 00:29:16,841 --> 00:29:18,103 Let them try. 567 00:29:18,176 --> 00:29:21,043 I've got a dozen doctors and every law firm that was afraid to hire me 568 00:29:21,112 --> 00:29:23,080 who'll say I'm crazy. 569 00:29:23,147 --> 00:29:26,843 Aren't you the least bit sorry about the people you killed? 570 00:29:27,651 --> 00:29:29,516 Yes, I am, Mr. McCoy. 571 00:29:31,188 --> 00:29:32,917 But that wasn't me. 572 00:29:33,957 --> 00:29:38,416 I'm not that creature, and I'm not taking the rap for what he did. 573 00:29:41,330 --> 00:29:44,890 Now, you get your friend in here. 574 00:29:46,601 --> 00:29:48,694 She's good at cutting deals. 575 00:29:51,272 --> 00:29:54,240 I'm taking my offer off the table, Mr. Smith. 576 00:29:56,176 --> 00:29:58,838 You just talked your way into a trial. 577 00:30:03,150 --> 00:30:04,616 The statute's clear. 578 00:30:04,684 --> 00:30:07,175 If he can't appreciate the consequences of what he's doing, 579 00:30:07,253 --> 00:30:09,721 or that it's wrong, he's not responsible. 580 00:30:09,789 --> 00:30:12,758 When he killed those people, yes, you're right. 581 00:30:12,825 --> 00:30:16,487 But he created the circumstance that led to the deaths. 582 00:30:16,561 --> 00:30:18,324 His sister told you. 583 00:30:18,697 --> 00:30:22,997 He chose to go off his medication despite a history of violent behavior. 584 00:30:24,335 --> 00:30:27,532 He knew the risks. He chose to ignore them. 585 00:30:27,605 --> 00:30:30,369 Depraved indifference. Murder two. Not bad. 586 00:30:31,776 --> 00:30:33,437 Good luck with it. 587 00:30:33,943 --> 00:30:37,572 Not so fast. I want you in the second chair. 588 00:30:40,617 --> 00:30:46,111 Never mind Adam. It's my case. I choose who sits in my second chair. 589 00:30:48,524 --> 00:30:51,152 Adam's not the only problem. 590 00:30:51,226 --> 00:30:55,525 Claire, Smith didn't slip through the cracks because of you. 591 00:30:56,698 --> 00:30:58,461 The system worked the way it's supposed to. 592 00:30:58,533 --> 00:31:02,196 Yes. And doesn't that scare the hell out of you? 593 00:31:06,773 --> 00:31:08,900 You're thinking of resigning? 594 00:31:10,811 --> 00:31:15,213 I'm starting to think that we're the Maginot Line of the justice system, 595 00:31:16,716 --> 00:31:18,479 and I don't like it. 596 00:31:21,353 --> 00:31:22,979 You want to feel useful? 597 00:31:24,189 --> 00:31:26,680 Help me put James Smith away. 598 00:31:26,758 --> 00:31:30,455 When the trial's over, the door's open, 599 00:31:32,430 --> 00:31:33,623 no strings. 600 00:31:35,833 --> 00:31:39,166 To make the case, we have to show that Smith was rational 601 00:31:39,236 --> 00:31:41,568 when he stopped taking the pills. 602 00:31:42,839 --> 00:31:44,773 You want me to call Elizabeth? 603 00:31:44,841 --> 00:31:47,309 After you go home and change. 604 00:31:47,376 --> 00:31:49,401 I'll walk you to your car. 605 00:31:50,546 --> 00:31:55,642 When I was at the halfway house in Princeton, I had two more relapses. 606 00:31:56,618 --> 00:31:58,518 That's when the doctors told me 607 00:31:58,587 --> 00:32:01,784 I'd probably be on medication for most of my life. 608 00:32:02,590 --> 00:32:06,253 My mental state is well documented. 609 00:32:07,428 --> 00:32:09,589 I doubt your findings will be any different. 610 00:32:09,663 --> 00:32:11,654 I want to hear it from you. 611 00:32:13,366 --> 00:32:17,393 When you killed those people, how long had you been off your medication? 612 00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:19,461 Two months, give or take. 613 00:32:22,008 --> 00:32:23,975 Do you think there's something wrong with you? 614 00:32:26,345 --> 00:32:27,403 Yes. 615 00:32:28,547 --> 00:32:31,539 I've seen the MRls and the PET scans. 616 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:35,480 My brain doesn't look like yours, Doc. 617 00:32:35,553 --> 00:32:37,612 So you accept the fact that you have an illness? 618 00:32:37,688 --> 00:32:40,623 I realize it, but I certainly don't accept it. 619 00:32:40,691 --> 00:32:44,023 Then I'm curious why you'd stop taking your medication. 620 00:32:44,094 --> 00:32:46,927 Didn't you know your symptoms would come back? 621 00:32:46,997 --> 00:32:48,897 In one form or another. 622 00:32:49,966 --> 00:32:52,297 You knew you'd attacked people in the past? 623 00:32:52,368 --> 00:32:55,166 Yes. In the past. 624 00:32:56,739 --> 00:32:58,206 Did you care? 625 00:33:01,443 --> 00:33:04,377 Have you ever been on an anti-psychotic drug? 626 00:33:07,148 --> 00:33:08,206 No. 627 00:33:12,319 --> 00:33:16,483 I'm using every ounce of energy I have right now just to talk to you. 628 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,626 I feel like I'm pawing through a wool blanket. 629 00:33:20,694 --> 00:33:25,790 I feel stiff and half a step behind everyone. 630 00:33:27,066 --> 00:33:30,433 It takes so much effort. 631 00:33:31,970 --> 00:33:36,964 I get so damn tired just holding onto reality. 632 00:33:39,511 --> 00:33:43,469 Letting go is almost a relief. 633 00:33:49,653 --> 00:33:52,951 Anti-psychotic drugs have powerful side effects. 634 00:33:53,022 --> 00:33:56,617 It's the most common reason patients stop taking them. 635 00:33:56,693 --> 00:33:58,320 In your opinion, 636 00:33:58,394 --> 00:34:01,829 did the defendant understand what the consequences might be? 637 00:34:01,897 --> 00:34:06,027 Yes. He knew he was susceptible to paranoid delusions, 638 00:34:06,101 --> 00:34:09,195 that these delusions had led him to try to strangle a girlfriend, 639 00:34:09,271 --> 00:34:12,364 to threaten others and to destroy property. 640 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,840 Can you describe these delusions? 641 00:34:14,909 --> 00:34:18,743 When he's not medicated, Mr. Smith believes he's a Biblical warrior 642 00:34:18,813 --> 00:34:21,406 who was killed by a woman in his sleep. 643 00:34:21,481 --> 00:34:25,542 He believes he has to watch for people who might harm him in his sleep. 644 00:34:25,619 --> 00:34:28,383 He believes women are the tools of his enemies. 645 00:34:28,455 --> 00:34:30,446 Is that why he killed Linda Bowers? 646 00:34:30,523 --> 00:34:31,546 Yes. 647 00:34:31,624 --> 00:34:34,923 And he believed that Mrs. Ellis and the others were her accomplices. 648 00:34:34,994 --> 00:34:38,521 Dr. Olivet, is it your opinion 649 00:34:38,597 --> 00:34:44,125 that he willfully and voluntarily put himself in that state of mind? 650 00:34:46,204 --> 00:34:47,262 Yes. 651 00:34:47,772 --> 00:34:49,069 Thank you. 652 00:34:52,209 --> 00:34:56,703 Doctor, isn't it a fact I killed those people in broad daylight, 653 00:34:56,780 --> 00:34:58,748 in a public place? Yes. 654 00:34:58,815 --> 00:35:03,274 I didn't dispose of the murder weapon, I didn't wash the blood off of my clothes? 655 00:35:03,352 --> 00:35:04,376 No. 656 00:35:04,453 --> 00:35:08,082 As a psychiatrist, might you conclude from my behavior, 657 00:35:09,258 --> 00:35:11,157 I didn't know what I was doing was wrong? 658 00:35:11,226 --> 00:35:12,284 Yes, I probably would, 659 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,796 but the issue is your decision to stop taking your medication. 660 00:35:15,864 --> 00:35:17,297 Let's talk about that. 661 00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:22,301 Is it possible my decision was made under duress 662 00:35:22,369 --> 00:35:25,133 from the powerful side effects you described? 663 00:35:25,205 --> 00:35:26,570 Yes, it's possible. 664 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,131 Under duress, how could I be expected 665 00:35:29,209 --> 00:35:33,645 to predict my future psychotic behavior? 666 00:35:33,713 --> 00:35:36,876 Mr. Smith, you're intelligent, perceptive. 667 00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:40,783 You know far more about your disease than any psychiatrist. 668 00:35:40,852 --> 00:35:42,911 Ms. Kincaid's intelligent. 669 00:35:43,455 --> 00:35:45,150 She couldn't predict my behavior. 670 00:35:45,223 --> 00:35:48,954 She didn't think I was dangerous. She let me off with a fine. 671 00:35:49,027 --> 00:35:51,517 Why should I be held to a higher standard than she? 672 00:35:51,595 --> 00:35:52,584 Objection. 673 00:35:52,663 --> 00:35:53,994 Withdrawn. 674 00:35:54,432 --> 00:35:55,865 No more questions. 675 00:35:55,933 --> 00:35:57,798 That's not good enough. 676 00:35:58,269 --> 00:36:00,202 Your Honor, I want you to instruct the jury... 677 00:36:00,270 --> 00:36:05,606 Denied. You can deal with it in your closing, Mr. McCoy. Let's move on. 678 00:36:09,812 --> 00:36:13,373 I saw Mr. Marx and another woman, 679 00:36:14,116 --> 00:36:17,882 I didn't know her name, on the floor, bleeding. 680 00:36:18,721 --> 00:36:24,659 Then I heard a yell, and this filthy man ran toward me. 681 00:36:24,726 --> 00:36:29,594 Something hit my head, and I don't remember anything else. 682 00:36:30,497 --> 00:36:33,193 The man who ran toward you, do you see him here today? 683 00:36:33,266 --> 00:36:37,532 Yes. That's him, sitting there. 684 00:36:38,372 --> 00:36:42,899 May the record reflect the witness pointed at the defendant. Thank you. 685 00:36:45,077 --> 00:36:49,740 Mrs. Ellis, I'm very sorry I injured you. 686 00:36:52,884 --> 00:36:58,322 The first two times you saw me, I didn't look like this, did I? 687 00:36:59,690 --> 00:37:02,784 You cleaned yourself up to make an impression. 688 00:37:02,860 --> 00:37:04,828 Objection. Sustained. 689 00:37:04,895 --> 00:37:08,194 The jury will disregard the witness' last comment. 690 00:37:08,265 --> 00:37:11,233 Do you remember what I used to look like? 691 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:17,830 You had a beard, long dirty hair, dirty clothes. You were disgusting. 692 00:37:17,907 --> 00:37:19,840 I looked like someone who should be locked up 693 00:37:19,908 --> 00:37:21,239 in a mental hospital? 694 00:37:21,309 --> 00:37:22,333 Yes. 695 00:37:22,411 --> 00:37:25,209 Doesn't it gall you that Ms. Kincaid didn't do that when she had the chance? 696 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,077 Objection. Withdrawn. 697 00:37:27,149 --> 00:37:28,241 Mrs. Ellis, isn't it a fact 698 00:37:28,316 --> 00:37:30,283 you're suing Ms. Kincaid? Yes. 699 00:37:30,384 --> 00:37:31,942 You think she's responsible for what happened to you. 700 00:37:32,019 --> 00:37:33,043 Yes. Objection. 701 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,519 That she should've put this mad man in a hospital. 702 00:37:34,588 --> 00:37:36,021 Objection! Damn you. 703 00:37:36,090 --> 00:37:40,526 How can you sit there? You let him do this to me. You let him out. 704 00:37:40,593 --> 00:37:44,222 Mr. Smith, this cross-examination is over. 705 00:37:47,367 --> 00:37:52,565 Mrs. Ellis, you can stand down. And thank you. 706 00:37:56,809 --> 00:37:58,332 You'll be lucky they don't convict her. 707 00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:00,240 Claire is not the issue. 708 00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:04,213 Even the victims are pointing at her. I warned you about this. 709 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,648 Okay, maybe this is a conversation you should be having without me. 710 00:38:06,717 --> 00:38:08,082 It's all right. Adam thinks 711 00:38:08,152 --> 00:38:11,450 we should bury you in a back room until the trial's over. 712 00:38:11,521 --> 00:38:16,584 The trial is over, you're cutting a deal. This is off my desk. 713 00:38:20,563 --> 00:38:23,999 Well, he's not wrong. Smith only has to turn one juror. 714 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:29,132 No matter what Adam thinks, we can't force a plea down his throat. 715 00:38:29,204 --> 00:38:30,967 Maybe if we talked to his sister. 716 00:38:31,039 --> 00:38:32,734 We know which side she's on. 717 00:38:32,807 --> 00:38:35,367 Then why isn't she on his witness list? 718 00:38:38,445 --> 00:38:41,312 He'd plead to manslaughter in the first degree. 719 00:38:41,381 --> 00:38:45,511 He'd serve a minimum of six years in a secure psychiatric hospital. 720 00:38:45,819 --> 00:38:47,013 After his release, 721 00:38:47,087 --> 00:38:50,715 he'd have to report every morning to a clinic for his medication. 722 00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:51,984 If he missed an appointment, 723 00:38:52,058 --> 00:38:54,925 he'd violate his parole and be returned to custody. 724 00:38:54,994 --> 00:38:56,757 How long would he be on parole? 725 00:38:56,829 --> 00:38:59,626 For as long as he needed his medication. 726 00:38:59,698 --> 00:39:01,996 The doctors said that could be until he's in his 60s. 727 00:39:02,067 --> 00:39:03,694 Ms. Smith, 728 00:39:03,768 --> 00:39:06,794 your brother is running the risk of spending the rest of his life in prison. 729 00:39:06,872 --> 00:39:09,806 But he's sick. The jury has to see it. 730 00:39:09,874 --> 00:39:11,637 Suppose they do. 731 00:39:11,709 --> 00:39:16,043 Within a matter of months, he could be back on the street, unsupervised, 732 00:39:17,081 --> 00:39:19,640 and no one will vouch for his safety. 733 00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:32,290 I already turned down this deal, without the lifetime parole. 734 00:39:33,128 --> 00:39:35,596 If you think I'll take it now, you must be crazier than I am. 735 00:39:35,664 --> 00:39:39,190 Jimmy, please. It's a fair offer. 736 00:39:39,267 --> 00:39:43,294 Patty, you're not the one who has to sit in a loony bin for the next six years. 737 00:39:43,371 --> 00:39:46,602 You want to try out the accommodations in Attica? 738 00:39:46,674 --> 00:39:49,107 You're here because you're losing. 739 00:39:49,176 --> 00:39:52,703 You haven't even rested yet. I'm already beating you. 740 00:39:52,779 --> 00:39:56,806 What do you expect to win? The freedom to eat out of garbage cans? 741 00:39:57,416 --> 00:40:00,214 To share a heating vent with 100 other homeless men? 742 00:40:00,286 --> 00:40:02,720 Jimmy, listen to me. 743 00:40:02,788 --> 00:40:06,485 Take the offer. You won't be left alone. 744 00:40:06,559 --> 00:40:09,118 Honey, I promise you. Patty, stop it. 745 00:40:11,362 --> 00:40:14,331 I've already written my summation, Mr. McCoy. 746 00:40:14,832 --> 00:40:20,098 Do you know how long I've waited to give closing arguments to a jury? 747 00:40:21,939 --> 00:40:24,203 I could've been a great lawyer. 748 00:40:25,008 --> 00:40:26,736 I'm gonna prove it. 749 00:40:27,343 --> 00:40:28,901 I'm gonna win. 750 00:40:29,612 --> 00:40:31,512 I'm sorry they brought you down here for nothing, Patty. 751 00:40:31,581 --> 00:40:32,912 Mr. McCoy, 752 00:40:34,450 --> 00:40:38,476 I want to speak to the jury. I want to testify. 753 00:40:42,991 --> 00:40:45,516 She can't. Her testimony's not relevant. 754 00:40:45,594 --> 00:40:47,754 That's for a judge to decide. 755 00:40:56,603 --> 00:41:00,130 Over the past 10 years, 756 00:41:00,206 --> 00:41:04,142 Jimmy has stopped taking his medication a dozen times. 757 00:41:04,210 --> 00:41:09,374 Each time, he ended up in a hospital or a police station. 758 00:41:09,448 --> 00:41:12,975 Did he ever tell you why he stopped taking his medication? 759 00:41:13,051 --> 00:41:15,144 He'd say because he was cured, 760 00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:18,950 or because the side effects would make him sick. 761 00:41:20,091 --> 00:41:21,820 And what did you say? 762 00:41:22,460 --> 00:41:24,724 I begged him to take his pills. 763 00:41:25,630 --> 00:41:30,760 I warned him that he could hurt himself or other people if he stopped. 764 00:41:31,701 --> 00:41:33,168 What would he say? 765 00:41:35,138 --> 00:41:39,073 He would say that people would just have to stay out of his way. 766 00:41:41,343 --> 00:41:44,574 Did he ever offer any explanation for his behavior? 767 00:41:45,314 --> 00:41:46,473 Yes. 768 00:41:47,215 --> 00:41:50,616 Five years ago, when he was living with our parents, 769 00:41:52,086 --> 00:41:56,488 I found out that he had rented an apartment in Hoboken on the 14th floor. 770 00:41:57,024 --> 00:41:58,321 What did you do? 771 00:41:58,392 --> 00:41:59,916 I went there. 772 00:41:59,993 --> 00:42:01,517 He was sitting 773 00:42:03,030 --> 00:42:05,362 on the floor of the living room. 774 00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:11,268 He said he'd tried so hard to stay on his medicine, 775 00:42:11,337 --> 00:42:15,137 so he could get a job as a teacher or a lawyer. 776 00:42:16,408 --> 00:42:19,206 But nobody wanted him because he was sick. 777 00:42:22,814 --> 00:42:26,749 He said there was no point in taking his medicine. 778 00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:33,417 He said he didn't belong anywhere. 779 00:42:35,591 --> 00:42:39,493 He was afraid of what would happen to him when our parents died. 780 00:42:41,264 --> 00:42:43,164 He rented the apartment 781 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,600 so he could jump off the balcony. 782 00:42:57,578 --> 00:43:00,945 He needs someone to make him take his medicine. 783 00:43:01,749 --> 00:43:03,444 He won't listen. 784 00:43:03,918 --> 00:43:05,612 He needs someone to make him... 785 00:43:05,685 --> 00:43:07,448 Ms. Smith, hold on. 786 00:43:08,822 --> 00:43:11,757 Mr. Smith, do you want to object? 787 00:43:12,292 --> 00:43:15,385 I can instruct the jury to disregard. 788 00:43:27,372 --> 00:43:29,067 No more questions. 789 00:43:38,482 --> 00:43:41,542 Do you understand the consequences of this plea? 790 00:43:42,619 --> 00:43:43,643 Yes. 791 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:47,883 You realize you'll be incarcerated in a secure forensic hospital 792 00:43:47,957 --> 00:43:50,517 for a minimum term of six years? 793 00:43:50,593 --> 00:43:51,582 Yes. 794 00:43:52,428 --> 00:43:56,158 And after your release, you'll submit to the strict administration 795 00:43:56,231 --> 00:43:58,165 of anti-psychotic drugs, 796 00:43:58,233 --> 00:44:02,363 any failure to comply will result in your return to custody 797 00:44:02,437 --> 00:44:05,837 for the completion of your sentence. Do you understand all of that? 798 00:44:08,542 --> 00:44:09,531 Yes. 799 00:44:09,610 --> 00:44:14,069 As a condition of your plea, you're required to allocute to your crime. 800 00:44:14,914 --> 00:44:17,849 Would you please tell this court what you did? 801 00:44:22,088 --> 00:44:28,151 "I followed Linda Bowers to a clothing store on Prince Street. 802 00:44:29,694 --> 00:44:35,222 "I believed she was plotting to hurt me. I waited for her to come out. 803 00:44:35,299 --> 00:44:38,666 "She was taking too long, so I went inside. 804 00:44:38,736 --> 00:44:41,500 "A man came toward me and I became afraid, 805 00:44:41,572 --> 00:44:47,032 "and I stabbed him with a bayonet I had with me. Then I..." 806 00:44:49,479 --> 00:44:51,606 This paper's full of needles. 807 00:44:52,382 --> 00:44:54,349 They cut me, and I bleed. 808 00:44:56,118 --> 00:44:59,019 Do you hear those chariots? They stole them from me. 809 00:44:59,087 --> 00:45:00,987 They want me to sleep. 810 00:45:01,356 --> 00:45:03,619 They like that. 811 00:45:04,892 --> 00:45:07,019 That's why I killed her. 812 00:45:07,094 --> 00:45:09,358 I heard what Deborah said unto Barak. 813 00:45:09,430 --> 00:45:12,126 "The Lord shall discomfit me." But that's... 814 00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:13,826 Mr. Smith? 815 00:45:17,103 --> 00:45:18,092 Mr. Smith. 816 00:45:18,171 --> 00:45:20,571 Why are you looking at me? 817 00:45:27,379 --> 00:45:29,142 I made them do that. 818 00:45:33,685 --> 00:45:35,118 Patty cakes. 819 00:45:35,854 --> 00:45:37,549 Mr. Lowe, please. 820 00:45:39,057 --> 00:45:40,820 You look like a lion. 821 00:45:43,694 --> 00:45:46,663 Don't do that, or I have to leave. 822 00:45:46,730 --> 00:45:48,288 Mr. Smith, sit down. Mr. Lowe... 823 00:45:48,365 --> 00:45:50,890 Oh! Wait! Wait! 824 00:45:51,902 --> 00:45:55,302 They took my armor. I need my armor. 825 00:45:55,771 --> 00:45:57,966 I absolutely can't wear this. 826 00:45:58,040 --> 00:45:59,064 Mr. Smith. 827 00:45:59,141 --> 00:46:01,200 No! Listen to me. We'll deal with your armor 828 00:46:01,277 --> 00:46:02,868 when we're done. 829 00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:05,171 Now, please sit down. 830 00:46:05,247 --> 00:46:08,239 I'm sitting down now. I'm sitting down now. 831 00:46:08,783 --> 00:46:10,148 I'm sitting. 832 00:46:12,686 --> 00:46:14,278 I am sitting down now. 833 00:46:14,355 --> 00:46:15,379 Your Honor. 834 00:46:15,456 --> 00:46:18,755 I am sitting down now. I am sitting. Mr. McCoy. 835 00:46:18,826 --> 00:46:22,989 The People are satisfied that the defendant has met the requirements. 836 00:46:24,564 --> 00:46:26,429 Then in accordance with the plea agreement, 837 00:46:26,499 --> 00:46:28,694 I sentence the defendant 838 00:46:28,768 --> 00:46:32,635 to a term of not less than six years and no more than 18 839 00:46:33,972 --> 00:46:37,806 at a facility to be determined by the Department of Correction. 840 00:46:38,944 --> 00:46:40,912 This court is adjourned. 841 00:46:57,594 --> 00:47:02,087 They found Smith's cache of pills in his cell. About a week's worth. 842 00:47:03,065 --> 00:47:06,330 He stopped taking them the day after his sister testified. 843 00:47:06,402 --> 00:47:08,529 When he knew it was hopeless. 844 00:47:10,839 --> 00:47:12,931 He mailed me his summation. 845 00:47:14,175 --> 00:47:17,633 We're lucky. He could've hung the jury.