1 00:00:00,917 --> 00:00:02,658 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,719 --> 00:00:06,600 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,657 --> 00:00:08,500 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,559 --> 00:00:11,335 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,395 --> 00:00:12,840 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:15,705 Yeah, great. 7 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:17,871 Hey, it's not my fault that your friends are so hung over 8 00:00:17,935 --> 00:00:19,381 they can't get up this early. 9 00:00:19,437 --> 00:00:21,314 It was your sister's party. 10 00:00:24,676 --> 00:00:28,317 See that? That's why I won't bring the car up the night before. 11 00:00:28,713 --> 00:00:29,987 Steve... 12 00:00:30,048 --> 00:00:31,289 They popped the trunk. 13 00:00:31,350 --> 00:00:32,693 No, look. 14 00:00:35,187 --> 00:00:38,760 Car's registered to a Dorothy Graham. 6-11 East 87th. 15 00:00:38,824 --> 00:00:40,667 Long walk home. 16 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:43,505 Looks like they got the hood ornament. 17 00:00:43,964 --> 00:00:46,103 OFFICER: Faculty sticker. I checked with the registrar. 18 00:00:46,166 --> 00:00:47,645 Turns out she's a grad student. 19 00:00:47,701 --> 00:00:49,237 She's gonna be a couple of credits shy. 20 00:00:49,303 --> 00:00:50,646 What about witnesses? 21 00:00:50,704 --> 00:00:52,445 Couple of units canvassed this morning. 22 00:00:52,506 --> 00:00:53,985 No one saw anything, but a bunch of people 23 00:00:54,041 --> 00:00:56,147 heard some car alarms going off around 11:30 last night. 24 00:00:56,210 --> 00:00:57,883 I want any complaint reports on those. 25 00:00:57,946 --> 00:00:58,981 You got it. Thanks. 26 00:00:59,047 --> 00:01:00,822 Looks like strangulation. 27 00:01:00,882 --> 00:01:02,520 Petechial hemorrhaging around her eyes. 28 00:01:02,584 --> 00:01:04,962 But whatever they used didn't leave much bruising around her neck. 29 00:01:05,019 --> 00:01:06,430 ED: So no sign of struggle, then? 30 00:01:06,487 --> 00:01:08,194 The hands are clean, fingernails. 31 00:01:08,256 --> 00:01:10,396 No scuff marks on the heels of her shoes. 32 00:01:10,459 --> 00:01:12,268 She was killed somewhere else. That'd be my guess. 33 00:01:12,328 --> 00:01:13,671 We're thinking, what, robbery? 34 00:01:13,729 --> 00:01:15,800 CSU OFFICER: There's no purse. Coat's gone, too. 35 00:01:15,864 --> 00:01:17,969 You guys get a shot of this? CSU OFFICER: Yeah. 36 00:01:18,567 --> 00:01:21,071 Doesn't look like they finished what they started. 37 00:01:21,137 --> 00:01:22,980 They sure finished her. 38 00:02:13,093 --> 00:02:16,131 Please have Lucy call her father as soon as possible. 39 00:02:17,097 --> 00:02:18,474 Dr. Graham. 40 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:20,806 It's very important. 41 00:02:22,002 --> 00:02:23,949 Yes, that's right. 42 00:02:24,773 --> 00:02:26,275 Thank you. 43 00:02:29,744 --> 00:02:32,691 I guess I should also call my father and sister. 44 00:02:32,747 --> 00:02:34,420 We're sorry to intrude. We just need a few minutes 45 00:02:34,482 --> 00:02:36,292 to run some things down with you. 46 00:02:36,352 --> 00:02:37,626 Of course. 47 00:02:37,687 --> 00:02:41,294 Uh, the last time you saw your wife was when? 48 00:02:41,357 --> 00:02:43,769 Yesterday morning, before she went to class. 49 00:02:44,493 --> 00:02:46,370 BRISCOE: She was a graduate student? 50 00:02:46,429 --> 00:02:48,774 In the Sociology Department. 51 00:02:48,832 --> 00:02:50,834 Dorothy was going for her Masters. 52 00:02:50,901 --> 00:02:52,903 ED: You didn't speak with her during the day? 53 00:02:52,969 --> 00:02:55,313 No, I'm with patients until 4:00. 54 00:02:56,006 --> 00:02:58,509 On Fridays, Dorothy generally went to the library 55 00:02:58,575 --> 00:03:00,214 to work on her thesis. 56 00:03:00,578 --> 00:03:02,421 Where'd you go after your last patient? 57 00:03:02,847 --> 00:03:04,690 I play racquetball on Friday evenings. 58 00:03:04,749 --> 00:03:06,854 I just came straight home. 59 00:03:06,918 --> 00:03:08,693 ED: What time was that? 60 00:03:10,188 --> 00:03:11,292 Around 7:00. 61 00:03:11,422 --> 00:03:12,902 Anybody see you come in? 62 00:03:13,225 --> 00:03:15,865 The doorman was helping someone with packages. 63 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:18,738 I just picked up our mail and came straight upstairs. 64 00:03:18,964 --> 00:03:20,136 And your wife wasn't here? 65 00:03:20,432 --> 00:03:22,036 Look, I assumed she was at the library. 66 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:24,878 When she didn't return home by 7:30, I got concerned. 67 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:27,179 ED: And that's when you called the precinct? 68 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,651 About an hour later. 69 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:31,313 What about your marriage? 70 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:33,952 Things okay with you and Mrs. Graham? 71 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:35,955 Things were just fine. 72 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,052 You're a psychologist? 73 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:39,525 Private practice. 74 00:03:39,587 --> 00:03:42,534 Any of your patients you think might be capable of something like this? 75 00:03:44,959 --> 00:03:46,961 It's just basic family therapy. 76 00:03:47,928 --> 00:03:49,066 Okay. 77 00:03:49,130 --> 00:03:52,635 We'll call you with any developments or questions we might have. 78 00:03:53,902 --> 00:03:55,176 My wife... 79 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,278 She wasn't touched? 80 00:04:02,010 --> 00:04:04,048 It doesn't look like that. 81 00:04:10,553 --> 00:04:12,555 Dorothy taught a 10:00 seminar. 82 00:04:12,622 --> 00:04:13,760 After that? 83 00:04:13,823 --> 00:04:17,431 Uh, she usually had office hours for her students from 12:00 to 2:00. 84 00:04:17,494 --> 00:04:18,837 BRISCOE: Did you see her after that? 85 00:04:18,896 --> 00:04:20,204 Yes, about 2:30. 86 00:04:20,264 --> 00:04:22,335 She was grabbing some coffee in the faculty lounge. 87 00:04:22,399 --> 00:04:24,037 ED: Anybody with her? Not that I saw. 88 00:04:24,101 --> 00:04:25,478 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 89 00:04:25,769 --> 00:04:27,215 Excuse me. 90 00:04:28,439 --> 00:04:29,611 Green. 91 00:04:29,674 --> 00:04:31,244 We're gonna want a list of anybody 92 00:04:31,309 --> 00:04:33,380 who had office hours with her yesterday. 93 00:04:33,444 --> 00:04:34,946 Sure. 94 00:04:35,013 --> 00:04:38,256 Anything out of the ordinary with her lately? 95 00:04:38,316 --> 00:04:40,319 Well, Dorothy kept to herself mostly. 96 00:04:40,786 --> 00:04:43,096 But there was never anything ordinary about her. 97 00:04:43,155 --> 00:04:44,259 What do you mean? 98 00:04:44,757 --> 00:04:48,102 Well, she had some pretty peculiar notions 99 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,164 about the role of women in today's society. 100 00:04:51,230 --> 00:04:53,074 Most people would call them outdated. 101 00:04:53,133 --> 00:04:56,046 The stay-at-home mother, wife. That sort of thing. 102 00:04:56,102 --> 00:04:57,308 Thanks. 103 00:04:57,871 --> 00:04:59,942 Okay, thanks. We'll be in touch. 104 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,242 Complaints from those other trunk pops. 105 00:05:02,309 --> 00:05:04,290 Another Friday night in Fun City. 106 00:05:04,345 --> 00:05:05,619 Thank you. 107 00:05:06,180 --> 00:05:08,182 I was going to meet some friends in Brooklyn. 108 00:05:08,249 --> 00:05:09,455 At midnight? 109 00:05:09,517 --> 00:05:11,155 This club doesn't open till 11:00. 110 00:05:11,219 --> 00:05:14,462 The complaint you filed indicates you saw some people near your car? 111 00:05:15,022 --> 00:05:17,196 When I came around the corner, 112 00:05:17,259 --> 00:05:19,762 four boys, teenagers. 113 00:05:20,329 --> 00:05:22,741 One was going through my trunk, 114 00:05:22,798 --> 00:05:25,142 and the others were just sort of hanging out. 115 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,339 I yelled. They ran. 116 00:05:27,402 --> 00:05:28,608 Can you describe them? 117 00:05:29,706 --> 00:05:32,277 Kind of husky, a little shorter than me. 118 00:05:32,675 --> 00:05:34,279 Hispanic, I think. 119 00:05:34,344 --> 00:05:36,824 A woman was murdered in the neighborhood last night. 120 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,359 You think it was these guys? 121 00:05:38,414 --> 00:05:39,688 Her trunk was popped. 122 00:05:40,183 --> 00:05:41,561 Oh, my God. 123 00:05:42,253 --> 00:05:44,028 I chased them. 124 00:05:45,155 --> 00:05:47,260 Spray paint. Same colors. 125 00:05:47,324 --> 00:05:49,270 I tried to wash it off. NG. 126 00:05:49,326 --> 00:05:51,203 Dealership says I gotta paint the whole panel. 127 00:05:51,262 --> 00:05:52,832 Did you see who did it? No. 128 00:05:52,897 --> 00:05:54,809 Wife and I just went to dinner with our son. 129 00:05:54,866 --> 00:05:56,174 Goes to Hudson. Pre-med. 130 00:05:56,801 --> 00:05:58,474 When we came out, I could still smell the paint. 131 00:05:58,536 --> 00:05:59,571 And what time was that? 132 00:05:59,638 --> 00:06:01,879 12:00,12:30. They broke the trunk, too. 133 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:03,078 Anything missing? 134 00:06:03,141 --> 00:06:06,487 The hood ornament. A damn Buick, for crying out loud. 135 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,957 Preliminary M.E.'s report. 136 00:06:10,016 --> 00:06:12,792 She was killed Friday night some time before 9:00. 137 00:06:12,852 --> 00:06:17,130 Strangulation. Probably used some type of cloth object under the chin. 138 00:06:17,189 --> 00:06:18,293 No surprise there. 139 00:06:18,357 --> 00:06:20,065 Well, maybe not. But her tox screen might 140 00:06:20,127 --> 00:06:22,698 explain the absence of any sign of struggle. 141 00:06:22,763 --> 00:06:24,401 Percocet. Pain killer. 142 00:06:24,464 --> 00:06:25,772 I wonder what hurt. 143 00:06:25,832 --> 00:06:28,176 Well, you said her husband was some kind of doctor, right? 144 00:06:28,235 --> 00:06:30,306 Psychologist. Can't write script. 145 00:06:30,570 --> 00:06:32,710 Hey, graffiti's probably not gang-related. 146 00:06:32,774 --> 00:06:33,844 What, then? 147 00:06:33,908 --> 00:06:36,411 Gang Intel says it's most likely street art. 148 00:06:36,477 --> 00:06:38,616 Like to hear them call it that when it's on their car. 149 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,751 They gave me the name of this gallery in the East Village. 150 00:06:40,815 --> 00:06:43,592 They say the owner may be able to identify the work. 151 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:45,794 WOMAN: It's actually quite good. 152 00:06:45,854 --> 00:06:47,094 ED: Can you tell us who the writer is? 153 00:06:47,923 --> 00:06:50,927 Someone's obviously trying to bite the style of SENT 1. 154 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:52,165 Again, in English? 155 00:06:52,227 --> 00:06:54,935 SENT 1. S-E-N-T. 156 00:06:54,997 --> 00:06:57,342 SENT 1 was known for the Wild Style. 157 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,040 This is a mimic or a bite of that style. 158 00:07:00,103 --> 00:07:01,377 Wild Style? 159 00:07:01,438 --> 00:07:05,784 Wild Style letterforms bend and fracture into other forms. 160 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:09,916 The result's pretty abstract, at least, to the untrained eye. 161 00:07:09,981 --> 00:07:11,153 But not to yours. 162 00:07:11,682 --> 00:07:15,994 No. This writer's using symbols to substitute for letters and numbers. 163 00:07:16,053 --> 00:07:18,533 Like here, you have an eye. That's the letter I. 164 00:07:18,589 --> 00:07:20,934 Or a snake, an S. 165 00:07:20,993 --> 00:07:22,836 And right there, that's a blackjack hand. 166 00:07:22,894 --> 00:07:24,669 Twenty-one. Exactly. 167 00:07:24,730 --> 00:07:26,141 IS21. 168 00:07:26,198 --> 00:07:29,907 SENT 1's rumored to have gone to public school, IS21 on the Upper West Side. 169 00:07:29,968 --> 00:07:32,539 There's even a mural he painted there. 170 00:07:33,206 --> 00:07:36,312 We're looking for the person or persons who painted that picture. 171 00:07:36,376 --> 00:07:37,719 It looks like our mural. 172 00:07:37,777 --> 00:07:39,154 That's what we were thinking. 173 00:07:39,212 --> 00:07:41,283 But you're not sure it was one of our students? 174 00:07:41,347 --> 00:07:43,054 What we'd like to do is have our witness come down 175 00:07:43,116 --> 00:07:44,823 and take a look at some of the kids. 176 00:07:44,884 --> 00:07:48,389 You expect me to make my students available for line-ups at school? 177 00:07:48,455 --> 00:07:50,332 Hey, I'd do show-ups at Carnegie Hall 178 00:07:50,391 --> 00:07:52,029 if I thought I'd find a murderer. 179 00:07:52,092 --> 00:07:53,867 I'll call the Board of Ed's lawyers 180 00:07:53,927 --> 00:07:55,804 and see if they feel the same way. 181 00:07:57,932 --> 00:08:02,005 So, what? We bring the Connor woman down here and sit outside in the car? 182 00:08:02,404 --> 00:08:04,350 No. I got a better idea. 183 00:08:04,406 --> 00:08:05,714 (SCHOOL BELL RINGING) 184 00:08:09,978 --> 00:08:11,390 May I help you? Yeah. 185 00:08:11,447 --> 00:08:12,721 I'm trying to get a yearbook. 186 00:08:12,915 --> 00:08:14,826 Are you the parent of a student here at the school? 187 00:08:14,884 --> 00:08:16,227 No, actually it's for a friend. 188 00:08:16,285 --> 00:08:17,923 Kid's godmother down in Puerto Rico. 189 00:08:17,987 --> 00:08:19,364 She doesn't get a chance to see him much, 190 00:08:19,422 --> 00:08:20,833 and I thought it'd be a really nice gift. 191 00:08:20,890 --> 00:08:23,531 In that case, I think I can manage to drum one up for you. 192 00:08:23,593 --> 00:08:25,436 That'd be great. Thank you. 193 00:08:30,967 --> 00:08:32,708 Here you go. 194 00:08:33,737 --> 00:08:35,274 It's $25. 195 00:08:37,909 --> 00:08:39,616 BRISCOE: The principal refused to cooperate. 196 00:08:39,677 --> 00:08:41,748 But using yearbook photos as mug shots? 197 00:08:41,813 --> 00:08:43,588 That's what Giuliani tried to do. 198 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:46,288 I didn't think it was a bad idea then, either. 199 00:08:46,517 --> 00:08:48,794 Detective Green, may I see you? 200 00:08:52,524 --> 00:08:54,060 I want you to get rid of that. 201 00:08:54,126 --> 00:08:56,902 She just picked him out. Ramon Soriano. Class of 2000. 202 00:08:57,529 --> 00:08:59,908 If that ID gets tossed out in court, 203 00:08:59,966 --> 00:09:03,413 you're going to be the one to explain it to the district attorney. 204 00:09:13,013 --> 00:09:14,515 Ramon Soriano? 205 00:09:15,316 --> 00:09:16,454 Yeah. 206 00:09:16,517 --> 00:09:18,827 Why don't you put the soldering iron down, Ramon. 207 00:09:18,886 --> 00:09:21,696 Put your hands behind your back, kid. You're under arrest. 208 00:09:21,756 --> 00:09:22,962 What for? 209 00:09:23,023 --> 00:09:25,402 For violating a luxury vehicle. 210 00:09:27,162 --> 00:09:28,937 You have the right to remain silent. 211 00:09:28,997 --> 00:09:31,807 Anything you do, say, can and will be used against you... 212 00:09:34,903 --> 00:09:37,510 You keep souvenirs from all the women you kill? 213 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:39,849 My son's not a killer. 214 00:09:39,909 --> 00:09:41,820 She sure looks dead to me. 215 00:09:42,378 --> 00:09:44,358 ED: Maybe you didn't mean to hurt her. 216 00:09:44,614 --> 00:09:46,423 Maybe one of the other kids did it. 217 00:09:49,686 --> 00:09:51,131 Is that what happened, Ramon? 218 00:09:51,522 --> 00:09:53,160 No, it wasn't like that. 219 00:09:53,524 --> 00:09:55,128 We were just messing around. 220 00:09:55,192 --> 00:09:57,263 If you know something, tell them. 221 00:09:58,428 --> 00:09:59,532 Uh... 222 00:10:00,764 --> 00:10:03,075 That lady's car, the Mercedes. 223 00:10:03,601 --> 00:10:06,047 Uh, we'd seen it around, but never at night. 224 00:10:06,104 --> 00:10:07,208 So what happened? 225 00:10:08,373 --> 00:10:10,284 We started messing with it. 226 00:10:10,808 --> 00:10:12,947 My friend, Alex, popped the trunk, 227 00:10:13,444 --> 00:10:15,686 and that's when he saw her. 228 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:18,291 But she was already dead. 229 00:10:18,350 --> 00:10:20,921 You just happened to pick a car that had a dead woman in it? 230 00:10:20,986 --> 00:10:22,863 No, I told you, we seen the Benz before. 231 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:24,060 ED: When? 232 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:27,333 Uh, that same day. Maybe 4:00. 233 00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,205 The lady got in with some guy and they drove away. 234 00:10:30,697 --> 00:10:32,176 What'd the guy look like? 235 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:33,400 Uh... 236 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:37,511 White guy, a cup of coffee, 237 00:10:37,571 --> 00:10:40,712 Mets cap turned around. He looked like a college dude. 238 00:10:45,046 --> 00:10:47,993 (SIGHS) So, what do you think of our struggling artist? 239 00:10:48,049 --> 00:10:49,722 Nothing on his sheet. 240 00:10:49,784 --> 00:10:53,096 It's a long way from popping trunks to popping citizens. 241 00:10:53,155 --> 00:10:54,930 They didn't touch the other woman. 242 00:10:55,557 --> 00:10:57,730 Well, start with Mrs. Graham's students. 243 00:10:57,793 --> 00:11:00,103 See if we can find that Met fan. 244 00:11:04,834 --> 00:11:06,575 There's only four guys in our section. 245 00:11:06,636 --> 00:11:08,081 I haven't seen any of them wearing Mets caps. 246 00:11:08,137 --> 00:11:09,411 What time were you in her office? 247 00:11:09,472 --> 00:11:11,952 Like, 1:00 to 1:30. 248 00:11:12,008 --> 00:11:13,988 She was helping me with this paper I was writing. 249 00:11:14,043 --> 00:11:15,716 Well, sort of helping me. 250 00:11:15,778 --> 00:11:16,917 Why sort of? 251 00:11:16,981 --> 00:11:18,619 She just seemed kind of out of it. 252 00:11:18,682 --> 00:11:20,491 You notice if any of the guys had crushes on her? 253 00:11:20,551 --> 00:11:21,962 (CHUCKLES) Mrs. Graham? 254 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:24,329 She thought flirting was, like, majorly sinful. 255 00:11:24,388 --> 00:11:26,959 What about the guys in, uh, other sections of the course? 256 00:11:27,024 --> 00:11:28,435 Any of them wear Mets caps? 257 00:11:28,492 --> 00:11:29,631 Lot of guys wear hats. 258 00:11:29,694 --> 00:11:31,901 Think hard, Lisa. It's pretty important. 259 00:11:33,398 --> 00:11:35,776 There was this one guy outside in the hallway, 260 00:11:35,834 --> 00:11:37,711 outside her office, when I came out. 261 00:11:37,769 --> 00:11:40,215 He might have been wearing a Mets cap backwards. 262 00:11:40,272 --> 00:11:41,775 You ever seen him around before? 263 00:11:41,841 --> 00:11:44,981 I go swimming at the gym. Sometimes I see him there. 264 00:11:45,912 --> 00:11:46,913 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 265 00:11:52,718 --> 00:11:54,995 BRISCOE: Hey! You, out of the pool. 266 00:11:55,055 --> 00:11:56,125 What's up? 267 00:11:56,189 --> 00:11:57,293 ED: You a Mets fan? 268 00:11:57,357 --> 00:11:58,836 Is that a crime? 269 00:11:58,892 --> 00:12:00,769 BRISCOE: Depends on the season. 270 00:12:00,827 --> 00:12:02,238 You know a Dorothy Graham? 271 00:12:02,296 --> 00:12:03,468 I had nothing to do with that. 272 00:12:03,530 --> 00:12:05,510 So you don't have a problem with me checking your stuff? 273 00:12:05,565 --> 00:12:06,567 Uh... 274 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:10,480 Uh-oh. 275 00:12:11,773 --> 00:12:13,275 Percocet. 276 00:12:14,042 --> 00:12:15,453 And Ecstasy. 277 00:12:16,244 --> 00:12:17,484 Let's go. 278 00:12:18,179 --> 00:12:20,387 Look, I don't know what you're talking about. 279 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:21,951 Four kids from the neighborhood 280 00:12:22,017 --> 00:12:25,521 identified you getting into her car the day she was killed. 281 00:12:25,587 --> 00:12:26,691 So I was with her. 282 00:12:26,755 --> 00:12:28,496 How'd you know her? From around. 283 00:12:29,725 --> 00:12:31,296 I audited a couple of her classes. 284 00:12:31,461 --> 00:12:33,702 And where was she taking you, on a field trip? 285 00:12:37,834 --> 00:12:40,314 Possession with intent to distribute. 286 00:12:40,737 --> 00:12:43,344 That's not recreational, that's correctional. 287 00:12:43,674 --> 00:12:45,210 I never sold her anything. 288 00:12:45,276 --> 00:12:47,153 There was Percocet in her blood. 289 00:12:47,211 --> 00:12:49,191 I gave her the stuff once in awhile. 290 00:12:49,246 --> 00:12:50,884 But only when she asked for it. 291 00:12:51,882 --> 00:12:53,919 Out of the goodness of your heart, right? 292 00:12:54,518 --> 00:12:55,998 We had a relationship. 293 00:12:56,054 --> 00:12:57,465 BRISCOE: What kind of relationship? 294 00:12:57,522 --> 00:12:59,399 You know. Sex. 295 00:13:00,325 --> 00:13:03,067 Look, she was messed up, man. 296 00:13:03,128 --> 00:13:04,368 Messed up how? 297 00:13:04,763 --> 00:13:08,371 I don't know. Uh, we didn't spend that much time talking. 298 00:13:08,668 --> 00:13:11,512 But, uh, she used to cry for no reason. Stuff like that. 299 00:13:11,904 --> 00:13:13,474 She do any crying that day? 300 00:13:13,539 --> 00:13:14,984 I didn't kill her. 301 00:13:15,174 --> 00:13:16,244 Her crying, being upset, 302 00:13:16,309 --> 00:13:17,947 that had nothing to do with me. 303 00:13:18,478 --> 00:13:19,980 It was about her husband, I think. 304 00:13:20,246 --> 00:13:21,419 So where'd you take her? 305 00:13:21,482 --> 00:13:22,552 To my place. 306 00:13:22,616 --> 00:13:23,788 When did she leave? 307 00:13:23,851 --> 00:13:25,797 Around 6:45. 308 00:13:25,853 --> 00:13:27,855 She usually had to be back home by 7:00. 309 00:13:28,122 --> 00:13:29,192 Where'd you go after? 310 00:13:29,256 --> 00:13:31,600 Chinese restaurant, 23rd and Ninth. 311 00:13:31,658 --> 00:13:33,366 I was there from, like, 7:00 on. 312 00:13:33,428 --> 00:13:35,840 Better hope your waiter isn't a Yankees fan. 313 00:13:37,665 --> 00:13:39,941 Lover boy's alibi checks out. 314 00:13:40,001 --> 00:13:42,106 Cashier remembers him leaving around 9:00. 315 00:13:42,170 --> 00:13:43,877 Autopsy report says she was dead by then. 316 00:13:43,938 --> 00:13:46,385 Well, the kid said she was supposed to be home by 7:00, right? 317 00:13:46,442 --> 00:13:47,819 One with mustard. 318 00:13:47,877 --> 00:13:50,153 But the husband doesn't call the precinct for over two hours. 319 00:13:50,212 --> 00:13:51,782 That's because he knew where she was. 320 00:13:51,847 --> 00:13:54,123 (SCOFFS) Yeah, usually we're the last to know. 321 00:13:54,183 --> 00:13:56,754 Well, let's see if we can nail down his time line. 322 00:13:57,486 --> 00:13:59,125 You betcha. You gonna pay for this? 323 00:14:01,992 --> 00:14:03,562 BRISCOE: Lance Dickinson? 324 00:14:03,627 --> 00:14:04,765 Yes. 325 00:14:04,828 --> 00:14:07,741 Lady at the front desk says you were playing racquetball 326 00:14:07,798 --> 00:14:09,744 with Perry Graham on Friday. 327 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,042 We play every Friday. Is this about his wife? 328 00:14:12,103 --> 00:14:14,083 Last Friday, you notice anything different about him? 329 00:14:14,138 --> 00:14:15,276 Not really. 330 00:14:15,339 --> 00:14:17,444 He ever mention any family problems? 331 00:14:17,508 --> 00:14:19,488 (SIGHS) I've known Perry 10 years. 332 00:14:19,811 --> 00:14:21,620 Dorothy meant the world to him. 333 00:14:21,679 --> 00:14:23,284 I'm sure he had nothing to do with her death. 334 00:14:23,348 --> 00:14:26,295 Mmm-hmm. So did they have any problems? 335 00:14:26,351 --> 00:14:28,092 Look, I don't know. (EXHALES NERVOUSLY) 336 00:14:28,353 --> 00:14:29,855 We didn't meet them much socially. 337 00:14:29,922 --> 00:14:31,492 Why is that? 338 00:14:32,324 --> 00:14:35,602 Their relationship made my wife a little uncomfortable. 339 00:14:36,095 --> 00:14:38,507 At restaurants, Perry would always order for her. 340 00:14:38,565 --> 00:14:40,340 That kind of thing. So he was pretty controlling? 341 00:14:40,466 --> 00:14:42,309 (SIGHS) She didn't complain. 342 00:14:42,368 --> 00:14:44,075 Hey, different strokes, you know? 343 00:14:44,137 --> 00:14:46,481 Yeah. So, uh, what time did you play until? 344 00:14:47,842 --> 00:14:49,321 About a quarter to 6:00. 345 00:14:49,376 --> 00:14:51,083 That was a pretty short game. 346 00:14:51,145 --> 00:14:52,852 Perry had a magazine article due. 347 00:14:52,913 --> 00:14:53,983 Wanted to get it proofread. 348 00:14:54,048 --> 00:14:55,118 And where would he go for that? 349 00:14:55,182 --> 00:14:56,786 His sister, Gwen. 350 00:14:58,085 --> 00:15:00,760 Yeah, Perry was here for about a half an hour. 351 00:15:00,822 --> 00:15:03,325 He left a paper to proofread, 352 00:15:03,758 --> 00:15:06,170 and then he... He went home. 353 00:15:06,761 --> 00:15:08,763 ED: He ever talk to you about his wife? 354 00:15:08,830 --> 00:15:12,073 Sometimes. He ever mention any marital problems? 355 00:15:13,002 --> 00:15:15,243 I don't understand what you're getting at. 356 00:15:15,304 --> 00:15:18,012 He never told you he suspected his wife of having an affair? 357 00:15:18,674 --> 00:15:20,483 That's crazy. 358 00:15:20,910 --> 00:15:22,446 She might have been a little troubled, 359 00:15:22,512 --> 00:15:24,185 but Dorothy would never... 360 00:15:25,315 --> 00:15:29,320 You... You think Perry had something to do with Dorothy's murder? 361 00:15:29,686 --> 00:15:30,926 No, it's not possible. 362 00:15:31,355 --> 00:15:32,925 If your brother was jealous... 363 00:15:32,990 --> 00:15:37,133 Extreme emotional disturbance is a defense to murder. 364 00:15:37,195 --> 00:15:39,175 Now, if your brother snapped that night, 365 00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:41,437 you aren't helping him by not telling us. 366 00:15:43,434 --> 00:15:45,971 I think that I should call my father. 367 00:15:46,905 --> 00:15:50,353 Sis says hubby went back home. But nobody saw him. 368 00:15:50,409 --> 00:15:52,912 He says the doorman was busy helping somebody else. 369 00:15:52,978 --> 00:15:57,222 Which gives him two hours to do his wife, dump her, and cross home plate. 370 00:15:57,283 --> 00:15:58,853 Plenty of time, plenty of motive. 371 00:15:58,918 --> 00:16:01,296 But not enough of either for a warrant. 372 00:16:01,654 --> 00:16:04,158 Hey, Arlen Graham just called. 373 00:16:04,224 --> 00:16:06,226 Wants us to meet with him and his son. 374 00:16:06,293 --> 00:16:07,772 Get this matter straightened out. 375 00:16:07,827 --> 00:16:08,999 He's a shrink, too. 376 00:16:09,062 --> 00:16:11,906 Oh, good. One for each of you. 377 00:16:13,667 --> 00:16:15,739 Perry has nothing to hide. 378 00:16:15,803 --> 00:16:18,409 We're therapists. We believe in the truth. 379 00:16:18,472 --> 00:16:20,952 Yeah, so do we. But we rarely hear it. 380 00:16:21,475 --> 00:16:23,682 We understand you and your wife were having problems. 381 00:16:23,744 --> 00:16:25,815 Oh, show me a couple who doesn't. 382 00:16:27,416 --> 00:16:28,793 Dr. Graham? 383 00:16:29,551 --> 00:16:31,861 We'd been married over 10 years. 384 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:34,696 I can't say whether it was one thing or the other. 385 00:16:34,756 --> 00:16:37,862 Sometimes she did get a little distant. 386 00:16:38,460 --> 00:16:40,805 Did you know your wife was sleeping with a Hudson student? 387 00:16:41,531 --> 00:16:42,942 ARLEN: This is according to whom? 388 00:16:42,999 --> 00:16:44,307 ED: They were seen together. 389 00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:45,744 Seen together? 390 00:16:46,302 --> 00:16:49,112 Maybe she was helping him with his work. 391 00:16:50,039 --> 00:16:55,114 Look, I don't doubt many young men would want an affair with Dorothy. 392 00:16:55,379 --> 00:16:56,949 She was a beautiful woman. 393 00:16:57,281 --> 00:17:01,491 But there is no way that my daughter-in-law compromised her marriage. 394 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:04,323 Is that right? 395 00:17:09,494 --> 00:17:11,474 Dorothy would never... 396 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:14,805 She couldn't do anything like that. 397 00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:16,201 Couldn't? 398 00:17:16,268 --> 00:17:19,477 What my son means, is that Dorothy was faithful. 399 00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:21,449 I'd like to hear it from your son. 400 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:23,214 Too bad your alibi isn't stronger. 401 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:26,051 BRISCOE: We're going to have to check into the background of your marriage. 402 00:17:26,112 --> 00:17:28,787 Have to talk to some of your friends, acquaintances, colleagues. 403 00:17:28,849 --> 00:17:30,123 Could get messy. 404 00:17:30,183 --> 00:17:31,890 Is that really necessary? 405 00:17:31,952 --> 00:17:33,693 It is if we want to get a search warrant. 406 00:17:36,089 --> 00:17:39,195 What if my son consented to a search of his apartment? 407 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:41,034 That would help. 408 00:17:41,529 --> 00:17:43,475 Hmm? What are they going to find? 409 00:17:43,531 --> 00:17:46,478 Let's put an end to this business, once and for all. 410 00:17:47,769 --> 00:17:49,908 But I want my lawyer present. 411 00:17:51,272 --> 00:17:53,549 You'll put everything back just as you found it. 412 00:17:53,609 --> 00:17:55,054 Yeah, sure. 413 00:17:55,678 --> 00:17:57,021 What's this? 414 00:17:57,079 --> 00:17:58,456 My journal. 415 00:17:59,281 --> 00:18:00,589 No, this. 416 00:18:01,216 --> 00:18:02,786 It's from my wife's datebook. 417 00:18:02,851 --> 00:18:04,330 So what's it doing in your journal? 418 00:18:07,123 --> 00:18:08,830 Look at this on top. 419 00:18:08,892 --> 00:18:13,170 "O-B-S-S. W/J." 420 00:18:13,229 --> 00:18:14,902 Obsessed with John? 421 00:18:15,098 --> 00:18:17,544 ED: He also circled 422B. 422 00:18:18,134 --> 00:18:21,947 Your wife's boyfriend's address is 422 Broadway. 423 00:18:22,006 --> 00:18:23,246 Meaning what? 424 00:18:23,307 --> 00:18:25,344 ED: Meaning, we should all go down to the precinct. 425 00:18:25,543 --> 00:18:27,181 With your consent, of course. 426 00:18:32,851 --> 00:18:35,024 You lied about your wife's affair. 427 00:18:35,787 --> 00:18:37,425 You don't need to answer. 428 00:18:37,489 --> 00:18:40,231 Right. He can take his chances with the grand jury. 429 00:18:40,625 --> 00:18:41,695 Grand jury? 430 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,037 Yeah, you know, the place where they get murder indictments? 431 00:18:44,097 --> 00:18:45,303 They're bluffing, Perry. 432 00:18:45,364 --> 00:18:46,775 Yeah, listen to him. 433 00:18:46,833 --> 00:18:48,813 He's been doing great for you so far. 434 00:18:50,103 --> 00:18:51,377 Okay. 435 00:18:52,305 --> 00:18:54,478 Maybe I did suspect an affair. 436 00:18:54,540 --> 00:18:56,418 ED: You tracked her to his apartment, didn't you? 437 00:18:56,477 --> 00:18:58,616 No. And then things got out of hand. 438 00:18:58,679 --> 00:19:00,283 Look, nothing got out of hand. 439 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:03,726 She was obsessed with a 19-year-old. That didn't upset you? 440 00:19:03,784 --> 00:19:04,922 She was confused. 441 00:19:04,985 --> 00:19:07,864 Oh, really? That's not what the kid told us. 442 00:19:07,921 --> 00:19:10,163 He said she knew exactly what she wanted. 443 00:19:10,225 --> 00:19:12,068 You have no right to talk to me that way. 444 00:19:12,293 --> 00:19:14,967 Tough to imagine your wife in the arms of a young lover. 445 00:19:15,296 --> 00:19:17,674 Almost makes you want to wring her neck, doesn't it? 446 00:19:17,732 --> 00:19:19,678 All right, gentlemen, we're done. 447 00:19:19,734 --> 00:19:21,715 BRISCOE: Sit tight, Counselor. 448 00:19:26,575 --> 00:19:27,576 (DOOR CLOSES) 449 00:19:27,877 --> 00:19:30,414 A lover's address and an unconfirmed alibi. 450 00:19:30,479 --> 00:19:31,787 It's not enough to hold him. 451 00:19:31,847 --> 00:19:34,419 I thought you people could indict a ham sandwich. 452 00:19:34,484 --> 00:19:36,896 Without the statement, I'm missing the ham. 453 00:19:36,953 --> 00:19:38,227 Have a unit sit on him. 454 00:19:38,288 --> 00:19:39,562 Okay. In the meantime, 455 00:19:39,623 --> 00:19:42,832 you guys show his photo around the boyfriend's building. 456 00:19:44,661 --> 00:19:47,302 No, sorry. What's this about? 457 00:19:47,365 --> 00:19:50,437 The guy in 2B. A friend of his was murdered last week. 458 00:19:50,935 --> 00:19:53,506 I was out of town, in a play. 459 00:19:53,571 --> 00:19:54,743 What was it, a break-in? 460 00:19:54,806 --> 00:19:56,911 No. A woman he was seeing got killed. 461 00:19:56,974 --> 00:19:59,751 Really? 'Cause somebody last month was asking about a woman. 462 00:19:59,812 --> 00:20:00,813 Who? 463 00:20:00,879 --> 00:20:02,381 Some guy said that the landlord sent him 464 00:20:02,448 --> 00:20:03,688 to check for illegal sublets. 465 00:20:03,749 --> 00:20:05,922 Asked all these questions about who was living in 2B. 466 00:20:05,984 --> 00:20:08,123 Was there a woman staying there, and stuff like that. 467 00:20:08,187 --> 00:20:09,461 Said I'd get a break on the rent 468 00:20:09,521 --> 00:20:11,195 if I called him next time I saw her around. 469 00:20:11,257 --> 00:20:12,861 Is this the woman he was asking about? 470 00:20:12,926 --> 00:20:14,963 Uh, yeah, I think so. 471 00:20:15,428 --> 00:20:16,930 This guy give you a phone number? 472 00:20:16,996 --> 00:20:19,340 Uh, I don't need a break on the rent that bad. 473 00:20:19,399 --> 00:20:20,878 But I remember where he was from. 474 00:20:20,934 --> 00:20:23,040 Uh, Crane Detective Agency. 475 00:20:23,804 --> 00:20:26,546 I was pursuing a matter for a private individual. 476 00:20:27,041 --> 00:20:29,453 I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to identify him. 477 00:20:29,510 --> 00:20:30,853 There's no privilege here. 478 00:20:30,911 --> 00:20:33,323 You know, we're not working a jaywalking case here. 479 00:20:33,380 --> 00:20:35,793 Look, I'm sorry about the woman, but... 480 00:20:35,851 --> 00:20:38,798 I can force you to testify in front of the grand jury. 481 00:20:39,187 --> 00:20:40,689 Then force me. 482 00:20:41,490 --> 00:20:43,094 Detective Green. 483 00:20:44,092 --> 00:20:46,231 On your feet. Oh, come on. 484 00:20:48,931 --> 00:20:50,342 Look, can't we work this out? 485 00:20:50,399 --> 00:20:52,743 Sure. You can tell us who hired you. 486 00:20:55,838 --> 00:20:57,044 Graham. 487 00:20:57,306 --> 00:20:58,649 Perry Graham? 488 00:20:59,776 --> 00:21:01,119 His father. 489 00:21:04,882 --> 00:21:08,125 JACK: I thought it was the husband's job to spy on his wife. 490 00:21:08,986 --> 00:21:13,163 Maybe his father wanted to protect him in the event of a divorce. 491 00:21:14,325 --> 00:21:17,636 Pretty extreme, collecting photographs of your daughter-in-law's affair. 492 00:21:18,563 --> 00:21:19,871 You think he had a thing for her? 493 00:21:21,633 --> 00:21:23,670 Have we checked his whereabouts that night? 494 00:21:23,735 --> 00:21:27,047 Mmm-hmm. His secretary said he had to speak at some kind of dinner party. 495 00:21:27,873 --> 00:21:29,978 See if he stayed for dessert. 496 00:21:34,613 --> 00:21:36,992 What time was Dr. Graham supposed to speak? 497 00:21:37,050 --> 00:21:38,961 It wasn't anything formal, really. 498 00:21:39,019 --> 00:21:42,023 Just taking questions, chatting over coffee, that sort of thing. 499 00:21:42,088 --> 00:21:43,726 About Surrendered Spouses? 500 00:21:43,790 --> 00:21:45,827 It has saved thousands of marriages. 501 00:21:45,892 --> 00:21:47,599 Including ours. 502 00:21:47,661 --> 00:21:50,404 Eric and I married young. College sweethearts. 503 00:21:51,065 --> 00:21:52,601 And then the kids came 504 00:21:52,667 --> 00:21:55,841 and suddenly we weren't lovers anymore, just Mom and Dad. 505 00:21:55,903 --> 00:21:59,680 Truth is, we were at each other's throats most of the time. 506 00:22:00,141 --> 00:22:04,284 That is, until Dr. Graham taught me how to just back off, 507 00:22:04,346 --> 00:22:06,952 accept my husband's decisions. 508 00:22:07,516 --> 00:22:10,087 You know, the funny thing is, once she did that, I... 509 00:22:10,419 --> 00:22:13,730 Well, it just wasn't as important for me to be right about everything. 510 00:22:14,123 --> 00:22:15,625 You both seem pretty lucky. 511 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:16,930 Yeah. 512 00:22:16,993 --> 00:22:19,940 Since his wife died, Dr. Graham's devoted his life 513 00:22:19,996 --> 00:22:21,600 to helping couples just like us. 514 00:22:22,098 --> 00:22:23,304 He's a widower? 515 00:22:23,366 --> 00:22:26,472 Yes. He lost his wife to an illness several years ago. 516 00:22:27,671 --> 00:22:29,548 So when was coffee served? 517 00:22:29,606 --> 00:22:32,849 We waited until 8:30. Dr. Graham was running late. 518 00:22:33,043 --> 00:22:35,182 When did he arrive exactly? 519 00:22:35,246 --> 00:22:37,317 It was after 10:00, I think. 520 00:22:37,381 --> 00:22:40,192 He said he had a patient who'd had a crisis. 521 00:22:40,385 --> 00:22:41,887 Did he call you and tell you that? 522 00:22:41,987 --> 00:22:45,161 No, we phoned him. But his line was busy. 523 00:22:45,223 --> 00:22:46,600 Does Dr. Graham know that you're here? 524 00:22:46,658 --> 00:22:48,433 I'm not sure what Dr. Graham knows. 525 00:22:50,428 --> 00:22:54,605 I don't think we should answer any more questions until we call him. 526 00:22:55,101 --> 00:22:57,308 "Never argue with your husband." 527 00:22:57,370 --> 00:22:59,748 "If he takes the wrong exit off the freeway," 528 00:22:59,805 --> 00:23:01,113 "don't correct him." 529 00:23:01,307 --> 00:23:02,877 Doesn't sound half-bad. 530 00:23:03,142 --> 00:23:04,520 Yes, I'll hold. 531 00:23:04,878 --> 00:23:07,916 What about his story, he had some crisis with a patient? 532 00:23:08,181 --> 00:23:09,421 Abbie checked with his service. 533 00:23:09,483 --> 00:23:11,986 There's no record of any patient call that night. 534 00:23:12,452 --> 00:23:13,692 We also ran his LUDs. 535 00:23:13,754 --> 00:23:14,824 And? 536 00:23:14,888 --> 00:23:16,425 One call 537 00:23:16,491 --> 00:23:19,961 to his granddaughter's boarding school at 8:25. 538 00:23:20,028 --> 00:23:22,269 To what? Tell her he murdered her mother? 539 00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:24,071 I'm running it down now. 540 00:23:24,132 --> 00:23:26,703 We're also getting records of his wife's death. 541 00:23:28,069 --> 00:23:29,572 According to his bank statements, 542 00:23:29,638 --> 00:23:31,811 Graham's made millions peddling his bunk 543 00:23:31,874 --> 00:23:34,115 through the sale of books and tapes. 544 00:23:34,943 --> 00:23:38,390 And he used his son's marriage as his role model. 545 00:23:39,014 --> 00:23:41,996 So a divorce would hit him right in his pocketbook. 546 00:23:42,052 --> 00:23:43,998 CARMICHAEL: Yes, thank you, very much. 547 00:23:45,689 --> 00:23:48,465 That was the headmistress at the daughter's school. 548 00:23:48,992 --> 00:23:50,699 It wasn't grandpa who called. 549 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,671 It was Dorothy Graham. 550 00:23:54,432 --> 00:23:56,969 I've advised Perry not to answer any questions. 551 00:23:57,668 --> 00:24:01,081 I hope you also advised him, that since you were hired by his father, 552 00:24:01,138 --> 00:24:02,742 you have a conflict of interest. 553 00:24:02,807 --> 00:24:05,447 Obviously, father and son have the same interest. 554 00:24:05,509 --> 00:24:07,183 Proving Perry's innocence. Really? 555 00:24:08,647 --> 00:24:11,628 Did you know your wife was at your father's house that night? 556 00:24:12,751 --> 00:24:14,321 What are you talking about? 557 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:17,026 She called your daughter from there before she was strangled. 558 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:18,897 That's not possible. 559 00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:21,866 Check with the school The night operator took the call. 560 00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:23,566 Your daughter was already in bed. 561 00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:25,506 Well, why would she call Lucy? 562 00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:29,479 We're more interested in what your wife was doing at your father's house. 563 00:24:31,839 --> 00:24:33,216 I don't know. 564 00:24:33,273 --> 00:24:35,310 You weren't aware your father was spying on her? 565 00:24:35,376 --> 00:24:36,855 Spying? 566 00:24:38,112 --> 00:24:41,616 These were taken by a private detective 567 00:24:41,682 --> 00:24:43,287 hired by your father. 568 00:24:50,024 --> 00:24:51,935 He had no right. 569 00:24:52,961 --> 00:24:54,634 Why would she be at his house? 570 00:24:55,764 --> 00:24:58,108 I don't know. Sometimes she came to him for counseling. 571 00:24:59,268 --> 00:25:00,679 My God. 572 00:25:00,803 --> 00:25:02,942 Talk about a conflict of interest. 573 00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:05,550 I thought my father was helping Dorothy. 574 00:25:05,908 --> 00:25:07,080 Perry. 575 00:25:07,743 --> 00:25:09,951 JACK: When you and your wife visited your father, 576 00:25:10,180 --> 00:25:12,023 where would you park your car? 577 00:25:12,749 --> 00:25:14,387 Kinney's on 85th. 578 00:25:16,553 --> 00:25:20,331 The Mercedes was picked up at 9:23. Paid for by credit card. 579 00:25:20,391 --> 00:25:22,928 M.E.'s report says she was probably dead by then. 580 00:25:23,861 --> 00:25:27,206 Gwen Graham. He used his daughter to help him. 581 00:25:27,665 --> 00:25:29,303 Let's pick them both up. 582 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,171 If he doesn't read, you read it to him. 583 00:25:32,236 --> 00:25:33,580 BRISCOE: Excuse me. 584 00:25:34,473 --> 00:25:35,508 ARLEN: What... 585 00:25:35,574 --> 00:25:38,214 Dr. Graham, you know why we're here. Please stand up. 586 00:25:38,277 --> 00:25:40,348 (SCOFFS) My lawyer's going to have a field day. 587 00:25:40,412 --> 00:25:43,916 Why don't you take your own advice, Doc? Surrender with love. 588 00:25:49,355 --> 00:25:52,893 I'm due in front of the grand jury, Mr. Billings. What's so urgent? 589 00:25:53,226 --> 00:25:58,006 Dorothy Graham wasn't the victim of a murder. She killed herself. 590 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:00,370 You're claiming it was suicide? 591 00:26:00,434 --> 00:26:02,175 This is Mrs. Graham's suicide note, 592 00:26:02,236 --> 00:26:04,341 along with an old psychiatric report. 593 00:26:04,405 --> 00:26:06,908 Details of a prior attempt by her when she was in college. 594 00:26:06,974 --> 00:26:08,476 Dorothy hung herself. 595 00:26:10,278 --> 00:26:11,882 Where did this happen? 596 00:26:11,947 --> 00:26:13,893 In my home, Friday evening. 597 00:26:13,949 --> 00:26:15,485 And you didn't call the police? 598 00:26:15,550 --> 00:26:17,325 I'm a trained therapist. 599 00:26:17,385 --> 00:26:19,626 I thought Dorothy's suicide would be too painful 600 00:26:19,688 --> 00:26:21,565 for Perry and my granddaughter to bear. 601 00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:24,127 So you put her body in the trunk of a car? 602 00:26:25,528 --> 00:26:29,135 Look, she came to me to talk about her marriage. 603 00:26:29,198 --> 00:26:32,111 When she realized I knew about her affair, she became hysterical. 604 00:26:32,835 --> 00:26:34,280 I went upstairs to check on her. 605 00:26:34,337 --> 00:26:35,817 That's when I found her. 606 00:26:36,173 --> 00:26:37,618 In the bathroom. 607 00:26:38,642 --> 00:26:41,145 She'd used my bathrobe tie to do it. 608 00:26:42,312 --> 00:26:44,223 My daughter knows what happened. 609 00:26:47,050 --> 00:26:48,359 I saw her. 610 00:26:48,820 --> 00:26:49,992 It was terrible. 611 00:26:51,222 --> 00:26:54,135 So you see, Mr. McCoy, you can't proceed with this case. 612 00:26:54,192 --> 00:26:55,671 Your client lied to the police. 613 00:26:55,727 --> 00:26:57,331 He concealed his daughter-in-law's body. 614 00:26:57,395 --> 00:26:59,637 I'm not about to take his word for anything. 615 00:26:59,698 --> 00:27:01,700 They'll both be arraigned on felony complaints. 616 00:27:01,767 --> 00:27:03,440 Then you intend to proceed? 617 00:27:03,736 --> 00:27:04,976 I'll hold off on the grand jury, 618 00:27:05,037 --> 00:27:07,278 but that's as far as I'm willing to go. 619 00:27:10,576 --> 00:27:12,989 The court appointed separate counsel for the daughter 620 00:27:13,046 --> 00:27:15,026 and released them on 100,000 each. 621 00:27:15,081 --> 00:27:16,321 I see. 622 00:27:16,383 --> 00:27:18,863 In other words, you're saying that the M.E. doesn't know the difference 623 00:27:18,919 --> 00:27:20,830 between a strangulation and a hanging? 624 00:27:21,188 --> 00:27:23,429 Her body was discovered within a few minutes. 625 00:27:23,490 --> 00:27:25,835 Rodgers says that time frame explains the absence 626 00:27:25,893 --> 00:27:28,430 of any stocking glove distribution of blood. 627 00:27:28,496 --> 00:27:29,634 Translation? 628 00:27:29,697 --> 00:27:31,904 Why her hands and feet weren't discolored. 629 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:34,974 She also had a V mark under her chin, 630 00:27:35,036 --> 00:27:39,076 but because she used a bathrobe tie, it was just a shallow furrow. 631 00:27:39,141 --> 00:27:41,143 So why rule it murder in the first place? 632 00:27:41,209 --> 00:27:43,621 A woman's body is recovered from the trunk of her car 633 00:27:43,679 --> 00:27:45,522 under the circumstance of a robbery. 634 00:27:45,580 --> 00:27:47,924 What other conclusion would you have them draw? 635 00:27:47,983 --> 00:27:49,224 The right one. 636 00:27:49,285 --> 00:27:51,765 They had an expert compare her suicide note 637 00:27:51,821 --> 00:27:54,324 to excerpts from her date book. 638 00:27:54,390 --> 00:27:55,562 They match. 639 00:27:55,625 --> 00:27:57,434 Are we sure about that suicide note? 640 00:27:58,594 --> 00:28:01,200 Yes. She talks about being distraught over her marriage, 641 00:28:01,264 --> 00:28:03,506 angry about the situation she's in, 642 00:28:03,968 --> 00:28:05,709 fears about her daughter's future. 643 00:28:06,570 --> 00:28:11,019 There's also a prior suicide attempt when she was in college. 644 00:28:11,942 --> 00:28:13,148 Pills, yeah. 645 00:28:13,410 --> 00:28:16,017 And Arlen Graham was her therapist. 646 00:28:18,650 --> 00:28:20,755 This man knew what happened, 647 00:28:20,819 --> 00:28:23,527 and he still tried to get us to call it murder. 648 00:28:24,222 --> 00:28:27,727 I wonder what the ethics are of turning a patient into your daughter-in-law? 649 00:28:28,227 --> 00:28:30,707 Forget the ethics. I want to know how he did it. 650 00:28:31,363 --> 00:28:33,934 A suicide attempt leaves a person vulnerable, 651 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,571 looking for away to make sense of what happened. 652 00:28:36,635 --> 00:28:38,808 Throw in the trust between a patient and therapist, 653 00:28:38,872 --> 00:28:41,648 and you have all the ingredients for manipulation. 654 00:28:42,409 --> 00:28:45,253 Plus, I'd say there's some surrogacy going on there, too. 655 00:28:45,312 --> 00:28:46,450 Surrogacy? 656 00:28:46,513 --> 00:28:49,960 The man lost his wife, never remarried. He's attracted to her. 657 00:28:50,017 --> 00:28:51,155 It happens. 658 00:28:51,218 --> 00:28:53,290 So he gave her to his son. 659 00:28:54,188 --> 00:28:57,169 Ten years later, he's taking dirty pictures of her. 660 00:28:57,225 --> 00:28:58,602 He said she came to his house 661 00:28:58,660 --> 00:29:00,799 because she wanted to talk to him about her affair. 662 00:29:00,862 --> 00:29:03,935 Imagine wanting to talk to your father-in-law about your adultery. 663 00:29:04,733 --> 00:29:06,212 What then? 664 00:29:06,835 --> 00:29:09,782 The man's been telling her what to do for most of her life. 665 00:29:09,838 --> 00:29:11,545 It's pretty clear she went for permission. 666 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,383 To commit suicide? 667 00:29:13,642 --> 00:29:17,853 From her note, it's obvious she was depressed, self-medicating. 668 00:29:17,914 --> 00:29:19,587 I'd say she wanted out. 669 00:29:21,017 --> 00:29:22,860 Out of her life? 670 00:29:23,353 --> 00:29:26,027 You're saying her suicide was predictable? 671 00:29:26,189 --> 00:29:28,169 Foreseeable, definitely. 672 00:29:28,526 --> 00:29:32,235 And there were indicators. I mean, what this guy did was totally irresponsible. 673 00:29:32,296 --> 00:29:34,173 What kind of indicators are we talking about? 674 00:29:34,765 --> 00:29:36,904 Prior suicide attempt, for one. 675 00:29:37,201 --> 00:29:40,444 Almost 20% of people who attempt suicide eventually compete it. 676 00:29:40,504 --> 00:29:41,813 Graham knows that. 677 00:29:41,873 --> 00:29:44,251 He also knows the risk of using a shaming device 678 00:29:44,309 --> 00:29:45,845 with someone who's that fragile. 679 00:29:45,911 --> 00:29:47,219 What's a shaming device? 680 00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:49,919 Those dirty pictures again. They're leverage. 681 00:29:49,981 --> 00:29:51,824 Something to make it clear to her she'd be exposed 682 00:29:51,883 --> 00:29:54,455 if she refused to rejoin the pack. 683 00:29:54,687 --> 00:29:56,724 Even if he didn't strangle her, 684 00:29:57,390 --> 00:29:59,063 he killed her all the same. 685 00:30:01,461 --> 00:30:03,134 She's the one that tied the noose. 686 00:30:03,196 --> 00:30:04,675 Doesn't matter. Not if we can prove 687 00:30:04,730 --> 00:30:07,735 he recklessly ignored the dangers of suicide 688 00:30:07,801 --> 00:30:11,476 when he threatened her with the loss of her child and career. 689 00:30:11,538 --> 00:30:12,608 Big ifs. 690 00:30:12,673 --> 00:30:14,880 Arlen Graham wanted us to think she was murdered rather than 691 00:30:14,942 --> 00:30:16,785 that she killed herself. Why? 692 00:30:17,778 --> 00:30:19,759 Protect her reputation. Who knows? 693 00:30:19,814 --> 00:30:23,387 Read the note. It was his reputation he was worried about. 694 00:30:24,552 --> 00:30:28,159 "You gave me no choice." She's talking about her father-in-law. 695 00:30:28,356 --> 00:30:31,634 And being forced to live the rest of her life as a surrendered spouse. 696 00:30:31,961 --> 00:30:34,271 This man put all the ingredients together, Adam. 697 00:30:34,330 --> 00:30:36,606 We can't just let him walk away when the bomb goes off. 698 00:30:36,866 --> 00:30:39,005 Can you prove that's what happened? 699 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:41,048 We turn the daughter, he'll be forced to take the stand. 700 00:30:41,103 --> 00:30:43,311 We'll convict him with his own words. 701 00:30:48,178 --> 00:30:51,182 We both know there's no way you can prove murder, Mr. McCoy. 702 00:30:51,248 --> 00:30:53,922 That's why we amended the indictment to man two. 703 00:30:53,984 --> 00:30:56,795 Manslaughter? You're grasping at straws. 704 00:30:56,854 --> 00:30:58,663 All the warning signs were there. 705 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:01,898 You and your father simply chose to disregard them 706 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:05,408 in order to browbeat your sister-in-law back into the fold. 707 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,111 I had nothing to do with it. 708 00:31:08,233 --> 00:31:09,906 CARMICHAEL: Are you really going to sit there and tell us 709 00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:12,676 you had no idea your sister-in-law was in trouble? 710 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:17,348 What are you offering? 711 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:21,087 In exchange for your client's testimony, 712 00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:24,420 we are willing to dismiss the charges against her. 713 00:31:25,985 --> 00:31:27,987 Testify against my father? 714 00:31:28,188 --> 00:31:29,189 Oh, I can't. 715 00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:31,391 Can't or won't? 716 00:31:35,996 --> 00:31:38,704 Your mother died when you were very young, Gwen. 717 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,341 It must have been hard for you, 718 00:31:41,735 --> 00:31:43,237 trying to be her replacement. 719 00:31:44,038 --> 00:31:46,212 Well, it was an accident. 720 00:31:46,741 --> 00:31:49,051 She slipped in the bath. 721 00:31:52,247 --> 00:31:54,659 You were the one who found your mother's body. 722 00:31:55,984 --> 00:31:58,363 Yeah, I came home. She was always there to greet me. 723 00:31:58,654 --> 00:32:02,101 The autopsy report indicates that she died from loss of blood. 724 00:32:03,926 --> 00:32:06,770 There wasn't any head wound, Gwen. 725 00:32:07,730 --> 00:32:09,836 She slashed her wrists. 726 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:11,504 JACK: Your mother committed suicide. 727 00:32:15,605 --> 00:32:17,642 No. No. 728 00:32:17,941 --> 00:32:19,784 Why would she be in a bath? 729 00:32:19,843 --> 00:32:22,723 You said she knew you were coming home from school. 730 00:32:24,282 --> 00:32:26,592 Your father used you to lie for him, 731 00:32:26,651 --> 00:32:28,255 just as he's using you now. 732 00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:31,266 Only this time, you have to choose between him 733 00:32:31,322 --> 00:32:34,394 and any relationship with your brother and your niece. 734 00:32:34,459 --> 00:32:36,736 Are you really prepared to go to jail for him? 735 00:32:44,803 --> 00:32:47,944 GWEN: I called my father at about 8:30 that night. 736 00:32:48,008 --> 00:32:49,453 JACK: He was home? 737 00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:51,819 Yes. With my sister-in-law. 738 00:32:52,479 --> 00:32:54,322 Did he say why she was there? 739 00:32:54,381 --> 00:32:56,327 Objection. Hearsay. 740 00:32:56,650 --> 00:32:59,324 JACK: These are admissions, Your Honor. 741 00:32:59,386 --> 00:33:00,957 You can answer. 742 00:33:03,324 --> 00:33:07,795 He told me that he had learned some terrible things about Dorothy. 743 00:33:08,696 --> 00:33:10,107 But he wouldn't tell me over the phone. 744 00:33:10,164 --> 00:33:11,974 He asked me to come right over. 745 00:33:12,034 --> 00:33:13,638 And when you arrived, what happened? 746 00:33:14,303 --> 00:33:18,012 Dorothy was on the floor in the bathroom 747 00:33:19,074 --> 00:33:22,248 and the tie to the bathrobe was still around her neck. 748 00:33:22,311 --> 00:33:23,847 She had hanged herself. 749 00:33:24,447 --> 00:33:25,824 Did your father say why? 750 00:33:26,215 --> 00:33:30,288 He told me that Dorothy had been having an affair with a student, 751 00:33:30,753 --> 00:33:33,233 and that she'd been taking drugs. 752 00:33:34,957 --> 00:33:36,995 Then he showed me the photographs. 753 00:33:37,561 --> 00:33:40,565 He kept saying that he'd offered her a chance. 754 00:33:41,031 --> 00:33:42,408 Did he explain what he meant? 755 00:33:42,466 --> 00:33:44,412 He'd shown her the pictures 756 00:33:44,935 --> 00:33:47,245 to make her stop the affair. 757 00:33:47,638 --> 00:33:49,812 And he told her that if she didn't, 758 00:33:49,874 --> 00:33:52,445 he would expose her to the university, 759 00:33:53,178 --> 00:33:57,320 and that he would have Perry divorce her and take custody of Lucy. 760 00:33:58,550 --> 00:34:00,552 And she began crying. 761 00:34:02,455 --> 00:34:03,866 Begging... 762 00:34:05,658 --> 00:34:06,932 How could you, Daddy? 763 00:34:06,992 --> 00:34:08,266 BILLINGS: Objection. 764 00:34:09,362 --> 00:34:11,205 JUDGE: The jury will disregard. 765 00:34:11,263 --> 00:34:12,970 JACK: Did he say what happened next? 766 00:34:16,303 --> 00:34:19,284 He said he found her hanging in the bathroom. 767 00:34:21,007 --> 00:34:23,920 He was afraid. I've never seen my father afraid before. 768 00:34:23,977 --> 00:34:25,479 He asked me to help. 769 00:34:26,414 --> 00:34:28,325 I wanted to call the police, 770 00:34:28,383 --> 00:34:30,659 but I got her car 771 00:34:30,918 --> 00:34:31,919 and 772 00:34:32,754 --> 00:34:35,325 we drove the body to the school. 773 00:34:36,591 --> 00:34:39,402 The plan was to make it look like a murder. 774 00:34:41,397 --> 00:34:42,967 Nothing further. 775 00:34:46,769 --> 00:34:50,649 Your father was upset about Dorothy's suicide? 776 00:34:50,706 --> 00:34:51,742 Yes. 777 00:34:51,808 --> 00:34:54,550 So her death wasn't something he wanted? 778 00:34:56,780 --> 00:34:58,760 Well, I'm not sure anymore. 779 00:35:01,284 --> 00:35:02,922 Oh, by the way, 780 00:35:03,754 --> 00:35:06,462 did Dorothy ever come to you for advice? 781 00:35:06,524 --> 00:35:08,162 Maybe to chat? 782 00:35:08,626 --> 00:35:09,764 Sometimes. 783 00:35:10,494 --> 00:35:12,997 And in speaking with your sister-in-law, 784 00:35:13,698 --> 00:35:18,045 did you ever suspect suicide as a possibility? 785 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:23,617 Well, no. 786 00:35:26,411 --> 00:35:27,719 Nothing further. 787 00:35:33,052 --> 00:35:35,396 ARLEN: I thought Dorothy's marriage to Perry would be 788 00:35:35,455 --> 00:35:38,095 a stabilizing influence in both their lives. 789 00:35:38,157 --> 00:35:39,864 It was your son and daughter-in-law's 790 00:35:39,926 --> 00:35:42,100 own decision to marry, was it not? 791 00:35:42,162 --> 00:35:43,607 Of course. 792 00:35:43,664 --> 00:35:46,736 And your son used your Surrendered Spouse program in his marriage? 793 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,541 And in his practice. 794 00:35:49,303 --> 00:35:51,078 I know it's been disparaged here, 795 00:35:51,138 --> 00:35:53,244 but it's a very natural principle. 796 00:35:54,075 --> 00:35:57,682 Once a man's given respect by his spouse, 797 00:35:57,746 --> 00:35:59,726 freed from her criticism, 798 00:35:59,781 --> 00:36:02,421 he's then willing to assume any burden. 799 00:36:02,484 --> 00:36:05,465 And that willingness to provide for a family 800 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,901 leads to a more stable, more faithful and more intimate marriage. 801 00:36:10,259 --> 00:36:11,897 Did you expect 802 00:36:12,294 --> 00:36:15,002 your daughter-in-law to kill herself that night? 803 00:36:15,364 --> 00:36:16,502 No. 804 00:36:16,832 --> 00:36:20,144 I hoped she'd return to being the loving spouse 805 00:36:20,203 --> 00:36:22,513 she'd been through most of her marriage. 806 00:36:24,775 --> 00:36:26,254 Your witness. 807 00:36:30,782 --> 00:36:33,729 She was 19 years old, 808 00:36:34,485 --> 00:36:36,328 and you were her therapist. 809 00:36:37,121 --> 00:36:38,498 Yes. 810 00:36:38,756 --> 00:36:41,032 And you used this influence 811 00:36:41,693 --> 00:36:43,571 to arrange her marriage to your son. 812 00:36:44,663 --> 00:36:46,267 The decision was theirs. 813 00:36:46,331 --> 00:36:47,401 Was it? 814 00:36:47,466 --> 00:36:50,310 12 years later you were still manipulating her. 815 00:36:50,369 --> 00:36:51,575 That isn't true. 816 00:36:51,637 --> 00:36:55,107 Why else would she come to you to discuss her adultery then? 817 00:36:55,475 --> 00:36:56,954 For help. 818 00:36:58,211 --> 00:37:00,953 And you thought using photographs 819 00:37:01,014 --> 00:37:03,153 to shame her into submission would do the trick? 820 00:37:03,483 --> 00:37:05,622 There are consequences to behavior. 821 00:37:05,919 --> 00:37:08,628 Dorothy was putting her marriage in jeopardy. 822 00:37:08,689 --> 00:37:13,263 Oh, I think she was putting a lot more than that in jeopardy. 823 00:37:15,196 --> 00:37:16,470 Reputation. 824 00:37:18,199 --> 00:37:19,200 Fame. 825 00:37:20,435 --> 00:37:23,939 A million dollar self-help business. 826 00:37:25,974 --> 00:37:28,716 Her divorce from your son would have ended all that. 827 00:37:28,777 --> 00:37:31,223 You can't foresee suicide. 828 00:37:31,479 --> 00:37:33,460 Oh, come on, Dr. Graham. 829 00:37:34,450 --> 00:37:37,727 Your daughter-in-law had a prior suicide attempt. 830 00:37:37,787 --> 00:37:40,028 She was depressed, abusing drugs, 831 00:37:40,089 --> 00:37:42,069 engaged in a sexual relationship 832 00:37:42,125 --> 00:37:45,164 that threatened her marriage and career. 833 00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:48,073 She'd just sent her only child off to boarding school. 834 00:37:48,865 --> 00:37:51,368 Are you saying that you couldn't tell 835 00:37:51,735 --> 00:37:53,908 that her emotional wheels had come off? 836 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,575 Dorothy made her own choice. 837 00:37:55,939 --> 00:37:59,046 I think you simply disregarded these facts 838 00:38:00,511 --> 00:38:03,458 because they challenged the very value of your program. 839 00:38:03,882 --> 00:38:07,329 I never forced my daughter-in-law to kill herself. 840 00:38:08,753 --> 00:38:11,064 I told her the affair had to stop. 841 00:38:12,324 --> 00:38:14,304 She refused to listen. 842 00:38:16,896 --> 00:38:19,467 I had to take matters into my own hands. 843 00:38:22,235 --> 00:38:24,044 She was in the bathroom crying. 844 00:38:25,839 --> 00:38:29,252 I came up behind her with the bathrobe tie 845 00:38:32,746 --> 00:38:34,522 and I strangled her. 846 00:38:34,782 --> 00:38:36,386 (AUDIENCE MURMURING) 847 00:38:37,752 --> 00:38:39,231 (GAVEL STRIKING) 848 00:38:40,888 --> 00:38:42,492 I keep telling you, 849 00:38:43,824 --> 00:38:46,304 you can't count on suicide. 850 00:38:50,699 --> 00:38:53,839 Who uses a murder confession as a defense to manslaughter? 851 00:38:53,902 --> 00:38:55,745 Someone with nothing to lose. 852 00:38:55,804 --> 00:38:58,250 He figures if he can get one juror to believe it was murder, 853 00:38:58,307 --> 00:39:01,050 he buys himself reasonable doubt on manslaughter. 854 00:39:01,110 --> 00:39:04,956 You understand that if I allow this case to go to the jury on man two, 855 00:39:05,348 --> 00:39:08,852 double jeopardy precludes any future prosecution for murder. 856 00:39:08,918 --> 00:39:10,454 I don't suppose there's a guilty plea 857 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,501 to go along with your client's confession? 858 00:39:12,556 --> 00:39:14,035 I'm afraid not. 859 00:39:14,758 --> 00:39:17,432 Well, let's call his bluff. Add a murder count. 860 00:39:17,494 --> 00:39:19,496 If he really wants to play pin the tail on the donkey, 861 00:39:19,563 --> 00:39:22,043 then let's give the jury some place to put it. 862 00:39:22,099 --> 00:39:24,410 As satisfying as that might be, Miss Carmichael, 863 00:39:24,469 --> 00:39:27,245 I can't allow charges to be added at this point 864 00:39:27,305 --> 00:39:29,080 without defense counsel's consent. 865 00:39:29,741 --> 00:39:32,017 The People have rested their case, Your Honor. 866 00:39:33,645 --> 00:39:37,458 Of course, you could always move to dismiss this case. 867 00:39:37,817 --> 00:39:41,560 Re-indict for manslaughter and murder, 868 00:39:41,621 --> 00:39:44,101 and take your chances with a new trial. 869 00:39:44,156 --> 00:39:45,863 Charging him on both counts only makes us look 870 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:47,734 like we don't know what really happened. 871 00:39:47,793 --> 00:39:49,364 Mr. Billings would drive a truck 872 00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:51,409 through the reasonable doubt that creates. 873 00:39:51,465 --> 00:39:53,536 Besides, what's to prevent him from taking the stand 874 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,274 in the next trial and claiming that it was suicide, 875 00:39:56,336 --> 00:39:58,373 and he only lied here to protect himself? 876 00:39:58,839 --> 00:40:01,251 My client seems to have put you between a rock and a hard place. 877 00:40:01,308 --> 00:40:02,652 Not that hard. 878 00:40:03,544 --> 00:40:06,684 This man manipulates every situation to his advantage. 879 00:40:06,748 --> 00:40:07,886 Lies when it suits him, 880 00:40:07,949 --> 00:40:10,225 now confesses to a crime that he didn't commit 881 00:40:10,284 --> 00:40:12,628 in order to avoid conviction for one that he did. 882 00:40:12,687 --> 00:40:16,431 Only this time, I have an M.E.'s report and a suicide note. 883 00:40:16,959 --> 00:40:19,462 Tell your client we didn't bite, Counselor. 884 00:40:19,895 --> 00:40:22,273 I have no intention of dropping this case. 885 00:40:22,331 --> 00:40:24,834 Your client's going to jail for what he did. 886 00:40:26,736 --> 00:40:28,716 BILLINGS: No juror's duty 887 00:40:28,938 --> 00:40:30,576 may ever be as difficult 888 00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,211 as the one you're being asked to do today. 889 00:40:34,244 --> 00:40:37,418 But the law of a case must come from the judge. 890 00:40:37,914 --> 00:40:40,259 And your oath as a juror to follow that law 891 00:40:40,317 --> 00:40:43,662 must overcome any urge you might have to ignore it. 892 00:40:44,989 --> 00:40:46,730 My client's confessed to murder. 893 00:40:47,892 --> 00:40:51,272 Yet Her Honor will instruct you that all you are to determine 894 00:40:51,596 --> 00:40:53,735 is whether Dorothy Graham committed suicide, 895 00:40:54,066 --> 00:40:55,807 and if she did, 896 00:40:55,867 --> 00:40:58,871 whether my client was criminally responsible for it. 897 00:41:00,772 --> 00:41:03,048 A fair jury cannot 898 00:41:03,710 --> 00:41:05,656 base its decision on what it fears 899 00:41:05,711 --> 00:41:08,191 might be the outcome of an acquittal. 900 00:41:09,382 --> 00:41:12,158 If you have any reasonable doubt 901 00:41:12,218 --> 00:41:14,255 Dorothy Graham did not commit suicide, 902 00:41:14,921 --> 00:41:16,765 that she may have been murdered, 903 00:41:17,758 --> 00:41:20,534 your oath as a juror requires you 904 00:41:21,328 --> 00:41:23,672 to find my client not guilty. 905 00:41:24,898 --> 00:41:26,343 It's that simple. 906 00:41:27,568 --> 00:41:30,675 You cannot put yourselves above the law. 907 00:41:39,147 --> 00:41:42,095 Only one man's tried to put himself above the law. 908 00:41:42,985 --> 00:41:44,464 The defendant. 909 00:41:45,821 --> 00:41:48,665 Everything in this case points to suicide. 910 00:41:48,991 --> 00:41:52,564 Her depression, her recent abuse of drugs, 911 00:41:52,628 --> 00:41:55,303 an inappropriate sexual relationship, 912 00:41:55,365 --> 00:41:59,871 a desperate attempt to place her only child out of harm's way. 913 00:42:00,403 --> 00:42:03,907 And the forensic evidence tells us it was suicide. 914 00:42:04,274 --> 00:42:06,812 The telltale V mark under her chin, 915 00:42:06,911 --> 00:42:10,552 described by the M.E., only caused by hanging. 916 00:42:12,350 --> 00:42:14,557 Her prior suicide attempt. 917 00:42:15,353 --> 00:42:20,428 Admissions by the defendant the very night of the crime, 918 00:42:20,492 --> 00:42:23,564 where he told his daughter what had happened. 919 00:42:23,629 --> 00:42:25,336 And finally, 920 00:42:25,831 --> 00:42:29,540 the words of the victim herself, the suicide note, 921 00:42:30,302 --> 00:42:33,409 which describes the horror of this defendant's 922 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,052 concept of marital bliss 923 00:42:36,342 --> 00:42:39,380 and the victim's resolve to escape it, 924 00:42:39,679 --> 00:42:41,590 even if it meant death. 925 00:42:49,857 --> 00:42:52,497 Remember the power he held 926 00:42:52,559 --> 00:42:55,370 as her therapist to manipulate, 927 00:42:56,398 --> 00:42:59,004 and the special knowledge and skills 928 00:42:59,067 --> 00:43:02,947 his training and relationship gave him to make mischief. 929 00:43:04,472 --> 00:43:05,917 Don't be fooled. 930 00:43:07,075 --> 00:43:12,719 Don't allow him to escape responsibility for a crime he did commit 931 00:43:12,782 --> 00:43:15,353 with false confession to one that he didn't. 932 00:43:17,787 --> 00:43:21,497 And think about all the times Dorothy Graham's pleas for help 933 00:43:22,259 --> 00:43:23,761 went unanswered, 934 00:43:25,929 --> 00:43:28,102 and answer them now. 935 00:43:35,006 --> 00:43:37,509 Has the jury reached a verdict in this case? 936 00:43:37,575 --> 00:43:39,077 MAN: We have. Go ahead. 937 00:43:39,477 --> 00:43:41,616 We the jury in the above titled action 938 00:43:41,679 --> 00:43:44,592 on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree 939 00:43:44,649 --> 00:43:47,130 find the defendant guilty. 940 00:43:56,195 --> 00:43:58,608 False confessions Double jeopardy. 941 00:43:58,665 --> 00:44:01,077 This guy thought he could control the entire system. 942 00:44:01,635 --> 00:44:04,514 He underestimated 12 people no one can control. 943 00:44:04,938 --> 00:44:07,976 Maybe. But you're forgetting one little item. 944 00:44:08,842 --> 00:44:11,221 If he really did kill her, 945 00:44:11,278 --> 00:44:14,418 then he just bought himself one hell of a plea bargain. 946 00:44:15,416 --> 00:44:17,555 Three years for murder.