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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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KAREN:
There we were, all the women
in the kitchen cleaning up,
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and all the guys
watching the game.
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I always thought
it'd be different
when we had families.
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I don't think it
even occurs to them.
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Ha. It occurs to Dave.
He just doesn't care.
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What pisses me off
about it is
if I bring it up,
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I'm a nag.
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I don't know.
Maybe it's
our own fault.
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We're the ones
that let it happen.
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No, I think men
just do a good job
of convincing us
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that it's our fault.
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I mean,
men can be such
a pain in the ass.
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Oh. my God!
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Celia!
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I take back everything
I just said.
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Two commuters off
the 7:00 a.m. ferry,
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they're the ones
who found him.
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Oh, that's a nice way
to start the day.
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Guy was shot twice.
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Once in the stomach,
once In the chest.
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We found two shell casings
on the ground near the body.
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So, it was close range.
He's been here all night?
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Well, the body's cold,
but with the wind chill
off the river,
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it's hard to say.
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Wait.
You said two shots?
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He got it
again here.
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Ah. But there's no
matching hole
on the coat.
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Coat was open
when he got hit
the second time.
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Coat was
covering the wound
when we got here.
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He have a wallet?
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We didn't find one.
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Still got his watch, though.
Pretty fancy one, too.
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So, the guy shoots him,
he opens up his coat
to take his wallet,
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make it look like
it's a robbery,
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then he shoots him again.
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I hate these
repeat offenders.
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BRISCOE: The M.E. says he
checked out someplace between
6:00 p.m. and midnight.
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Any witnesses?
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Well, we handed a Polaroid
around among
some of the commuters.
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So far,
nobody recognized him.
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No one called in
any shots fired?
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It's a commercial area,
it's pretty deserted
at night.
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Well, what about
forensics?
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Well, we got
two blue fibers,
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and we got two
matching slugs,
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one was found in a fence,
the other one in the ground
underneath him.
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Nine-millimeter.
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The print lab lifted a partial
from one of the shell casings
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but no hits.
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According to the M.E.,
he was shot once
in the stomach,
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fell to his knees
and then got hit
a second time.
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So whoever it was,
took their time.
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ED: But they didn't
take his watch.
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Not a very
efficient robbery.
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Well, he was shot up close
and there's no sign
of a struggle,
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so it could be personal.
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Or maybe just
a nasty surprise.
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We still don't know
who this man is?
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Well, we know one thing.
He was a cigar smoker.
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Found this in his coat.
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That's a Montecristo,
series seven.
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It's Dominican.
It's rare and
very expensive.
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So people try to
counterfeit them.
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So they put a second band
underneath the first one,
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it has
a registry number.
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Oh, so we can
trace it.
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Yeah, it's always a plus
when your vices pay off.
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Take this nasty thing.
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JAKE: Series seven.
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They're up to 40 bucks
a pop now, Eddie.
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And me without
my checkbook.
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Your partner here,
used to buy them
by the box.
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That was back in
my high roller days.
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Hey, Jake, Montecristo
tracked this registry number
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to a lot that was sold
to your store.
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Well, I'm one of the only
three places in Manhattan,
that carries them.
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Yeah, well you ever
sell any to this guy?
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My only customers
are three, four guys,
who really know cigars.
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I mean...
Maybe a poser
now and then.
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Oh, and JR's ordered,
five boxes.
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A month or so ago.
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That's a cigar bar
on 43rd and 10th.
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It's close to the ferry.
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All right, thanks, Jake.
It's good to see you.
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Hey, Eddie.
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Cohibas, Cuban.
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Cheaper than series seven,
but still,
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manna from heaven.
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Nah. He's on
a whole different
budget now.
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JAKE: (LAUGHS) I see.
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VICTOR:
Sorry, I don't recognize him.
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He might have bought
one of your
specialty cigars,
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a Montecristo series seven.
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Maybe, our cigar steward
can help you.
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James!
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These two detectives
would like a word with you.
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Hi!
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Is this one of
your customers?
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Maybe a series seven
kind of guy?
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He was in last night
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with one other man.
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Bought three
series seven.
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Gave me a $40 tip.
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Did you get any names?
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But this one paid
with a credit card.
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You still got
the receipt?
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Sure thing.
Haven't cashed out
my tips yet.
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A $40 tip for
three cigars?
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If he sells five or six
a night, James, here
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makes more in a week,
than we make in a month.
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JAMES: Here it is.
Thanks.
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John Cooper.
Corporate Amex.
Dreisner Investments.
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Time 8:15.
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Uh, did he
hang around at all
after her paid?
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No, he just left.
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ED: Did he leave alone
or with the other guy?
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Uh, alone.
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ED: We're gonna need
all your receipts
from last night. Okay?
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No problem.
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DREISNER:
John was one of our
top analysts.
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Did he have any
professional problems?
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I mean,
anybody that held
a grudge against him?
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Not here at Dreisner.
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John was one of those guys
who walks into a room,
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has everyone eating
out of the palm of his hand,
five minutes later.
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Well, what time
did he leave last night?
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I saw him get in
the elevator,
a little after 7:00.
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I guess that was
earlier than usual
for him.
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BRISCOE:
What time was usual?
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8:00. 8:15.
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God, has anybody
told his
wife and kids yet?
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He was married?
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Three kids.
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They live up in Nyack.
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LESLIE:
This is so strange.
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I can't believe
he's really gone.
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We're very sorry
for your loss,
Mrs. Cooper.
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Where did you
find him?
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Near the ferry terminal.
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Did your husband
normally take
the ferry?
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Yeah, he did.
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He was probably
on his way home.
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I'm gonna let the girls
get a snack.
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Come on
into the kitchen.
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Your sister's
been a big help.
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Mrs. Cooper, did your husband
take the same ferry every day?
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The 8:00 a.m. in and
the 8:30 home.
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So somebody could have
known his schedule.
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I thought you said
this was
probably a robbery.
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ED: Yeah.
We're just covering
all the angles.
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Well, she called
the Nyack police
and they said
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that there was
no reason to worry.
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When was that?
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LESLIE: When John
didn't come home.
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They said he had to be
missing for 36 hours
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before they could
investigate.
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ED: What time
did you call?
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This morning.
Around 4:00.
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Can I ask
why you didn't call
the police until then?
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Well, I put the kids to bed
and fell asleep on the couch.
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Woke up around 3:00
and realized,
John still wasn't home.
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I waited a little while,
then I called...
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And then she called me.
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Mrs. Cooper,
did your husband
have any enemies?
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I mean, anybody that
might want to hurt him.
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No one I can think of.
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GEORGINA: I think we should
go spend some time
with the kids now.
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I mean, if that's okay?
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BRISCOE: Oh, sure.
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We'll be in touch
if anything comes up.
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Hey, you want me to see
if they'll hold the 8:30
ferry tonight?
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Yeah.
If they let you bring
your Dramamine.
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Well, hopefully,
one of these
Wall Street commuters,
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saw Cooper last night.
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Even better if
they saw him
get killed.
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CARL:
That's Coop there.
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It's unbelievable.
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We lost a lot of guys
on 9/11.
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I kept setting up
their beers for weeks.
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And now this.
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I walked right past
that body this morning.
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Had no idea
it was Coop.
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So, you guys didn't
hear anything last night?
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CARL:
I had music going,
Knicks were on.
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Plus we had the game.
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Jeez, Hank.
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What game was that?
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CARL:
We got a friendly
little poker game,
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every Wednesday night.
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Sometimes if we dock
at the last stop,
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one of the crew guys
joins in, we keep playing.
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Coop never made the boat.
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Neither did O'Mann.
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Shut him off, Carl.
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ED: Who's O'Mann?
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O'Mann's a jerk off.
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O'Mann likes to
think of himself
as the go to guy
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whenever a player runs
out of cash.
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Takes the game
a little seriously.
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Doesn't sound like
a friendly game to me.
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Not between
Cooper and O'Mann.
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They nearly had
a fist fight last week.
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ED: What, did Cooper
owe him money?
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50K.
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Uh, I'd take that
seriously, too.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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O'MANN: Who is it?
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The tooth fairy.
Open up.
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It's 10:30.
What's this about?
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ED: You Peter O'Mann?
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Yeah.
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BRISCOE: Put some clothes on,
we're gonna take a little
field trip to the city.
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You have a warrant?
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ED: We got
a better hand than that.
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Five witnesses to you
being a loan shark.
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Which means that
if we come back
with a warrant,
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it'll be to arrest you
instead of just having
a conversation.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, he owed me 50K,
so what?
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So what?
That's a lot of loot.
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Coop was good for it.
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Not anymore.
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Look.
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I didn't even know
he was dead
until you guys showed up.
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I was out sick today.
I have a cold.
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What about last night?
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I missed the boat.
I ended up on a late bus.
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A lawyer on a bus?
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So what happened,
you got into it
on the pier?
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You were pissed because
he wouldn't pony up,
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you pulled out
your gun?
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Never happened.
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Your visa, puts you
at the same Cigar Bar
as Cooper, last night.
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Yeah, I met up
with him there.
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I had a reason
for meeting up
with John.
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And what
would that be?
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I can't tell you that.
It's privileged.
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ED: Privileged?
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As in attorney-client.
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I was John's lawyer.
246
00:09:51,502 --> 00:09:53,004
VAN BUREN: O'Mann
was his lawyer?
247
00:09:53,070 --> 00:09:54,674
BRISCOE: Yeah, the guy
says Cooper called him.
248
00:09:54,739 --> 00:09:56,116
Said he knew he
owed him a lot of money,
249
00:09:56,173 --> 00:09:57,880
but he was in real trouble,
needed help.
250
00:09:57,942 --> 00:09:59,785
VAN BUREN: Why?
ED: He wouldn't say.
251
00:09:59,844 --> 00:10:01,050
He's claiming privilege.
252
00:10:01,112 --> 00:10:02,455
VAN BUREN: Well,
his client's dead.
253
00:10:02,513 --> 00:10:06,120
BRISCOE: Doesn't matter.
Whatever the issue is,
it affects Cooper's estate.
254
00:10:06,283 --> 00:10:08,559
VAN BUREN: Do we
have any idea,
if he's telling the truth?
255
00:10:08,619 --> 00:10:10,565
Well, he gave up
his prints.
And?
256
00:10:10,621 --> 00:10:13,363
No match on
the partial we lifted
off the shell casing.
257
00:10:14,258 --> 00:10:15,794
Well, where is this
lawyer now?
258
00:10:15,860 --> 00:10:18,603
We released him.
Told him not to make
any plane reservations.
259
00:10:18,664 --> 00:10:21,201
Why would this victim
consult a lawyer?
260
00:10:21,266 --> 00:10:23,837
We checked BCI, FBI,
New York State Police.
261
00:10:23,902 --> 00:10:24,937
We got nothing so far.
262
00:10:25,003 --> 00:10:26,846
Well, maybe it was
a civil matter.
263
00:10:26,905 --> 00:10:28,475
The guy's
a criminal lawyer.
264
00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:30,884
Well, Cooper was
a stock analyst.
265
00:10:30,942 --> 00:10:32,353
What about the SEC?
266
00:10:36,381 --> 00:10:39,362
We opened an investigation
on Mr. Cooper
about six months ago.
267
00:10:39,418 --> 00:10:40,419
What about?
268
00:10:40,485 --> 00:10:43,056
He was one of
the major analysts on
Everson Technologies.
269
00:10:43,255 --> 00:10:45,201
The one that's on
the front page
of all the papers?
270
00:10:45,257 --> 00:10:46,998
Mmm-hmm.
The one that just
went under.
271
00:10:47,059 --> 00:10:48,800
My hugest headache
right now.
272
00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:50,339
So why look
into Cooper?
273
00:10:50,829 --> 00:10:52,740
Do you guys know
what a stock analyst does?
274
00:10:53,098 --> 00:10:55,704
Strong buy,
buy, hold, sell.
275
00:10:55,767 --> 00:10:57,940
This horse is two to one,
that horse is three to one.
276
00:10:58,003 --> 00:10:59,004
It's the same thing.
277
00:10:59,071 --> 00:11:00,175
You're absolutely right.
278
00:11:00,238 --> 00:11:02,184
Those ratings
only mean something
279
00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:03,878
if the analyst
is truly independent.
280
00:11:04,242 --> 00:11:07,086
Are you saying
Cooper was in bed
with Everson Technologies?
281
00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:08,781
Well, there were rumors
to that effect
282
00:11:08,847 --> 00:11:10,827
based on his analysis
of their stock.
283
00:11:11,016 --> 00:11:12,518
'Cause he rated it
a strong buy.
284
00:11:12,584 --> 00:11:13,619
Yes.
285
00:11:13,885 --> 00:11:16,764
And he was one of the only
ones who continued to do so,
286
00:11:16,822 --> 00:11:20,201
even after questions
started to arise about
their accounting practices.
287
00:11:20,592 --> 00:11:22,936
So what's
your read on Cooper?
Was he crooked?
288
00:11:22,994 --> 00:11:25,270
Well, all I know is
we've had this
Everson employee
289
00:11:25,330 --> 00:11:26,707
over here for months,
290
00:11:26,765 --> 00:11:29,507
screaming about how
Cooper must be on the take.
291
00:11:29,801 --> 00:11:33,078
BRISCOE: Any chance
he would have taken matters
into his own hands?
292
00:11:33,205 --> 00:11:34,275
He was pretty irate.
293
00:11:34,339 --> 00:11:35,409
ED: How irate?
294
00:11:35,474 --> 00:11:36,953
Irate, irate.
295
00:11:40,213 --> 00:11:42,090
I worked at Everson 32 years.
296
00:11:42,582 --> 00:11:45,791
Had a pension worth
900,000,
now it's worth nine.
297
00:11:45,952 --> 00:11:48,990
Well, what makes you think
that John Cooper had anything
to do with that?
298
00:11:49,055 --> 00:11:51,626
He was fraternity brothers
with The CFO of Everson.
299
00:11:52,225 --> 00:11:53,568
They played golf
together,
300
00:11:53,626 --> 00:11:55,333
their kids went
to the same school.
301
00:11:55,428 --> 00:11:57,567
Well, if playing golf
with somebody means
they're on the take,
302
00:11:57,630 --> 00:12:00,008
we'd have to arrest
all of Wall Street.
303
00:12:00,066 --> 00:12:02,672
Cooper was one of the only
analysts to keep his rating
304
00:12:02,735 --> 00:12:04,612
a strong buy
as the stock tanked.
305
00:12:05,204 --> 00:12:07,912
He must have been taking
kickbacks the whole time.
306
00:12:07,974 --> 00:12:10,113
I can't prove it,
but I know it.
307
00:12:10,176 --> 00:12:11,280
Yeah, but why care?
I mean...
308
00:12:11,344 --> 00:12:13,585
What effect
could Cooper have
all by himself?
309
00:12:14,147 --> 00:12:17,060
People look for
any reason not to sell
a high-flying stock.
310
00:12:17,950 --> 00:12:19,987
Dreisen's opinion matters.
311
00:12:20,987 --> 00:12:22,898
Where were you
the night before last?
312
00:12:23,256 --> 00:12:24,599
My sister's house.
313
00:12:24,657 --> 00:12:27,297
There was a big party,
for my niece's 18th birthday.
314
00:12:27,994 --> 00:12:29,371
Why, you think
I killed him?
315
00:12:29,495 --> 00:12:32,476
Well, you do seem to be
worked up into a lather
over the guy.
316
00:12:32,532 --> 00:12:35,274
Cooper helped keep
the stock price
artificially high
317
00:12:35,334 --> 00:12:37,371
so company insiders
could cash out.
318
00:12:37,937 --> 00:12:39,939
Leave the rest of us
holding the bag.
319
00:12:40,573 --> 00:12:43,884
I can think of 20,000 people
who'd like to see him
six feet under.
320
00:12:45,211 --> 00:12:47,521
The guy seemed pissed,
but he didn't seem
homicidal.
321
00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:49,958
So what now?
20,000 background
checks?
322
00:12:50,016 --> 00:12:51,620
No. We narrow it down.
323
00:12:51,851 --> 00:12:54,127
He went to the SEC
to complain about Cooper.
324
00:12:54,187 --> 00:12:55,825
Maybe the other's went
directly to him.
325
00:12:55,888 --> 00:12:57,231
Let's talk
to his secretary,
326
00:12:57,290 --> 00:12:59,292
see who Cooper's
other fans were.
327
00:13:00,226 --> 00:13:02,639
I took over
50 calls a day
from company clients
328
00:13:02,696 --> 00:13:05,609
demanding to speak with John,
once Everson's stock tanked.
329
00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:07,437
So much for
narrowing it down.
330
00:13:07,501 --> 00:13:10,141
Were there any unusual calls
the day he was murdered?
331
00:13:10,704 --> 00:13:13,048
The SEC called
at 11:15 a.m.
332
00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:14,312
Well, that's
Angela Harkin.
333
00:13:14,374 --> 00:13:15,375
That's right.
334
00:13:15,442 --> 00:13:18,218
He was in a meeting,
but he had me call her back
about 15 minutes later.
335
00:13:18,378 --> 00:13:19,914
They talked for awhile.
336
00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:21,889
BRISCOE: Anything else
out of the ordinary?
337
00:13:21,949 --> 00:13:23,053
Not really.
338
00:13:23,650 --> 00:13:26,654
Well, right after,
he hung up with the SEC,
339
00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,200
he had me set up
a lunch meeting
with Justin Brenner.
340
00:13:29,623 --> 00:13:30,931
Who's Justin Brenner?
341
00:13:30,991 --> 00:13:33,130
The CFO
of Everson Technologies.
342
00:13:34,428 --> 00:13:35,736
Did Mr. Cooper
make the meeting?
343
00:13:35,796 --> 00:13:38,743
Yes. Left about 12:45.
344
00:13:39,533 --> 00:13:41,479
He happen to mention
what it was about?
345
00:13:41,535 --> 00:13:43,242
No, but it
seemed important.
346
00:13:43,303 --> 00:13:46,011
He told me not to
patch any calls
through to his cell.
347
00:13:46,773 --> 00:13:49,185
I'm guessing they weren't
talking about golf.
348
00:13:52,145 --> 00:13:54,386
BRENNER: John Cooper and I
knew each other socially.
That's all.
349
00:13:54,681 --> 00:13:55,989
When was
the last time
you saw him?
350
00:13:56,049 --> 00:13:57,528
I haven't seen him
in days.
351
00:13:58,619 --> 00:14:00,428
BRISCOE:
Well, we know you took
a phone call from him
352
00:14:00,487 --> 00:14:01,761
the day before yesterday.
353
00:14:01,822 --> 00:14:03,324
And we know
you had lunch with him.
354
00:14:03,390 --> 00:14:04,892
We traced
your credit card
355
00:14:04,958 --> 00:14:07,404
and your waiter
was kind enough
to identify you.
356
00:14:07,761 --> 00:14:09,035
This is ridiculous.
357
00:14:09,463 --> 00:14:10,703
I had lunch with him,
so what?
358
00:14:10,764 --> 00:14:11,902
So, you had lunch
with a guy,
359
00:14:11,965 --> 00:14:14,104
right after he
talks to the SEC
360
00:14:14,167 --> 00:14:16,738
about allegations
that you two were
in bed together.
361
00:14:16,803 --> 00:14:18,476
ED: And then he
ends up getting killed.
362
00:14:18,538 --> 00:14:21,417
You know, having the SEC
breathing down your neck
is one thing,
363
00:14:21,475 --> 00:14:23,615
but this is a homicide
investigation.
364
00:14:24,312 --> 00:14:25,848
This has gotten
so out of hand.
365
00:14:25,914 --> 00:14:27,655
ED: This will get
so much more out of hand
366
00:14:27,749 --> 00:14:30,491
if I gotta drag your ass
out of here in handcuffs.
367
00:14:32,253 --> 00:14:34,563
I didn't have anything to do
with John Cooper's death.
368
00:14:34,622 --> 00:14:36,898
Then why lie about
going to lunch with him?
369
00:14:38,059 --> 00:14:40,335
Mr. Cooper's firm earns
a substantial percentage
370
00:14:40,428 --> 00:14:43,102
underwriting bond offerings
for Everson technologies.
371
00:14:43,598 --> 00:14:46,044
He called on Wednesday,
said the SEC
had contacted him.
372
00:14:46,267 --> 00:14:47,268
And that scared you?
373
00:14:47,402 --> 00:14:48,506
Of course, it did.
374
00:14:48,870 --> 00:14:50,406
BRISCOE: So what'd you do
to keep his mouth shut?
375
00:14:50,538 --> 00:14:51,778
I didn't do anything,
376
00:14:51,839 --> 00:14:55,082
except to assure him
that we appreciated
his strong buy ratings
377
00:14:55,143 --> 00:14:56,645
throughout the past
few months.
378
00:14:56,711 --> 00:14:59,624
And I told him that Everson
would guarantee Dreisner's
underwriting fees
379
00:14:59,681 --> 00:15:01,354
despite any
bankruptcy filings.
380
00:15:01,416 --> 00:15:03,657
The guy's license
might have been
in jeopardy.
381
00:15:03,718 --> 00:15:06,164
I think he might have
wanted a little more
assurance than that.
382
00:15:06,254 --> 00:15:08,894
I didn't need to give it.
He was a partner at Dreisner.
383
00:15:10,925 --> 00:15:12,427
He shared in the profits.
384
00:15:12,627 --> 00:15:15,506
Look, why would I
kill John?
385
00:15:15,997 --> 00:15:17,977
He works with
a whole team of people.
386
00:15:18,032 --> 00:15:19,705
I don't know
how many of them knew
what was going on.
387
00:15:19,767 --> 00:15:22,008
Or how many were
benefiting from
our business.
388
00:15:23,938 --> 00:15:26,748
This is not something
that can be solved
by killing a man.
389
00:15:26,975 --> 00:15:29,785
Oh, I don't know,
I think if we shot a couple
of your board members,
390
00:15:29,844 --> 00:15:32,290
this kind of thing
probably wouldn't
happen again.
391
00:15:35,249 --> 00:15:37,855
I'll tell you
the same thing
I told the SEC.
392
00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,799
Feel free to investigate
everything I ever wrote,
said, did.
393
00:15:42,357 --> 00:15:44,997
I had no idea what was going
on with Everson Technologies.
394
00:15:45,059 --> 00:15:46,403
Wait.
How could you not?
395
00:15:46,462 --> 00:15:48,066
You were John Cooper's
second in command.
396
00:15:48,130 --> 00:15:51,407
And I was the one
who kept questioning
John's recommendations.
397
00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,302
But he met with
company officials,
398
00:15:53,369 --> 00:15:55,007
so I presumed he
knew things I didn't.
399
00:15:55,204 --> 00:15:57,115
What about other people
on the team?
400
00:15:57,272 --> 00:15:58,717
Well, if there was
anything going on,
401
00:15:58,774 --> 00:16:00,981
I can't imagine
anyone else
was in on it.
402
00:16:01,043 --> 00:16:04,047
None of us
told friends and family
to sell Everson stock,
403
00:16:04,113 --> 00:16:06,719
which we would have,
if we knew
the stock was worthless.
404
00:16:06,782 --> 00:16:09,262
BRISCOE: And Cooper
told his family to sell?
405
00:16:09,318 --> 00:16:11,423
Actually, I don't think
he told them anything.
406
00:16:11,487 --> 00:16:14,764
So, what? He just
let them lose their shirts
along with everybody else?
407
00:16:15,724 --> 00:16:18,068
ED: Did anybody
in Cooper's family
get hit really hard?
408
00:16:18,127 --> 00:16:20,232
His brother-in-law,
Russell Woods.
409
00:16:21,030 --> 00:16:23,840
He bought 2,500 shares
at $81 a share.
410
00:16:24,133 --> 00:16:26,079
Now it's worth about
90 cents.
411
00:16:26,502 --> 00:16:28,106
He lost almost
$200,000.
412
00:16:31,273 --> 00:16:33,776
Now that sure
would make me want to
hurt somebody.
413
00:16:33,842 --> 00:16:36,721
Hey, I'd kill one of
my ex brother-in-laws
for free.
414
00:16:37,379 --> 00:16:39,620
Apparently when the stock
started to tank,
415
00:16:39,681 --> 00:16:42,127
for whatever reason,
Cooper wouldn't return
Woods' calls.
416
00:16:42,184 --> 00:16:43,754
So, why didn't he
just tell him to sell?
417
00:16:43,819 --> 00:16:46,561
Well, maybe he thought
that if he told his
family members to sell,
418
00:16:46,622 --> 00:16:48,067
would make him
look suspicious.
419
00:16:48,123 --> 00:16:49,625
Or maybe he's
just a jerk.
420
00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:52,238
Well, did this
brother-in-law know
about the mutually
421
00:16:52,294 --> 00:16:54,035
beneficial
arrangement between
422
00:16:54,096 --> 00:16:56,303
Everson and
Driesner Investments?
423
00:16:56,365 --> 00:16:57,469
That's what we'd
like to know.
424
00:16:57,533 --> 00:16:59,240
Well, pick him up
and find out.
425
00:17:03,705 --> 00:17:04,809
Hey, Lennie.
426
00:17:05,307 --> 00:17:06,479
Check out what
he's wearing.
427
00:17:06,542 --> 00:17:07,612
Blue coat.
428
00:17:08,812 --> 00:17:10,314
BRISCOE: Russell Woods?
Yes.
429
00:17:10,413 --> 00:17:11,790
NYPD.
430
00:17:12,382 --> 00:17:13,588
The police.
Yeah, man.
431
00:17:13,650 --> 00:17:14,993
We need to talk to you
about your brother-in-law.
432
00:17:15,118 --> 00:17:16,119
What do you
wanna know?
433
00:17:16,186 --> 00:17:17,426
We just have
some follow-up.
434
00:17:17,487 --> 00:17:18,864
You want to come with us
down to the precinct?
435
00:17:18,922 --> 00:17:19,957
Why?
436
00:17:20,023 --> 00:17:23,095
Well, we can talk about it
right here,
if you'd rather not.
437
00:17:23,827 --> 00:17:26,239
No, no.
I guess the precinct
would be better.
438
00:17:26,496 --> 00:17:27,998
Cover me,
will you, Tommy?
TOMMY: Sure.
439
00:17:28,198 --> 00:17:29,734
And call my wife.
All right.
440
00:17:32,535 --> 00:17:35,516
BRISCOE: That was a whole
lot of money you lost on
Everson technologies.
441
00:17:35,672 --> 00:17:38,118
ED: It could've been
your kids' college savings.
442
00:17:38,441 --> 00:17:39,749
It was a lot of money.
443
00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:41,914
So maybe you
wanted some payback.
444
00:17:42,579 --> 00:17:43,580
I don't know
what you mean.
445
00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:44,954
Oh, I don't know.
446
00:17:45,014 --> 00:17:47,460
I find out
my brother-in-law
set me up,
447
00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:49,258
risked my kid's future,
448
00:17:49,386 --> 00:17:50,763
I think I might be
a little angry.
449
00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:53,300
Especially if
this brother-in-law kept
recommending stock to me
450
00:17:53,356 --> 00:17:55,734
even after he knew
the company was tanking.
451
00:17:55,859 --> 00:17:56,860
John did that?
452
00:17:56,926 --> 00:17:59,634
Oh, come on.
You know how much he
made off of Everson.
453
00:18:00,130 --> 00:18:01,666
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
454
00:18:02,365 --> 00:18:05,073
He was paid to keep
recommending Everson stock.
455
00:18:05,535 --> 00:18:07,037
I never knew that
456
00:18:07,837 --> 00:18:11,216
Here's this
rich stock analyst
married to my wife's sister.
457
00:18:11,641 --> 00:18:13,678
Yeah, and me
just a working stiff
hoping to make
458
00:18:13,743 --> 00:18:15,586
a little bit off
a tip from John.
459
00:18:15,879 --> 00:18:18,382
Only you find out
that he's artificially
propping up
460
00:18:18,448 --> 00:18:20,450
Everson's stock prices
on your back.
461
00:18:20,750 --> 00:18:23,162
So you confront him.
You demand
your money back.
462
00:18:23,219 --> 00:18:25,995
Look, I have no idea
what you guys
are talking about.
463
00:18:26,055 --> 00:18:27,591
I don't,
I really don't.
464
00:18:28,158 --> 00:18:30,263
Well, now,
that's really funny,
Mr. Woods.
465
00:18:30,327 --> 00:18:33,433
Because we just matched
your finger prints,
from your job records,
466
00:18:33,497 --> 00:18:35,909
to one found on
a shell casing,
at the scene.
467
00:18:35,966 --> 00:18:39,072
And I'm betting
we can match
a fiber off your coat.
468
00:18:40,171 --> 00:18:41,980
I think you just lost
a little bit more
469
00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:43,609
than a 401K, buddy.
470
00:18:44,408 --> 00:18:45,409
What are you doing?
471
00:18:45,476 --> 00:18:46,887
Russell Woods,
you're under arrest,
472
00:18:46,944 --> 00:18:48,685
for the murder
of John Cooper.
473
00:18:48,779 --> 00:18:50,156
You have the right
to remain silent.
474
00:18:53,651 --> 00:18:56,359
Woods lawyered up
once we placed him
under arrest.
475
00:18:56,787 --> 00:18:58,596
Did he make
any kind of statement
before that?
476
00:18:58,756 --> 00:19:00,133
Nothing but a whole
lot of acting
477
00:19:00,191 --> 00:19:01,864
like he didn't know
what we were
talking about.
478
00:19:01,926 --> 00:19:04,463
Well, how did he act
when you told him about
the fingerprint?
479
00:19:04,528 --> 00:19:06,769
That's pretty much
when he stopped talking.
480
00:19:06,831 --> 00:19:07,866
SERENA:
Where are we on motive?
481
00:19:07,932 --> 00:19:09,605
I mean, he obviously didn't
kill his brother-in-law
482
00:19:09,667 --> 00:19:11,203
because of a few
unreturned phone calls.
483
00:19:11,268 --> 00:19:13,407
Well, the man lost
his life savings.
484
00:19:13,504 --> 00:19:14,505
SERENA:
Yeah, but why now?
485
00:19:14,638 --> 00:19:16,083
ED:
The papers just started
running stories
486
00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:18,313
that the company was
filing for bankruptcy.
487
00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:19,581
BRISCOE:
Yeah, which means,
he probably knew
488
00:19:19,643 --> 00:19:21,748
he'd never be able to
recoup his losses.
489
00:19:21,812 --> 00:19:24,258
Well and we figured
once he realized that,
490
00:19:24,348 --> 00:19:26,555
it turned into whole
new level of rage.
491
00:19:26,851 --> 00:19:29,491
Well, it sounds like
I should have a talk
with the victim's wife
492
00:19:29,553 --> 00:19:31,999
find out what kind of
relationship these two had.
493
00:19:33,524 --> 00:19:35,834
I just think
you have the wrong man.
That's all I'm saying.
494
00:19:35,893 --> 00:19:39,636
I understand that it's hard
to accept that your
brother-in-law could do this,
495
00:19:39,697 --> 00:19:41,973
but we have
pretty hard evidence
against him.
496
00:19:42,399 --> 00:19:43,901
I can't believe
that's true.
497
00:19:44,935 --> 00:19:47,211
We found his fingerprint,
on the shell casing.
498
00:19:47,705 --> 00:19:48,706
What?
499
00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:50,978
And a fiber that
matched his work coat.
500
00:19:51,175 --> 00:19:53,247
Oh. my God!
501
00:19:54,346 --> 00:19:55,791
So, Mrs. Cooper,
I have to ask you...
502
00:19:55,847 --> 00:19:57,349
Maybe someone's
framing him.
503
00:19:57,415 --> 00:19:58,894
Have you looked
into that?
504
00:20:00,986 --> 00:20:03,091
Did you ever hear
your brother-in-law
talk to your husband
505
00:20:03,154 --> 00:20:04,724
about Everson
Technologies?
506
00:20:04,856 --> 00:20:06,335
Everson Technologies?
507
00:20:06,491 --> 00:20:08,061
What has that got to do
with anything?
508
00:20:08,126 --> 00:20:10,163
Russell lost his
entire Investment.
509
00:20:11,062 --> 00:20:13,133
And you think
that's why he killed John?
510
00:20:14,566 --> 00:20:17,240
He lost his savings,
his future,
his retirement.
511
00:20:17,302 --> 00:20:20,112
No. You don't know Russell.
He's a gentle person.
512
00:20:21,473 --> 00:20:24,147
Well, everybody has
their limits, Mrs. Cooper.
It was a lot of money.
513
00:20:24,209 --> 00:20:27,315
I never heard Russell
ever say anything
about money to John.
514
00:20:27,379 --> 00:20:28,619
It just wasn't like him.
515
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,661
In fact,
Russell and Georgina
have offered to help me.
516
00:20:33,718 --> 00:20:34,719
Mom?
517
00:20:34,786 --> 00:20:36,060
LESLIE:
Everything's okay, honey.
518
00:20:36,121 --> 00:20:39,193
This lady's just asking me
some questions
about Uncle Russell.
519
00:20:40,725 --> 00:20:42,602
Why don't you go
start your homework.
520
00:20:42,794 --> 00:20:44,239
I'll be there in a minute.
521
00:20:48,099 --> 00:20:49,908
He's had
a pretty rough time.
522
00:20:51,002 --> 00:20:52,276
I understand.
523
00:20:53,538 --> 00:20:55,575
You know,
I should probably
start dinner.
524
00:20:58,510 --> 00:21:00,512
I don't know, it was just
something about the way
she was acting.
525
00:21:00,578 --> 00:21:02,524
Like she was
more upset about
her brother-in-law's arrest
526
00:21:02,581 --> 00:21:04,322
than she was about
her own husband.
527
00:21:04,382 --> 00:21:05,725
She could be in shock.
528
00:21:05,784 --> 00:21:06,956
Maybe you're right.
529
00:21:07,452 --> 00:21:09,762
How strongly
do you feel
about this?
530
00:21:09,821 --> 00:21:12,802
It's just
my instinct tells me
there's more going on here.
531
00:21:13,024 --> 00:21:14,128
Then go with it.
532
00:21:14,192 --> 00:21:16,764
Have Briscoe and Green
follow-up
with the neighbors.
533
00:21:17,396 --> 00:21:18,568
Thanks, Jack.
Yeah.
534
00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:21,340
How well did you
know them?
535
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,108
Mostly through our kids.
I have a boy their son's age.
536
00:21:24,303 --> 00:21:25,941
We talk at school
and things like that.
537
00:21:26,005 --> 00:21:27,143
What about
the husband?
538
00:21:27,206 --> 00:21:28,810
He never came
to those things.
539
00:21:28,874 --> 00:21:31,150
Not much worse than
the other Dads, though.
If you know what I mean.
540
00:21:31,210 --> 00:21:32,314
Maybe they're
just working.
541
00:21:32,378 --> 00:21:33,413
Maybe.
542
00:21:33,479 --> 00:21:34,617
What about the
Cooper's relationship?
543
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:35,681
What do you mean?
544
00:21:35,748 --> 00:21:37,750
I mean, how would you
describe their marriage.
Was it stable?
545
00:21:37,817 --> 00:21:39,763
(SIGHS) Now and again
we heard them fighting.
546
00:21:39,919 --> 00:21:41,023
What?
From across the street?
547
00:21:41,087 --> 00:21:42,430
It's a small neighborhood.
548
00:21:42,488 --> 00:21:43,865
Sometimes it was
pretty hard to ignore.
549
00:21:43,923 --> 00:21:46,563
In fact, I heard it through
the grapevine that they were
headed for divorce.
550
00:21:46,626 --> 00:21:47,969
ED:
When did you hear that?
551
00:21:48,027 --> 00:21:49,335
Couple of years ago.
552
00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:52,205
I guess kids have a way
of making you work things out.
553
00:21:54,567 --> 00:21:55,978
She filed for divorce
three years ago.
554
00:21:56,035 --> 00:21:57,412
On what grounds?
555
00:21:57,570 --> 00:21:58,913
Emotional distress.
556
00:21:59,071 --> 00:22:00,516
That's the catchall.
557
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,350
She withdrew her petition,
a few months later.
558
00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:05,988
People change their
minds all the time.
559
00:22:06,045 --> 00:22:08,651
Especially if murdering
her husband might be
an easier option
560
00:22:08,714 --> 00:22:10,455
than divorcing him.
561
00:22:11,650 --> 00:22:14,722
We still have a few
more days before we
go to grand jury.
562
00:22:14,787 --> 00:22:16,164
Stay on it.
563
00:22:16,555 --> 00:22:17,966
Look at this.
Calls from the
Cooper house
564
00:22:18,024 --> 00:22:19,765
to Russell Woods over
the past two weeks.
565
00:22:19,825 --> 00:22:22,396
Well, it could
just be two sisters
gabbing on the phone.
566
00:22:22,461 --> 00:22:23,940
The calls are
to his work phone.
567
00:22:23,996 --> 00:22:25,566
Well, maybe it's
family business.
568
00:22:25,631 --> 00:22:27,076
Thirty calls?
569
00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:29,113
Hey, check this out.
570
00:22:29,168 --> 00:22:31,808
Call from Russell Woods'
cell phone to Leslie Cooper
the night of the murder.
571
00:22:31,871 --> 00:22:33,373
Yeah, but how do we
know it's Russell,
not his wife?
572
00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,510
He's got one
of those phones
with GPS technology.
573
00:22:35,574 --> 00:22:37,612
Whoever called,
called from
three blocks away
574
00:22:37,678 --> 00:22:39,157
from where
Cooper was shot.
575
00:22:39,212 --> 00:22:40,748
Confirmation call.
576
00:22:40,814 --> 00:22:42,054
There's only
one good reason
577
00:22:42,115 --> 00:22:44,925
for the two of them
to get together
to kill her husband.
578
00:22:44,985 --> 00:22:46,362
Mmm-hmm.
579
00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:48,627
So the wife of
a wealthy analyst
580
00:22:48,688 --> 00:22:51,328
takes up with her
broke brother-in-law?
581
00:22:51,792 --> 00:22:53,601
Only they wouldn't have
been broke for long.
582
00:22:54,094 --> 00:22:56,506
John Cooper
had a million dollar
life insurance policy.
583
00:22:56,563 --> 00:22:59,373
She told me she
hadn't got much money,
but I did some checking.
584
00:22:59,433 --> 00:23:02,175
His estate was worth
close to $3 million.
585
00:23:02,536 --> 00:23:05,142
Even with the money,
phone calls and
a suspicious demeanor
586
00:23:05,205 --> 00:23:07,048
won't be enough
to prove a conspiracy.
587
00:23:07,107 --> 00:23:08,108
It's a start.
588
00:23:10,777 --> 00:23:13,053
Briscoe and Green's
arrest report indicated
589
00:23:13,113 --> 00:23:16,060
the sister was
pretty supportive
in the initial interview.
590
00:23:16,116 --> 00:23:18,027
Because she didn't
know about the affair.
591
00:23:18,085 --> 00:23:19,655
Let's get them in
the same room together,
592
00:23:19,719 --> 00:23:21,721
see if one
of them cracks.
593
00:23:25,492 --> 00:23:28,336
I still have no idea
why you asked us
to come here.
594
00:23:28,395 --> 00:23:31,239
We have information
that pertains to
the both of you.
595
00:23:31,298 --> 00:23:32,936
What information?
596
00:23:33,533 --> 00:23:35,308
SERENA: Mrs. Cooper?
597
00:23:36,603 --> 00:23:38,173
I have no idea what
you're talking about.
598
00:23:38,238 --> 00:23:41,276
We're talking about
your relationship
with Russell Woods.
599
00:23:42,075 --> 00:23:43,520
What relationship?
600
00:23:43,577 --> 00:23:44,817
SERENA: According
to the phone company,
601
00:23:44,878 --> 00:23:47,916
your sister placed over
30 calls to your husband
in the last week.
602
00:23:48,515 --> 00:23:51,519
I call my husband
from my sister's house
all the time, so what?
603
00:23:52,552 --> 00:23:54,361
While you're at work?
604
00:23:54,721 --> 00:23:55,961
Look, what are
you implying?
605
00:23:56,022 --> 00:23:57,262
JACK: We're not
implying anything.
606
00:23:57,324 --> 00:24:00,101
We're just looking
for an explanation
for these calls.
607
00:24:00,161 --> 00:24:02,767
Were you having an affair
with your brother-in-law,
Mrs. Cooper?
608
00:24:02,830 --> 00:24:06,277
That is ridiculous.
You don't know what
you're talking about.
609
00:24:06,334 --> 00:24:10,214
JACK: We also have records
showing that your husband
called your sister
610
00:24:10,271 --> 00:24:13,718
from his cell phone
immediately after
he shot Mr. Cooper.
611
00:24:13,775 --> 00:24:16,381
That is my cell phone.
I called my sister.
612
00:24:16,944 --> 00:24:19,049
Not according to
the cell phone company.
613
00:24:19,113 --> 00:24:22,322
They place the phone
less than three blocks
from the ferry terminal
614
00:24:22,383 --> 00:24:23,862
where Mr. Cooper was shot.
615
00:24:23,918 --> 00:24:26,330
They can pinpoint
the exact location.
616
00:24:27,922 --> 00:24:29,959
You've already
arrested Russell.
Isn't that enough?
617
00:24:30,925 --> 00:24:32,962
SERENA: I know this
can't be easy for you.
618
00:24:33,027 --> 00:24:35,769
If you have a reason
for protecting them,
619
00:24:36,797 --> 00:24:39,141
it can only do
more harm than good.
620
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,010
Your husband is facing
a charge that carries
the death penalty.
621
00:24:42,370 --> 00:24:45,283
Oh, my God!
This is getting out
of hand, Georgina.
622
00:24:45,339 --> 00:24:46,340
GEORGINA:
No, no, no, no, wait.
623
00:24:46,407 --> 00:24:47,681
LESLIE: No. I can't
let you do this.
624
00:24:47,742 --> 00:24:50,052
I can't let Russell
take responsibility
for this alone.
625
00:24:50,111 --> 00:24:51,351
Well, maybe Russell
will be okay.
626
00:24:51,412 --> 00:24:53,016
No. It's enough.
627
00:24:54,415 --> 00:24:56,417
(SIGHS)
This is all my fault.
628
00:24:56,484 --> 00:24:58,054
If you're going
to blame anyone,
blame me.
629
00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:59,393
Leslie!
630
00:24:59,453 --> 00:25:03,299
Blame you because
you put Mr. Woods up
to killing your husband.
631
00:25:03,891 --> 00:25:06,838
But he didn't do it
for the reason you think.
632
00:25:07,895 --> 00:25:10,136
She was a battered wife?
633
00:25:10,198 --> 00:25:14,340
She claims her husband
had been beating her
on and off for 15 years.
634
00:25:14,802 --> 00:25:16,941
So she stayed home
with her kids and...
635
00:25:17,004 --> 00:25:20,110
Had her brother-in-law
pull the trigger for her.
636
00:25:20,174 --> 00:25:22,348
Well, why would
he agree to do that
in the first place?
637
00:25:22,411 --> 00:25:25,051
Well, according to her,
because of the abuse.
638
00:25:25,113 --> 00:25:27,855
Except she admits
she offered him
part of the proceeds
639
00:25:27,916 --> 00:25:30,692
of a million dollar
life insurance policy
once it was done.
640
00:25:30,752 --> 00:25:33,028
A battered spouse
who hires a hit man.
641
00:25:33,088 --> 00:25:35,090
That's one for the books.
642
00:25:35,757 --> 00:25:37,031
What about her sister?
643
00:25:37,092 --> 00:25:39,698
We might have
accessory after the fact.
644
00:25:40,129 --> 00:25:42,302
But if she was
involved beforehand,
we can't prove it.
645
00:25:42,364 --> 00:25:44,002
Not unless
they all roll over.
646
00:25:44,066 --> 00:25:46,410
Is it true,
about the abuse?
647
00:25:46,468 --> 00:25:47,879
SERENA: So far,
I haven't been
able to find
648
00:25:47,936 --> 00:25:49,540
a shred of evidence
to support it.
649
00:25:49,605 --> 00:25:52,779
No police records
and I also checked
her local hospital.
650
00:25:52,841 --> 00:25:54,047
A play for sympathy.
651
00:25:54,109 --> 00:25:56,282
LEWIN: Well, let's stop her
before she even tries it.
652
00:25:56,345 --> 00:25:58,154
Move to preclude
the defense.
653
00:25:58,213 --> 00:26:01,683
I'd rather find out
what they have now
than in front of a jury.
654
00:26:06,955 --> 00:26:08,764
JACK: This defendant
hired her brother-in-law
655
00:26:08,824 --> 00:26:10,428
to shoot a man
in the street.
656
00:26:10,492 --> 00:26:13,564
If that's self-defense,
maybe I've been confused
all these years.
657
00:26:13,629 --> 00:26:16,166
No. Battered wife
syndrome, Judge.
658
00:26:16,231 --> 00:26:18,734
A psychiatrist will
testify and explain
659
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,644
why she thought
her husband was
about to kill her,
660
00:26:21,703 --> 00:26:23,979
why she didn't leave
the relationship.
661
00:26:24,039 --> 00:26:27,885
SERENA: Except there's
one thing missing here.
She wasn't abused.
662
00:26:27,943 --> 00:26:28,944
What about it,
Mr. Weaver?
663
00:26:29,011 --> 00:26:31,218
Was your client
abused or not?
664
00:26:31,813 --> 00:26:33,224
You tell me.
665
00:26:34,049 --> 00:26:38,020
Mrs. Cooper has been seen
in four different hospitals
on eight different occasions
666
00:26:38,086 --> 00:26:39,997
during the course
of her marriage.
667
00:26:40,055 --> 00:26:41,728
She's had
a ruptured spleen,
668
00:26:41,790 --> 00:26:44,965
a bruised liver,
a broken arm
and a sprained knee.
669
00:26:45,695 --> 00:26:47,402
Judge, I checked
with her local
area hospital.
670
00:26:47,463 --> 00:26:48,771
She was never
treated there.
671
00:26:49,299 --> 00:26:51,210
That's because
she was too embarrassed.
672
00:26:51,267 --> 00:26:54,544
She went to different ERs
so she wouldn't have to
deal with the same people.
673
00:26:54,604 --> 00:26:55,844
We've got all the records.
674
00:26:55,905 --> 00:26:57,782
Her sister took
those pictures.
675
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,319
I've seen enough.
676
00:26:59,375 --> 00:27:01,514
I'm inclined to
allow the defense
to be presented.
677
00:27:01,578 --> 00:27:03,888
The People request
the opportunity to
have the defendant
678
00:27:03,947 --> 00:27:05,483
examined by
our psychiatrist.
679
00:27:05,548 --> 00:27:11,226
Judge, we're not asserting
diminished capacity or
mental disease or defect.
680
00:27:11,287 --> 00:27:13,426
But you want
a psychiatrist to
explain the effects,
681
00:27:13,489 --> 00:27:16,436
battering can have on
a woman's perceptions.
682
00:27:16,492 --> 00:27:20,668
The People should be allowed
to determine for themselves
what those effects were.
683
00:27:21,164 --> 00:27:22,871
LEWIN: If the jury gets
one look at these photos
684
00:27:22,932 --> 00:27:25,412
they're gonna think
they would have
killed him, too.
685
00:27:25,468 --> 00:27:28,972
What we're talking
about is revenge,
not self-defense.
686
00:27:29,038 --> 00:27:30,039
Well, maybe.
687
00:27:30,106 --> 00:27:33,212
But every woman,
every person on the jury,
688
00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:36,120
who sees these photos
are gonna think he got
what he deserved.
689
00:27:36,179 --> 00:27:38,090
Well, we don't pick
our victims, Nora.
690
00:27:38,147 --> 00:27:40,127
No. But sometimes
we cut a deal.
691
00:27:40,183 --> 00:27:41,685
JACK: Which we already have.
692
00:27:42,018 --> 00:27:44,157
Russell Woods
pled to murder two
this morning
693
00:27:44,220 --> 00:27:46,291
and Georgina pled to
an accessory charge.
694
00:27:46,355 --> 00:27:48,096
No. I'm talking
about Leslie Cooper.
695
00:27:48,391 --> 00:27:50,337
How much of a discount
do you want to give her?
696
00:27:50,393 --> 00:27:51,701
I was thinking to man one.
697
00:27:51,761 --> 00:27:53,502
JACK: What kind of
a message does that send?
698
00:27:53,563 --> 00:27:56,237
When things get bad,
hire a hit man,
699
00:27:56,299 --> 00:27:58,279
you get a bargain
at indictment time.
700
00:27:58,334 --> 00:28:01,008
He wasn't a hit man.
He was her brother-in-law.
701
00:28:01,070 --> 00:28:03,175
She still arranged
for someone to
jump her husband
702
00:28:03,239 --> 00:28:05,014
and pump two
bullets into him.
703
00:28:05,074 --> 00:28:06,850
Well, I'm not talking
about giving her a medal.
704
00:28:06,910 --> 00:28:09,288
But they'll have
an expert witness
who'll testify that
705
00:28:09,346 --> 00:28:10,950
everything she did
was reasonable.
706
00:28:11,014 --> 00:28:12,516
And we'll have one
who says it wasn't.
707
00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:14,654
LEWIN: Jack, that
guarantees us nothing.
708
00:28:15,019 --> 00:28:16,521
I just don't think
this is a case
709
00:28:16,587 --> 00:28:17,759
we should go
to verdict on.
710
00:28:19,022 --> 00:28:20,592
If she gets
herself acquitted,
711
00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:23,069
the next case
these defense
lawyers will push,
712
00:28:23,127 --> 00:28:24,731
might actually
be a hit man.
713
00:28:24,795 --> 00:28:26,638
I don't think
she will win.
714
00:28:26,697 --> 00:28:28,677
And I think she could.
715
00:28:28,732 --> 00:28:30,609
Make this one go away.
716
00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:35,783
You gotta be kidding me.
Fifteen to life?
717
00:28:35,839 --> 00:28:37,546
Did we see
the same photos?
718
00:28:37,608 --> 00:28:40,214
Your client should
be aware that if she
turns this plea down,
719
00:28:40,277 --> 00:28:43,417
we will present
murder one to
the grand jury.
720
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,084
Capital charges?
721
00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:49,092
Hiring a hit man
fits squarely within
the murder one statute.
722
00:28:49,620 --> 00:28:53,500
We've got a woman here
who was severely battered
on an almost daily basis.
723
00:28:53,557 --> 00:28:55,434
The jury is gonna
hate your victim
724
00:28:55,492 --> 00:28:57,597
and wanna jump up
and hug her.
725
00:28:57,661 --> 00:28:59,732
SERENA: She planned it out,
she took her time.
726
00:28:59,797 --> 00:29:01,743
I can't go to jail
for 15 years.
727
00:29:01,799 --> 00:29:03,608
JACK: You owe it to your
client to explain to her
728
00:29:03,667 --> 00:29:05,806
how unrealistic
she's being.
729
00:29:06,503 --> 00:29:10,212
We could go to trial,
get an acquittal,
at worst, man two.
730
00:29:10,507 --> 00:29:14,580
More likely, your client
will spend the rest
of her life in prison.
731
00:29:16,079 --> 00:29:17,820
I just can't
take a plea.
732
00:29:17,881 --> 00:29:20,122
I won't do that
to my children.
733
00:29:21,118 --> 00:29:22,256
They need a mother.
734
00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:25,129
Up until now, they've
been taking care of me.
735
00:29:25,189 --> 00:29:27,533
I won't just leave them
Not now.
736
00:29:33,398 --> 00:29:34,672
Hey, Jack.
737
00:29:35,934 --> 00:29:37,811
Jack, I just checked
the trial calendar.
738
00:29:37,869 --> 00:29:40,372
Leslie Cooper's name
is still on it.
739
00:29:40,438 --> 00:29:42,179
She turned down
our offer.
740
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,446
What was it?
741
00:29:43,508 --> 00:29:44,987
Fifteen to life.
742
00:29:45,043 --> 00:29:46,579
Well, what was
the counter?
743
00:29:46,644 --> 00:29:48,715
It never
got that far.
744
00:29:48,780 --> 00:29:50,487
Jack, I thought
I made it pretty clear,
745
00:29:50,548 --> 00:29:51,925
I wanted this
one to go away.
746
00:29:51,983 --> 00:29:54,930
I didn't think that meant
you wanted me to give away
the courthouse.
747
00:29:54,986 --> 00:29:56,795
Well, it's better
that we give away
the courthouse
748
00:29:56,855 --> 00:29:59,358
than some defense
attorney takes it.
749
00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:01,131
If we lose this
case at trial,
750
00:30:01,192 --> 00:30:02,364
we're gonna
see this defense
751
00:30:02,427 --> 00:30:04,839
over and over
and over again.
752
00:30:04,896 --> 00:30:07,638
All I can do
is try the case
in front of me.
753
00:30:07,699 --> 00:30:10,509
Yeah, unfortunately,
I have to look a little
further down the road.
754
00:30:11,369 --> 00:30:12,939
Has Skoda met
with her yet?
755
00:30:13,004 --> 00:30:14,210
This afternoon.
756
00:30:14,272 --> 00:30:16,912
Well, we better hope
he gives us what we need
to convict this woman.
757
00:30:17,275 --> 00:30:21,553
This case is gonna be
a lot harder to win than
you seem to think it is.
758
00:30:27,385 --> 00:30:29,092
Did she have the crap
beaten out of her?
759
00:30:29,154 --> 00:30:31,293
Medical records
say yes.
760
00:30:31,356 --> 00:30:32,357
Did she fear
for her life
761
00:30:32,423 --> 00:30:35,097
when she hired
her brother-in-law
to whack her husband.
762
00:30:35,159 --> 00:30:36,160
Who knows.
763
00:30:36,227 --> 00:30:39,333
In other words,
she didn't suffer from
battered woman's syndrome.
764
00:30:39,397 --> 00:30:41,172
It's a subjective
standard.
765
00:30:41,232 --> 00:30:42,768
I need something
more solid than that
766
00:30:42,834 --> 00:30:45,144
if I'm gonna put you
in front of a jury.
767
00:30:45,203 --> 00:30:47,342
She describes some
of the characteristics.
768
00:30:47,405 --> 00:30:48,850
Feeling panicky
all the time,
769
00:30:48,907 --> 00:30:52,151
heightened awareness
of changes in his mood,
770
00:30:52,211 --> 00:30:54,248
feeling like
he could control her.
771
00:30:54,313 --> 00:30:57,260
But she also planned
this out and hired
someone to do it.
772
00:30:57,316 --> 00:31:00,763
Which seems pretty
calculating and inconsistent
with the syndrome.
773
00:31:00,819 --> 00:31:03,026
She definitely doesn't
fit the textbook definition.
774
00:31:03,088 --> 00:31:04,328
SERENA: Yeah. She had
a college education.
775
00:31:04,390 --> 00:31:05,596
She had a career
before she had kids.
776
00:31:05,658 --> 00:31:07,763
I think she could
have figured out
how to call the police.
777
00:31:07,826 --> 00:31:10,898
Battered women
can appear competent
and functional,
778
00:31:10,963 --> 00:31:13,239
yet they still
feel powerless
on a day-to-day basis.
779
00:31:13,299 --> 00:31:14,505
But there has to be
a difference between
780
00:31:14,566 --> 00:31:16,910
defending yourself
against an imminent threat
781
00:31:16,969 --> 00:31:19,210
and launching
a preemptive strike.
782
00:31:20,372 --> 00:31:23,046
Look, whether what she did
was reasonable or not
is your department.
783
00:31:23,108 --> 00:31:26,385
What I can say is,
from a psychological
standpoint,
784
00:31:26,445 --> 00:31:28,083
there are aspects
of her behavior
785
00:31:28,147 --> 00:31:29,319
that just don't
fit the syndrome.
786
00:31:29,615 --> 00:31:31,822
Like enlisting the help
of someone else.
787
00:31:31,884 --> 00:31:34,922
I mean, if this woman
can claim she had
battered woman's syndrome,
788
00:31:34,987 --> 00:31:36,898
I don't know who can't.
789
00:31:38,924 --> 00:31:41,370
Her psychiatrist claims
she feared for her life.
790
00:31:41,427 --> 00:31:43,304
She paid for
that opinion.
791
00:31:43,362 --> 00:31:46,172
Well, the opinion
we're paying for
has told you that
792
00:31:46,232 --> 00:31:49,577
there's no way to determine
whether or not her actions
are reasonable.
793
00:31:49,635 --> 00:31:52,582
What Skoda said is that
it would be irresponsible
to call them reasonable.
794
00:31:52,638 --> 00:31:55,175
Well, why should
a jury believe his
opinion is right?
795
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,777
How do you make
a determination about
any person's conduct?
796
00:31:57,843 --> 00:31:59,379
You look at
the circumstances.
797
00:31:59,445 --> 00:32:01,982
Except these circumstances
have pictures
798
00:32:02,047 --> 00:32:03,958
which a jury
is likely to see.
799
00:32:04,016 --> 00:32:06,053
JACK: What I'm gonna show
them is a woman
800
00:32:06,118 --> 00:32:08,758
who knew she had friends
she could go to for safety,
801
00:32:08,821 --> 00:32:11,665
and instead, used them
to kill her husband.
802
00:32:11,724 --> 00:32:15,537
Or they'll see
a battered woman
without any other options.
803
00:32:15,595 --> 00:32:19,042
That sounds an awful
lot like a special
standard for women.
804
00:32:19,099 --> 00:32:21,739
If she were a man,
she could never
claim self-defense.
805
00:32:21,801 --> 00:32:24,975
If she were a man,
she wouldn't have been
beaten by her husband.
806
00:32:25,038 --> 00:32:27,917
A good defense attorney's not
gonna let a jury forget that.
807
00:32:27,974 --> 00:32:30,955
Still, there have
to be limits, Nora,
for men and women.
808
00:32:31,010 --> 00:32:32,546
Juries have already
acquitted wives
809
00:32:32,612 --> 00:32:34,785
who've shot their husbands
while they've slept.
810
00:32:34,848 --> 00:32:37,795
If hiring a hit man's next,
where do you draw the line?
811
00:32:37,851 --> 00:32:40,832
JACK: We've let these groups
chip away with these
special circumstances.
812
00:32:40,887 --> 00:32:41,922
If we don't stop it,
813
00:32:41,988 --> 00:32:44,229
when people feel threatened,
they won't call the police,
814
00:32:44,290 --> 00:32:45,792
they'll call a hit man.
815
00:32:45,859 --> 00:32:48,100
I hope a jury
sees it your way.
816
00:32:51,698 --> 00:32:54,542
JACK: What was the cause
of death of John Cooper?
817
00:32:54,601 --> 00:32:57,639
Primary cause of death
was asphyxiation.
818
00:32:57,704 --> 00:32:59,274
He choked on
his own blood.
819
00:32:59,339 --> 00:33:01,819
Secondary cause of death
was exsanguination.
820
00:33:01,875 --> 00:33:02,876
He bled to death.
821
00:33:03,343 --> 00:33:04,913
How did he
bleed to death?
822
00:33:04,978 --> 00:33:08,551
From two gunshot wounds
one to the chest,
the other to the stomach.
823
00:33:08,615 --> 00:33:12,791
Judge, we're willing to
stipulate to the manner
of Mr. Coopers death.
824
00:33:13,219 --> 00:33:16,496
The People have the right
to put this evidence
before the jury.
825
00:33:16,556 --> 00:33:20,129
It goes directly to
the defendant's claim
of self-defense.
826
00:33:21,461 --> 00:33:22,701
Door's wide open, Counselor.
827
00:33:23,263 --> 00:33:24,708
The People may proceed.
828
00:33:24,764 --> 00:33:27,938
JACK: How long
would it have taken
Mr. Cooper to die?
829
00:33:28,001 --> 00:33:29,207
RODGERS: Several minutes.
830
00:33:29,903 --> 00:33:32,679
Is it your opinion
that Mr. Cooper
was in pain?
831
00:33:32,739 --> 00:33:34,741
Given that he actually
choked on his own blood
832
00:33:34,808 --> 00:33:36,413
before bleeding to death,
I'd say yes.
833
00:33:36,477 --> 00:33:38,684
He was in severe pain
and died slowly.
834
00:33:47,621 --> 00:33:53,367
Dr. Rodgers, your testimony
relates solely to the manner
in which Mr. Cooper died.
835
00:33:53,427 --> 00:33:55,100
Is that correct?
Yes.
836
00:33:55,162 --> 00:33:58,541
It says nothing
about whether that
death was justified.
837
00:33:58,599 --> 00:33:59,634
No.
838
00:34:00,234 --> 00:34:02,043
No further questions.
839
00:34:03,838 --> 00:34:07,285
Just tell the truth.
That's all you have
to do, okay?
840
00:34:08,142 --> 00:34:09,780
ANTHONY: I guess.
841
00:34:10,144 --> 00:34:12,784
You don't like
having to tell us
about your dad,
842
00:34:12,847 --> 00:34:14,155
do you, Anthony?
843
00:34:15,816 --> 00:34:16,851
No.
844
00:34:17,752 --> 00:34:18,992
Why not?
845
00:34:21,889 --> 00:34:23,527
You're not
hurting your father.
846
00:34:23,591 --> 00:34:25,696
It's okay to
tell the truth.
847
00:34:28,529 --> 00:34:30,202
My dad hit my mom.
848
00:34:32,566 --> 00:34:33,601
A lot.
849
00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:35,305
WEAVER: And what
else did he do?
850
00:34:35,369 --> 00:34:37,007
He yelled at her.
851
00:34:37,471 --> 00:34:39,109
Said mean things.
852
00:34:40,141 --> 00:34:41,552
Mean things?
853
00:34:42,543 --> 00:34:46,457
Stuff. You know,
like, I can't say.
854
00:34:46,947 --> 00:34:49,427
Did he ever
hit you, Anthony,
or your sisters?
855
00:34:52,086 --> 00:34:53,326
Sometimes.
856
00:34:54,021 --> 00:34:55,728
WEAVER: How did
that make you feel?
857
00:34:55,790 --> 00:34:56,860
ANTHONY: Afraid.
858
00:34:58,627 --> 00:35:01,665
But I guess maybe
we kind of deserved it.
859
00:35:03,031 --> 00:35:05,238
I mean, I don't know,
sort of.
860
00:35:06,101 --> 00:35:08,206
WEAVER: Thank you, Anthony.
861
00:35:14,776 --> 00:35:16,255
No questions.
862
00:35:21,583 --> 00:35:24,587
The beatings had gotten
especially bad lately.
863
00:35:25,087 --> 00:35:28,296
He was coming home
from work really
stressed out a lot.
864
00:35:28,356 --> 00:35:31,360
He was angry all
the time, and when
he was angry, he hit.
865
00:35:31,426 --> 00:35:33,406
Did you report him
to the police?
866
00:35:33,462 --> 00:35:36,500
I did once
back in Pennsylvania
where we used to live.
867
00:35:37,365 --> 00:35:39,106
The police came,
made him leave
the house.
868
00:35:39,167 --> 00:35:41,545
But he was back
home the next day
and even more angry.
869
00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:43,647
What about
just leaving?
870
00:35:43,705 --> 00:35:45,241
I tried,
many times.
871
00:35:46,074 --> 00:35:48,987
I went to my mother's house.
He showed up in her kitchen.
872
00:35:49,044 --> 00:35:52,491
If I went to my sister's,
he'd bang on the doors,
scare her kids.
873
00:35:52,547 --> 00:35:55,153
I started feeling
like I was making
their lives miserable.
874
00:35:56,418 --> 00:35:57,988
What happened
the week before
875
00:35:58,053 --> 00:36:00,795
you asked
your brother-in-law
to kill him?
876
00:36:00,856 --> 00:36:02,767
One night, John
looked at me and said,
877
00:36:02,824 --> 00:36:04,929
"You know what
I'm gonna do?
878
00:36:05,193 --> 00:36:08,299
"I'm gonna kill you
and then I'm going
to Hawaii."
879
00:36:08,830 --> 00:36:10,537
WEAVER: What did
that make you think?
880
00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:13,045
LESLIE: That he was
going to do it.
881
00:36:13,101 --> 00:36:14,944
There was just
something in his eyes,
882
00:36:15,003 --> 00:36:16,073
the way he said it.
883
00:36:16,138 --> 00:36:19,142
I thought,
"If I don't kill him,
I won't live."
884
00:36:20,510 --> 00:36:21,818
And what did you do?
885
00:36:21,878 --> 00:36:24,119
I borrowed a gun
from a friend.
886
00:36:24,414 --> 00:36:27,952
One night, while
he was sleeping,
I tried to shoot him.
887
00:36:28,017 --> 00:36:30,429
I stood there and
pointed the gun,
888
00:36:31,954 --> 00:36:33,956
but I just couldn't fire.
889
00:36:35,758 --> 00:36:37,396
So, the next week,
I asked Russell
if he could do it.
890
00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:38,871
He said yes.
891
00:36:40,062 --> 00:36:43,168
WEAVER: Mrs. Cooper,
do you regret what you did?
892
00:36:44,734 --> 00:36:46,975
I regret that
it had to happen.
893
00:36:47,637 --> 00:36:50,481
But to tell you the truth,
I feel relieved.
894
00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:53,584
For the first time
in my life, I feel safe.
895
00:36:54,944 --> 00:36:57,515
WEAVER: Your Honor,
at this time,
896
00:36:57,580 --> 00:37:01,050
I'd ask that the photos
previously admitted
into evidence
897
00:37:01,117 --> 00:37:02,687
be published to the jury.
898
00:37:20,670 --> 00:37:23,241
She's selling the fact
that she didn't have
any other options.
899
00:37:23,306 --> 00:37:25,149
She's not
selling it to me.
900
00:37:25,208 --> 00:37:28,348
She had choices before
she decided to have
her husband killed.
901
00:37:28,411 --> 00:37:32,689
She shouldn't be able
to rely on the law now,
not after the fact.
902
00:37:32,748 --> 00:37:36,195
What choices does
a woman in that
situation really have?
903
00:37:36,419 --> 00:37:37,420
(SIGHS)
904
00:37:37,486 --> 00:37:39,466
If someone hit me,
I would leave.
905
00:37:39,522 --> 00:37:41,297
And if I couldn't,
I'd hit them back.
906
00:37:41,792 --> 00:37:43,965
Well, not everyone
takes Tae Bo.
907
00:37:44,027 --> 00:37:47,497
Yes, saying there's no
differences between us
doesn't make it true.
908
00:37:47,564 --> 00:37:50,909
But women are cops,
firefighters,
combat pilots.
909
00:37:50,968 --> 00:37:53,471
We cannot assert
our physical equality
in the workplace
910
00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:55,642
and then claim
to be overpowered
in our homes.
911
00:37:55,706 --> 00:37:58,687
The fact is I don't have
to answer the question
912
00:37:58,742 --> 00:38:01,552
whether a battered woman
can leave or not.
913
00:38:01,812 --> 00:38:05,055
Just whether she can
hire her brother-in-law
to kill her husband.
914
00:38:07,284 --> 00:38:09,958
Okay. If you want
to convict her,
915
00:38:10,020 --> 00:38:11,829
you're gonna have to
do better than argue
916
00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:14,529
whether or not
he beat her
doesn't matter.
917
00:38:14,591 --> 00:38:15,934
You're gonna have
to convict her
918
00:38:15,993 --> 00:38:18,200
for an entirely
different reason.
919
00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:26,440
He's already pled
to the top count.
920
00:38:27,704 --> 00:38:30,708
If we find anything
he says here
to be helpful,
921
00:38:31,541 --> 00:38:35,387
I have no problem
making a favorable
sentencing recommendation.
922
00:38:37,614 --> 00:38:38,718
Okay.
923
00:38:40,884 --> 00:38:42,522
I did what I did.
924
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,600
I'm not gonna drag
Leslie down with me.
925
00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:49,001
Only it seems she's
the one that dragged
you down, Mr. Woods.
926
00:38:49,059 --> 00:38:50,697
I did what
I thought was right.
927
00:38:50,761 --> 00:38:51,762
JACK: Then why the money?
928
00:38:51,828 --> 00:38:53,637
He was taking kickbacks.
Did you know that?
929
00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:56,307
Papers can call it
commissions or whatever.
930
00:38:57,167 --> 00:38:59,841
But it was a pay-off.
Plain and simple.
931
00:38:59,903 --> 00:39:01,814
People like me
lost whatever
future we had.
932
00:39:01,872 --> 00:39:03,783
JACK: You were angry.
Damn right I was angry.
933
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:05,813
Is that why you
agreed to kill him?
934
00:39:05,877 --> 00:39:07,550
RUSSELL: He was beating
her up all the time.
935
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:11,488
She'd come over, go back.
Over and over.
936
00:39:12,216 --> 00:39:13,456
It wasn't gonna stop.
937
00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:16,021
JACK: These beatings
were going on for years.
938
00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:18,693
Why would she ask you
to kill him now?
939
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:21,937
I don't know.
940
00:39:22,927 --> 00:39:25,601
Maybe Leslie
just couldn't
take it anymore.
941
00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:28,173
Or maybe she was
waiting for you
942
00:39:29,234 --> 00:39:31,475
to hate him
as much as she did.
943
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,085
JACK: Earlier in
your testimony,
944
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,645
you said that your husband
threatened your life.
945
00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:43,556
Threatened to kill you
and go to Hawaii.
946
00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:44,786
Yes.
947
00:39:44,849 --> 00:39:47,796
Only, he didn't
do that, did he?
948
00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:52,524
Instead, a week went by.
949
00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:54,626
Yes.
950
00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:57,730
A week in which you
lived in the same house?
951
00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,407
Slept in the same bed?
952
00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,804
I told you,
I couldn't leave.
953
00:40:03,868 --> 00:40:05,677
Couldn't or wouldn't?
954
00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:09,949
Three years ago,
you filed for divorce.
955
00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,009
LESLIE: Yes.
956
00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:15,581
So, you were aware that
divorce was an option.
957
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,423
I guess.
958
00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:21,794
Did you ever report
your husband's threat
to the police?
959
00:40:21,853 --> 00:40:23,196
LESLIE: I didn't
think they'd help.
960
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:24,665
Never told a neighbor.
961
00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:26,498
I was too embarrassed.
962
00:40:26,558 --> 00:40:31,029
But not too embarrassed
to ask your brother-in-law
to kill your husband.
963
00:40:31,463 --> 00:40:33,500
Russell saw what went on.
964
00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:35,875
JACK: But he only
agreed to kill him
965
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:40,212
once you promised him
part of that life insurance
money. Isn't that right?
966
00:40:40,272 --> 00:40:42,377
John was stealing
his money.
967
00:40:43,242 --> 00:40:44,721
You knew that?
968
00:40:44,777 --> 00:40:46,688
LESLIE: I found it out.
969
00:40:47,513 --> 00:40:51,086
But you never warned
your brother-in-law
it was happening.
970
00:40:52,484 --> 00:40:53,724
Did you?
971
00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:59,296
Instead, you waited
until it was the right
time to tell him.
972
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,126
No.
973
00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:04,902
Because you needed him
to be as angry as you were.
974
00:41:04,963 --> 00:41:06,374
I was afraid.
975
00:41:06,431 --> 00:41:08,411
Doesn't sound like fear.
976
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,747
It sounds more
like revenge.
977
00:41:13,272 --> 00:41:15,912
You have no idea
what he put me through.
978
00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:18,511
You were tired of being
his punching bag.
979
00:41:18,577 --> 00:41:20,284
Yes, anybody would be.
980
00:41:20,345 --> 00:41:23,019
And the way to get
all that to stop,
981
00:41:24,316 --> 00:41:25,852
was to stay.
982
00:41:28,086 --> 00:41:31,556
To stay there
and get him.
983
00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:39,231
Only that's not
self-defense, is it?
984
00:41:52,846 --> 00:41:54,587
JUDGE: Has the jury
reached a verdict?
985
00:41:55,114 --> 00:41:56,422
We have,
Your Honor.
986
00:41:56,483 --> 00:41:57,655
JUDGE: What is your verdict?
987
00:41:57,717 --> 00:42:00,027
"In the matter of
the People against
Leslie Cooper,
988
00:42:00,086 --> 00:42:03,033
"we the jury
find the defendant
not guilty."
989
00:42:05,525 --> 00:42:06,560
Oh!
990
00:42:07,493 --> 00:42:08,972
ANTHONY: Mom.
991
00:42:24,310 --> 00:42:26,881
Leslie Cooper's
lawyer just gave
a press conference.
992
00:42:26,946 --> 00:42:28,016
He declared
today's verdict
993
00:42:28,081 --> 00:42:30,357
a victory for all
battered women.
994
00:42:30,416 --> 00:42:33,022
Just the encouragement
abused women need.
995
00:42:33,086 --> 00:42:35,225
Don't seek help,
don't leave,
996
00:42:35,588 --> 00:42:37,465
hire a hit man instead.
997
00:42:37,524 --> 00:42:40,505
The jury obviously
didn't believe she had
any other options.
998
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:42,130
They ignored the facts.
999
00:42:42,195 --> 00:42:45,267
The woman was
beaten, Jack.
Repeatedly.
1000
00:42:46,366 --> 00:42:48,937
Maybe they just
didn't ignore the facts
you wanted them to.
1001
00:42:49,002 --> 00:42:50,538
SERENA: In the end,
I'm not sure
a verdict like this
1002
00:42:50,603 --> 00:42:52,605
doesn't just sell
women short.
1003
00:42:52,672 --> 00:42:54,879
It reinforces the notion
of a helpless female
1004
00:42:54,941 --> 00:42:57,387
forced to enlist a man
to solve her problems.
1005
00:42:57,444 --> 00:42:59,253
Not that helpless.
1006
00:42:59,312 --> 00:43:01,053
She got away
with murder.