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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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JUDGE: Has the jury
reached a verdict?
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FOREWOMAN:
We have, Your Honor.
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On the sole count of Attempted Murder
in the First Degree, how do you find?
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We find the defendant,
Darnell Marbury,
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not guilty.
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(ALL CLAMORING)
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JUDGE: Order.
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(BANGING GAVEL)
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I want quiet in here.
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Order! Order!
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MAN: You're gonna pay
for this.
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Order!
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Court Officers, escort the
jury out of the courtroom.
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(SPECTATORS CHANTING)
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They had ballistics. They had forensics.
They had motive.
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Don't forget the eyewitness.
Oh, two, actually.
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Rabbit out of the hat,
my friend.
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No, no, no. Rabbit? Hell,
it was more like a hippo.
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Hey, who the hell
attacks an arrest warrant?
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No, no, no. An arrest warrant
that was perfectly executed.
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Oh, that is why
I get the big bucks.
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Yeah, right, if only you'd
send out a bill now and then.
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How many times
do I have to say it?
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You cannot put a price
on civil rights.
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Order some appetizers.
I'm going out for a smoke.
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Not only is he going to hit
the front page tomorrow,
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but it looks like he's going to
do the do with Marian Sherwood.
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Oh, no!
Nobody does Miss Sherwood.
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I think that's
the 38th Amendment.
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Nobody gets an acquittal
with two eyewitnesses, either.
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Oh, can we talk about Cheryl?
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(GUNSHOTS OUTSIDE)
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Was that...
Vance.
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You guys are gonna love this.
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Is that who I think it is?
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The one and only Vance
Grodie, Attorney-at-Law.
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Damn.
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He made me trip over my
tongue more than once.
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Buddy says he came out for a
cigarette, somebody started blasting.
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Well, somebody went home
with an empty clip.
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Looks like he got hit
five or six times.
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Anybody see anything?
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A lady saw a guy run to a side street
and speed off in a blue Chevy.
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We're still canvassing.
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How about people out looking for a gun?
We're on it.
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You heard about
the verdict, right?
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Yeah, it's all over the news.
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This must have been
Grodie's victory celebration.
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Can you believe
that SOB Marbury got off?
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Yeah, maybe next time he won't.
Ripped By mstoll
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He didn't expect the verdict
for a couple of days.
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So this wasn't
a planned get-together?
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Nah, it's kind of a tradition.
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You get a verdict, you buy.
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He called my cell
maybe 8:30.
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ED: And you?
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Oh, um...
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I was in my office. I heard
the verdict on the radio
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and just assumed Vance would
be here with his wallet open.
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Did he carry a lot of cash?
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Vance Grodie didn't do
what he did for money.
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I guess every adversarial
system needs a bad guy.
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Actually,
Vance was the good guy.
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You still didn't answer the
question about the cash.
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Are you serious? You really
think this was a robbery?
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What do you think it was?
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Who am I to speculate?
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You're the closest thing we
have to a witness, that's who.
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Look, it's no surprise Marbury's
acquittal pissed off a lot of people.
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Meaning cops.
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Just speculating.
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You know,
when I went to take a leak,
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there was this guy in there that
was saying things about Vance.
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BRISCOE: Like what?
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Like, "How can you eat with that
sleaze without getting sick?"
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He was pretty plastered,
breathing gin in my face.
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A white guy.
5'9 ", 5'10".
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That's it?
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I didn't get a good look.
He was in the next urinal.
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A 5'10" white guy who had too
much to drink. Story of my life.
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Was there anyone here tonight
you hadn't seen before?
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Downing a lot of gin.
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What time we talking about?
9:00, 9:30.
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Does a half a dozen
Tom Collins count?
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Yeah, for most people.
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He was like
one of those silent types.
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A couple of ladies
tried to cozy up.
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He ignored them, like he had
something else to think about.
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Did he pay cash or charge?
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Cash.
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You know, he was wearing a dark windbreaker,
with like a golf shirt under it.
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His shirt had one of those company logos
on it, but I don't remember what.
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What time did he split?
I couldn't say.
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I just turned around
and there was a pile of cash.
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But it was before
Vance was shot.
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Okay, thanks.
We'll let you know.
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A golf shirt and a windbreaker.
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That doesn't sound like
the Wall Street type to me.
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Well, I doubt they wear
their Armanis to bed.
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Cops don't sleep in their blues.
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I don't want to hear it, Ed.
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Hey, man, I'm just suggesting that
we go straight to the horse's mouth.
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Hey, it comes
with the job, right?
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I mean, you sign on,
you gotta expect...
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I don't gotta tell you guys.
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Are you sure you don't want?
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No, thanks, man.
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Hey, you know what?
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I can drink as much as I want now
without ever going to the pisser.
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It all runs down a tube into this
bag I got strapped to my leg.
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I'm so sorry for
what happened to you, Chris.
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What's to be sorry?
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I'm still getting paid by the job and
all I gotta do is answer phones.
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Fat City, right?
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And the best part is,
I get a day off
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after the guy that put me here
gets a free pass.
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Who could ask for anything more?
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You know, the job's
always here for you.
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Yeah, this is it.
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This is my world.
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Marbury took my life
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and that son of a bitch Grodie got him off.
I'm glad he's dead.
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I just wish I could be there to spit
on him before the M.E. Cuts him up.
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Maybe this isn't a good time.
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Yeah, I'll be better tomorrow.
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Look, man, you know
we've got a job to do, right?
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I know what you're thinking.
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You're thinking someone
on the job did this.
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And you should be
ashamed of yourselves.
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Well, he's right.
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Hey, I don't love
this guy Grodie either,
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but that doesn't mean I'm gonna
turn my back on his killer.
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Let me hear again all the evidence
you have implicating a cop.
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I'm just saying that maybe Wilson got
together with a couple of his buddies,
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they had a couple of drinks,
they start talking.
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Next thing you know,
you've got a lynch mob.
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Only they would have lynched
Marbury, not his lawyer.
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Maybe they couldn't find him.
Maybe he's next.
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I've got news for you, Ed,
this isn't the Wild West.
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Yeah? Well you tell that
to Amadou Diallo's family.
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This whole blue wall thing,
dinosaur.
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Look, you show me
the first drop of blue
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and I'll sit right beside
you on the bandwagon. Fine.
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Look, I don't think Marbury's
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the first unfortunate victim of
sociopolitical circumstances
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that Grodie got acquitted.
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Vance convinces the judge that
the radar gun was miscalibrated,
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so the cop was reckless
in using it.
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And he actually has the balls
to ask for damages,
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both compensatory and punitive.
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The judge had such a good time
listening to his argument,
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he awarded Vance $1,000.
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Which he donated to the ACLU?
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No, he kept a running tab
at the local pub,
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open to anyone
who worked legal aid.
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He had a gift.
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Maybe he should have stuck
to speeding tickets.
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You don't get it.
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For Vance, the arguing
was an end unto itself.
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Yeah, but unfortunately he
argued for the wrong people.
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You mean the underprivileged,
the poor, the disenfranchised?
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No. The guilty.
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They're the ones
who need it most.
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The shooting, did it have something
to do with the Marbury acquittal?
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That's one possibility.
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Listen, we were wondering,
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did Vance have any financial or
personal problems that you're aware of?
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Look, we all know
this was an assassination.
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We have cabinets full of
unpopular cases and clients.
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Well, we'd like to start by
going through all your files.
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You're kidding me, right?
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It's their self-righteousness
that gets me.
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They could say
the same thing about you.
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Why? 'Cause I don't think
a cop shot Grodie?
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Oh, come on, Lennie,
do the math.
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Hey, 1992. I'm testifying
in a double homicide.
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Lloyd and Julie Lippman,
husband and wife.
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It was a break-in gone bad.
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I got the shooter nailed, cold.
Ramon Vasquez.
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The son of a bitch confesses.
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Grodie gets me on the stand,
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starts questioning me about my
extra-curricular activities.
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Oh, you mean the liquid kind.
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He had the jury convinced I was running
around solving cases in between shots.
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Hey, man,
from what I hear, you were.
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You wanna talk to Chris
Wilson's old partner, fine.
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Hey, wait, wait.
Wait a minute.
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What happened with Vasquez?
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Grodie got him acquitted.
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Two weeks later, Vasquez kills
two high school students.
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You see, that's what I'm saying.
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That was 10 years ago
and you're still mad.
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Yeah, but I didn't
shoot the guy.
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Where can we find Vitelli?
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Let me guess, Homicide? Damn,
and I just ran out of cigars.
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That ain't funny, man.
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Your partner needs to loosen up.
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That is loose.
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Look, my shift commander pulled me off
the street for this. Can we hurry it up?
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How long did you ride
with Wilson?
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Year and a half.
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I was with him when he got shot.
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Wasn't one of my better days.
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And how was yesterday?
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Top 10 with a bullet,
no pun intended.
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The world's a better place
now that Grodie's worm food.
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Hey, man, talk like that
will make you a suspect.
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Hey, how many legs
does your partner have?
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Calm down.
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When it happens to you and you see
the scumball who did it walk away,
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come back and talk to me.
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Hey, Vitelli, take it easy.
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Last night I pulled
a 4:00 by 12:00 shift.
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Around the time Oliver Wendell
Sleazebag took a bullet,
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I was on 116th Street chasing down a
couple of punks who robbed a bodega.
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You want, check the blotter.
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Chris was a good cop.
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Sure, he was well-liked
by everybody,
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but I can't see anyone here
taking this into their own hands.
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Here's Vitelli. He
collared two uptown, 7:35.
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We're also gonna need to take
a look at your roll call.
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What for?
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We want to know everybody in this
precinct who was off duty last night.
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Between vacations, sick days and
RDOs, there's more than 20 guys,
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including me.
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It's okay, Lennie. I'm sure Sergeant Lawrence
will compile a list and forward it on.
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LAWRENCE: Not a problem.
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There was something in that blotter,
an entry from last night, 1854 hours,
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"Sector George transporting MOS
family member to 100 Centre."
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Unusual to give a cop's relative
a lift to the courthouse
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at 7:00 at night.
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It's unusual and against
Department regulations.
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So we got a call from dispatch to
pick up Chris Wilson's brother
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from some car dealer on 11th Ave.
What's the problem?
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So, you're saying that Command
asked you to violate the regs?
241
00:11:43,645 --> 00:11:46,046
Cop takes one in the line of duty,
the regs go out the window.
242
00:11:46,115 --> 00:11:47,595
ED: That cop was shot
over a year ago.
243
00:11:47,617 --> 00:11:49,779
Yeah, well, for some of us,
the pain lingers.
244
00:11:49,854 --> 00:11:52,414
Wilson's brother, you drove
him to the courthouse?
245
00:11:52,623 --> 00:11:55,718
Cap promised Chris he'd have him there
for the verdict. Just in case, you know.
246
00:11:55,827 --> 00:11:56,827
No, I don't.
247
00:11:57,396 --> 00:11:59,694
In case it got emotional. He
wanted his family's support.
248
00:12:00,366 --> 00:12:02,028
Wilson's brother.
Kevin.
249
00:12:02,236 --> 00:12:03,236
Kevin.
250
00:12:03,537 --> 00:12:09,101
Was he 5'10", 165 pounds, brown hair,
wearing a navy blue windbreaker?
251
00:12:09,177 --> 00:12:10,178
Sounds about right.
252
00:12:13,650 --> 00:12:15,311
I figured Chris
would need the support,
253
00:12:15,385 --> 00:12:17,345
but it turned out to be me
that couldn't handle it.
254
00:12:17,922 --> 00:12:20,288
All that kid's been through and
he ends up holding my hand.
255
00:12:20,758 --> 00:12:22,750
I'll tell you what.
He's a strong kid.
256
00:12:23,095 --> 00:12:24,153
Me, on the other hand...
257
00:12:24,663 --> 00:12:28,156
And after the verdict, you and
Chris, what, went out for a couple?
258
00:12:28,301 --> 00:12:29,325
No, he wanted to go home.
259
00:12:29,402 --> 00:12:31,871
So I helped him into his car
and we went back to his place.
260
00:12:31,939 --> 00:12:35,171
That's funny. Because a guy that
fits your description to a tee
261
00:12:35,243 --> 00:12:37,143
was drinking gin at
Lafayette Grill last night.
262
00:12:37,312 --> 00:12:39,713
Yeah, right about the time
that lawyer got shot.
263
00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,914
You know, I think we should
take some quality time
264
00:12:45,989 --> 00:12:48,288
and discuss this
under the proper conditions.
265
00:12:48,426 --> 00:12:50,394
I want to talk
to my brother about this.
266
00:12:51,564 --> 00:12:53,293
I think you'll be talking
to us first.
267
00:13:00,274 --> 00:13:02,538
It's not good but it's hot.
268
00:13:02,610 --> 00:13:03,610
What is this?
269
00:13:03,979 --> 00:13:06,846
You're supposed to lull me into
confessing to something I didn't do?
270
00:13:08,051 --> 00:13:10,952
Back in the day,
we wouldn't use coffee.
271
00:13:11,921 --> 00:13:14,914
Back in the day, cop killers didn't
live long enough to go to trial.
272
00:13:15,059 --> 00:13:17,085
First off,
your brother's not dead.
273
00:13:17,162 --> 00:13:18,652
Well, he might as well be.
274
00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:23,167
You know, you never saw a
2-guard with a better shot.
275
00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,938
The kid was like butter,
you know?
276
00:13:26,239 --> 00:13:27,866
Coach from Rutgers
came to see him play.
277
00:13:27,941 --> 00:13:30,968
But all that dumb bastard wanted
to do was "protect and serve."
278
00:13:32,380 --> 00:13:33,939
Just 'cause our dad...
279
00:13:34,917 --> 00:13:36,282
Your dad was on the job?
280
00:13:36,819 --> 00:13:38,617
In Queens.
281
00:13:38,688 --> 00:13:39,848
Damn him!
282
00:13:41,257 --> 00:13:44,091
You can't blame your dad
for what happened, Kev.
283
00:13:45,329 --> 00:13:46,627
So who should I blame?
284
00:13:47,366 --> 00:13:48,458
Vance Grodie?
285
00:13:51,404 --> 00:13:52,735
Okay.
286
00:13:53,139 --> 00:13:54,505
I followed Grodie
into the restaurant.
287
00:13:54,575 --> 00:13:57,476
I didn't know what I was going to do,
but I knew I had to do something.
288
00:13:57,544 --> 00:13:58,545
And?
289
00:13:58,913 --> 00:14:02,475
I drank myself into a stupor,
I crawled into a cab
290
00:14:02,551 --> 00:14:04,576
and I blew my lunch
just as soon as I got home.
291
00:14:04,887 --> 00:14:07,982
You left out the part about
bad-mouthing Grodie in the john.
292
00:14:08,825 --> 00:14:10,555
What?
So that means I killed him?
293
00:14:10,628 --> 00:14:12,562
Add it all up,
I wouldn't bet against it.
294
00:14:12,630 --> 00:14:14,895
I didn't so much as talk
to the son of a bitch.
295
00:14:16,502 --> 00:14:18,971
He was hitting on two babes.
Maybe one of them got jealous.
296
00:14:19,205 --> 00:14:20,638
These babes have names?
297
00:14:20,707 --> 00:14:22,265
How would I know?
298
00:14:22,342 --> 00:14:25,176
Check Grodie's Palm Pilot. The
blonde left him her number.
299
00:14:26,981 --> 00:14:28,942
Grodie didn't have a Palm
Pilot when we got to him.
300
00:14:29,518 --> 00:14:33,421
That would be a lot of lead just
to steal an electronic phone book.
301
00:14:35,959 --> 00:14:37,358
I'm not so sure.
302
00:14:39,730 --> 00:14:41,722
Grodie had Marbury's
address in there.
303
00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,274
Who is it? It's the
police, ma'am.
304
00:14:51,845 --> 00:14:52,870
What do you want?
305
00:14:52,947 --> 00:14:54,471
We'd like to speak with Darnell.
306
00:14:54,549 --> 00:14:56,780
He isn't lived here since you
locked him up last year.
307
00:14:57,019 --> 00:14:58,019
You're his mother, right?
308
00:14:58,087 --> 00:14:59,577
Don't mind who I am.
309
00:15:00,089 --> 00:15:01,717
Darnell ain't stupid enough
to come back
310
00:15:01,791 --> 00:15:03,554
where he knows you're
gonna be looking for him.
311
00:15:03,626 --> 00:15:05,686
Ms. Marbury, your son could
be in a lot of danger.
312
00:15:05,763 --> 00:15:07,663
Yeah, from you.
313
00:15:08,699 --> 00:15:11,897
Last time you people came for him,
you shot up the whole damn building.
314
00:15:12,104 --> 00:15:14,471
His lawyer is dead.
He could be next.
315
00:15:15,575 --> 00:15:17,373
Darnell can take care
of himself.
316
00:15:18,045 --> 00:15:19,672
Now, I got food on the stove.
317
00:15:21,916 --> 00:15:23,383
Hey, Chandra, it's Ed.
318
00:15:23,451 --> 00:15:25,544
Did you get a hit on that
number I left with you?
319
00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:27,145
Yeah, okay. Hurry up.
320
00:15:27,623 --> 00:15:29,818
Mom made an outgoing phone
call about two minutes ago.
321
00:15:30,494 --> 00:15:31,961
We know it wasn't
for take-out.
322
00:15:33,196 --> 00:15:37,634
Yeah, 113 West 145th Street.
Apartment 6-B.
323
00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:40,697
All right baby, I got it. Thank you.
I'll see you later.
324
00:15:44,010 --> 00:15:45,102
What up?
325
00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:46,669
You know why we're here.
326
00:15:46,747 --> 00:15:47,907
Man, we gave at the office.
327
00:15:47,982 --> 00:15:51,214
Hey, yo, we need
to speak with Darnell.
328
00:15:51,787 --> 00:15:52,787
Who?
329
00:15:52,954 --> 00:15:55,981
His lawyer was murdered.
We just need some information.
330
00:15:56,492 --> 00:15:58,357
Tell Rupert
I'm talking with you.
331
00:15:58,828 --> 00:16:02,026
Look, man, Darnell is a
witness, he's not a suspect.
332
00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:04,534
What if he don't wanna
be a witness?
333
00:16:04,669 --> 00:16:06,432
Then maybe he wants to be
the next victim.
334
00:16:06,504 --> 00:16:08,973
Look, man, tell Darnell that we'll
meet him in a public place.
335
00:16:09,041 --> 00:16:11,009
We'll lay it all out for him.
336
00:16:16,484 --> 00:16:18,247
Chicken place across the street.
337
00:16:18,319 --> 00:16:20,447
Order a happy meal
or something and wait.
338
00:16:27,730 --> 00:16:30,165
Now you know how I feel
on the Upper East Side.
339
00:16:42,649 --> 00:16:45,414
So, Darnell, have you
been watching the news?
340
00:16:45,820 --> 00:16:49,221
Your get-out-of-jail-free
ticket took five in the chest.
341
00:16:53,930 --> 00:16:55,454
I guess he's in mourning, Ed.
342
00:16:56,199 --> 00:16:58,168
Whoever did it
might be after you, bro.
343
00:16:59,804 --> 00:17:00,844
And you want to catch him?
344
00:17:05,210 --> 00:17:08,476
Grodie was all right.
He wasn't all about the money.
345
00:17:08,548 --> 00:17:10,710
ED: Yeah, well, somebody
had a problem with that.
346
00:17:13,187 --> 00:17:14,948
He didn't deserve
what happened 'cause of me.
347
00:17:16,725 --> 00:17:18,249
Is that a conscience I hear?
348
00:17:21,130 --> 00:17:22,130
Something like that.
349
00:17:33,412 --> 00:17:34,902
It's my fan mail from the joint.
350
00:17:35,749 --> 00:17:38,718
I'd appreciate it if my current
address stays confidential.
351
00:17:44,559 --> 00:17:45,992
Some nasty stuff here.
352
00:17:46,628 --> 00:17:50,759
"They should string up spook cop killers
like you in Madison Square Garden."
353
00:17:51,301 --> 00:17:53,133
"Garden" spelled
with an "I."
354
00:17:53,904 --> 00:17:55,929
Oh, get this one.
355
00:17:56,107 --> 00:18:02,536
"Confess your crimes or God will send
the Angel of Death. You will die.
356
00:18:03,049 --> 00:18:04,711
"Your lawyer will die."
357
00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:09,688
I was able to identify
three different publications
358
00:18:09,757 --> 00:18:11,224
based on their
distinctive type-sets
359
00:18:11,292 --> 00:18:13,193
and the text on the underside
of the cutouts.
360
00:18:13,262 --> 00:18:14,456
Wackos Illustrated?
361
00:18:14,563 --> 00:18:19,297
Close. House & Garden, Redbook
and Tropical Fish Monthly.
362
00:18:19,903 --> 00:18:21,838
We ran a printout of each
magazine's subscribers
363
00:18:21,906 --> 00:18:23,874
in the Suffolk County ZIP Code
where the letter was mailed.
364
00:18:24,008 --> 00:18:26,477
There was one name in common,
Thalia Raye Phillips.
365
00:18:27,145 --> 00:18:28,985
You want to take the
Northern State or the LIE?
366
00:18:32,552 --> 00:18:36,114
That Redbook.
I'm thinking of canceling it.
367
00:18:36,857 --> 00:18:39,691
It's getting far too risqué
for my taste.
368
00:18:40,095 --> 00:18:41,357
Sex, sex, sex.
369
00:18:41,529 --> 00:18:43,657
It's disgusting is what it is.
370
00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:47,235
Anyway, I'm sorry you two
traveled all the way out here,
371
00:18:47,704 --> 00:18:50,138
but I don't know
anyone named Mayberry.
372
00:18:50,641 --> 00:18:53,132
Actually, that's Marbury,
Mrs. Phillips.
373
00:18:53,578 --> 00:18:55,376
Well, of course,
you just told me that.
374
00:18:56,181 --> 00:18:57,808
Or the one with the funny name?
375
00:18:57,883 --> 00:18:58,942
Yeah, Vance Grodie.
376
00:18:59,019 --> 00:19:00,179
I don't know him either.
377
00:19:01,287 --> 00:19:02,777
Did he do something terrible?
378
00:19:03,124 --> 00:19:04,682
It depends on who you ask.
379
00:19:04,992 --> 00:19:07,621
We're very sorry to have troubled you, Mrs.
Phillips. Thank you very much.
380
00:19:07,696 --> 00:19:09,220
No trouble at all.
381
00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:12,300
Mrs. Phillips, what do you do with your
magazines when you're done with them?
382
00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:14,131
The town here has recycling.
383
00:19:14,203 --> 00:19:17,071
And a nice young man in the
building takes them out for me.
384
00:19:17,141 --> 00:19:18,141
ED: Thank you.
385
00:19:19,744 --> 00:19:21,177
Mind if we step in,
Mr. Preuss?
386
00:19:21,246 --> 00:19:22,406
Of course not.
387
00:19:22,647 --> 00:19:24,368
Anything I can do
to help New York's finest.
388
00:19:25,217 --> 00:19:26,817
Although, you are
a little far from home.
389
00:19:26,952 --> 00:19:29,444
BRISCOE: Well, we're investigating
some suspicious mail
390
00:19:29,523 --> 00:19:30,751
that was sent from this area.
391
00:19:30,991 --> 00:19:32,983
Isn't the Post Office
supposed to do that?
392
00:19:33,061 --> 00:19:34,460
They're not as fine as we are.
393
00:19:34,662 --> 00:19:36,494
How long have you lived
out here, Mr. Preuss?
394
00:19:36,565 --> 00:19:37,759
Three years.
395
00:19:37,833 --> 00:19:39,073
You go into the city very often?
396
00:19:39,501 --> 00:19:41,265
No. I'm not really
a city guy.
397
00:19:41,571 --> 00:19:44,039
Tell me about it.
The smells. The traffic.
398
00:19:44,107 --> 00:19:45,473
And forget about the parking.
399
00:19:45,709 --> 00:19:47,677
No, I'll bet Mr. Preuss
takes the train.
400
00:19:47,745 --> 00:19:51,147
He probably has a nice car. He wouldn't
want some parking guy nicking it.
401
00:19:51,216 --> 00:19:52,683
What kind of car do you drive?
402
00:19:52,951 --> 00:19:53,952
A Chevy.
403
00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,385
What does that have to do
with suspicious mail?
404
00:19:56,856 --> 00:19:58,017
The Second Amendment, huh?
405
00:19:58,092 --> 00:20:00,892
I believe every American is entitled
to protect his home and loved ones.
406
00:20:00,928 --> 00:20:02,920
9l 11 actually made
the masses realize that.
407
00:20:03,665 --> 00:20:05,600
Yeah, every cloud
has a silver lining.
408
00:20:05,968 --> 00:20:07,868
While we're here, you mind if
we take a look at your weapon?
409
00:20:07,937 --> 00:20:09,417
Am I being investigated
for something?
410
00:20:09,806 --> 00:20:11,797
The American Patriot Union?
411
00:20:12,342 --> 00:20:15,210
What is that? Some kind
of historical society?
412
00:20:16,747 --> 00:20:18,788
Maybe we shouldn't talk
anymore until I get a lawyer.
413
00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,044
Sixth Amendment, right?
414
00:20:20,185 --> 00:20:21,985
Well, you can tell him to
meet us in the city.
415
00:20:28,095 --> 00:20:29,585
Barbecue sauce.
416
00:20:30,197 --> 00:20:33,292
The American Patriot Union sells
barbecue sauce over the Internet.
417
00:20:33,535 --> 00:20:34,535
Is that a crime?
418
00:20:34,603 --> 00:20:36,595
FINESTEIN: My partner filed all
the corporate documents himself.
419
00:20:36,672 --> 00:20:37,872
They're up to date with Albany.
420
00:20:38,174 --> 00:20:39,802
The taxes are paid.
421
00:20:39,877 --> 00:20:42,243
ED: You're not a criminal
attorney, are you, Mr. Finestein?
422
00:20:42,946 --> 00:20:44,608
(CHUCKLES)
423
00:20:44,883 --> 00:20:45,883
I went to law school.
424
00:20:46,618 --> 00:20:49,486
Well, then that would qualify
you to try a murder case.
425
00:20:49,555 --> 00:20:50,555
What?
426
00:20:50,656 --> 00:20:53,387
BRISCOE: Mr. Rib Sauce here
may have killed Vance Grodie.
427
00:20:53,460 --> 00:20:54,722
I don't even know who that is.
428
00:20:54,895 --> 00:20:55,896
I do.
429
00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:58,261
You know where all the money
from all that sauce goes?
430
00:20:58,332 --> 00:20:59,731
We have a lot of expenses.
431
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,826
ED: Yeah,
guns, explosives.
432
00:21:01,904 --> 00:21:03,929
BRISCOE: All those copies
of Mein Kampf.
433
00:21:05,875 --> 00:21:07,342
Maybe I'm not qualified
for this.
434
00:21:08,479 --> 00:21:11,175
Don't say anything until you
get yourself another lawyer.
435
00:21:15,187 --> 00:21:17,028
Just can't trust those people,
can you, Julian?
436
00:21:18,257 --> 00:21:19,349
Am I under arrest?
437
00:21:19,425 --> 00:21:23,829
No, but you can consider yourself our
guest until your new counsel shows up.
438
00:21:28,303 --> 00:21:32,070
The first blip on the FBI's radar
screen about the American Patriot Union
439
00:21:32,141 --> 00:21:34,770
was in Virginia,
about 10 years ago.
440
00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:37,180
They're a cross between
the Christian right
441
00:21:37,247 --> 00:21:39,739
and some of the nationalist
militias we'd see out West.
442
00:21:39,951 --> 00:21:41,977
God and guns.
Bad chemistry.
443
00:21:42,087 --> 00:21:44,555
Their leader, Stephen LeClerk,
is serving federal time
444
00:21:44,623 --> 00:21:46,615
for blowing up the car
of a Florida judge.
445
00:21:46,893 --> 00:21:48,656
So how close
are we on ballistics?
446
00:21:48,728 --> 00:21:52,722
A hop, skip and a jump. Preuss'
membership in the gun club lapsed.
447
00:21:52,833 --> 00:21:54,461
So there's no locker, no gun.
448
00:21:54,536 --> 00:21:57,061
Did you check the
American Patriot Union office?
449
00:21:57,772 --> 00:21:58,813
I didn't know they had one.
450
00:22:00,509 --> 00:22:01,669
Well, a warrant would be nice.
451
00:22:01,744 --> 00:22:03,269
So would probable cause.
452
00:22:03,347 --> 00:22:07,717
Well, we could go talk to them,
but I doubt they'd open up to us.
453
00:22:12,224 --> 00:22:13,691
What? You think
they'll talk to me?
454
00:22:14,293 --> 00:22:15,955
Blonde hair. Blue eyes.
455
00:22:16,029 --> 00:22:18,054
Hell, if you're lucky,
they'll put you on a poster.
456
00:22:18,698 --> 00:22:20,030
Oh, gee, thanks.
457
00:22:23,805 --> 00:22:25,568
I've been following
your website for years.
458
00:22:25,641 --> 00:22:27,165
Whoever does your artwork
is brilliant.
459
00:22:27,242 --> 00:22:28,710
It's out of the
Nashville office.
460
00:22:28,778 --> 00:22:32,044
What was that article about defense
lawyers defiling the Constitution?
461
00:22:32,116 --> 00:22:33,116
That blew me away.
462
00:22:33,183 --> 00:22:36,517
That was Julian. Preuss.
463
00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:37,987
He runs this office.
464
00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:41,317
I'm new around here. I just left the
city after three miserable years.
465
00:22:41,627 --> 00:22:44,688
That armpit. I don't know
how you lasted this long.
466
00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:47,089
If I could get some literature?
Yeah.
467
00:22:50,972 --> 00:22:53,806
I was thinking about getting one of these.
How do you like it?
468
00:22:54,376 --> 00:22:56,367
There's a newer model now.
The 515.
469
00:22:56,445 --> 00:22:58,038
But Julian says that
it's a waste of money.
470
00:22:58,114 --> 00:22:59,911
My sister just bought one.
I can see what she thinks.
471
00:22:59,983 --> 00:23:01,281
Maybe you can return it.
472
00:23:04,221 --> 00:23:05,416
Hi, it's me.
473
00:23:05,490 --> 00:23:08,482
Yeah, that new PDA that you
bought, was that a Palm 515?
474
00:23:09,529 --> 00:23:11,156
'Cause my friend has a 105.
475
00:23:12,465 --> 00:23:14,466
Of course I'm sure, it's
sitting here in plain view.
476
00:23:17,204 --> 00:23:20,231
I lost her. She says you should
have splurged on the newer model.
477
00:23:22,778 --> 00:23:23,778
What's going on here?
478
00:23:24,146 --> 00:23:25,477
BRISCOE:
Oh, just collecting garbage.
479
00:23:25,548 --> 00:23:28,518
I want to see a warrant. Plain
sight, baby, we don't need one.
480
00:23:28,618 --> 00:23:31,588
Keep an eye on that desktop
until the paperwork gets here.
481
00:23:31,656 --> 00:23:32,656
Yes, sir.
482
00:23:33,124 --> 00:23:37,118
Julian Preuss bought the exact model personal
organizer that was stolen from Grodie.
483
00:23:37,763 --> 00:23:40,289
He needed the software
to bypass Grodie's password
484
00:23:40,367 --> 00:23:42,859
and download his files onto the
hard drive of his computer.
485
00:23:43,003 --> 00:23:45,198
Get back to me when you
translate that into English.
486
00:23:45,439 --> 00:23:47,965
Preuss has all
of the names and addresses
487
00:23:48,043 --> 00:23:50,534
of Grodie's friends,
clients and associates.
488
00:23:50,879 --> 00:23:53,781
That could translate into a hit list
for the American Patriot Union.
489
00:23:54,016 --> 00:23:56,781
But we haven't actually
recovered Grodie's organizer?
490
00:23:56,954 --> 00:23:59,822
No, but Grodie's law partner
has ID'd the files.
491
00:24:00,558 --> 00:24:03,356
If he didn't take them, how'd
they end up on his computer?
492
00:24:03,596 --> 00:24:05,928
This electronic shell game,
you understand it?
493
00:24:05,998 --> 00:24:06,998
Yes.
494
00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:08,658
Then charge him with murder two.
495
00:24:09,903 --> 00:24:13,840
"Docket number 86661.
People v. Julian Preuss.
496
00:24:14,075 --> 00:24:17,068
"Murder in the Second Degree.
Robbery in the First Degree."
497
00:24:17,446 --> 00:24:19,175
How does your client plead,
Mr. Clemens?
498
00:24:19,381 --> 00:24:20,974
(BOTH WHISPERING)
499
00:24:21,284 --> 00:24:23,013
I don't have all day.
500
00:24:23,586 --> 00:24:25,555
My client instructs me
to stand mute.
501
00:24:25,990 --> 00:24:26,990
Mute?
502
00:24:27,057 --> 00:24:29,526
He claims any response will be
an admission ofjurisdiction.
503
00:24:31,663 --> 00:24:33,928
Is he 730 material,
Mr. Clemens?
504
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,200
Are you crazy?
505
00:24:36,669 --> 00:24:37,670
No, Your Honor.
506
00:24:38,739 --> 00:24:42,232
Swell. I'm entering a plea of not
guilty on the defendant's behalf.
507
00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:43,368
People on bail?
508
00:24:43,445 --> 00:24:47,610
Your Honor, not only did the defendant
ambush and murder an officer of this court,
509
00:24:47,683 --> 00:24:49,652
but he's also a member
of a terrorist group.
510
00:24:49,719 --> 00:24:50,719
I object.
511
00:24:50,787 --> 00:24:53,985
So do I, Mr. Preuss. The only
difference is I'm allowed to.
512
00:24:54,192 --> 00:24:57,719
Your Honor, Mr. Preuss has acquired
all of Mr. Grodie's personal files.
513
00:24:58,063 --> 00:25:00,725
We believe that makes him a
threat to other innocent people.
514
00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:02,629
The People ask for remand.
515
00:25:03,303 --> 00:25:04,736
Do you want to respond,
Mr. Clemens?
516
00:25:05,205 --> 00:25:06,537
Is there any point?
517
00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:07,801
Actually, no.
518
00:25:08,476 --> 00:25:10,068
Is this what I get?
519
00:25:10,144 --> 00:25:11,942
Some liberal
hippie gypsy lawyer.
520
00:25:12,013 --> 00:25:14,847
The court appreciates your
color commentary, Mr. Preuss.
521
00:25:15,451 --> 00:25:16,713
And to show that appreciation,
522
00:25:16,786 --> 00:25:20,689
not only am I going to grant the People's
request for remand without bail,
523
00:25:20,757 --> 00:25:23,386
I'm also imposing special
administrative measures.
524
00:25:23,728 --> 00:25:27,790
That means that pending trial you
will have no contact with anyone
525
00:25:27,867 --> 00:25:29,960
except for the gypsy
fellow beside you.
526
00:25:30,035 --> 00:25:32,095
No phone calls. No mail.
527
00:25:33,139 --> 00:25:36,007
It looks like you should have gone
with your first instinct, Mr. Preuss.
528
00:25:36,077 --> 00:25:38,102
You know,
the one about standing mute.
529
00:25:43,485 --> 00:25:45,249
The SAM restrictions
weren't my idea.
530
00:25:45,488 --> 00:25:46,488
JACK: Come on.
531
00:25:46,589 --> 00:25:49,650
Well, I wish I could take credit,
but Taylor ruled sua sponte.
532
00:25:49,727 --> 00:25:50,853
Personal or political?
533
00:25:50,928 --> 00:25:52,396
Maybe a little bit of both.
534
00:25:52,564 --> 00:25:54,464
(DOOR OPENING) Preuss'
attorney was dumbfounded.
535
00:25:54,566 --> 00:25:57,764
She still is.
Hello, Jack. Serena.
536
00:25:58,471 --> 00:26:00,132
You're representing Preuss?
537
00:26:00,206 --> 00:26:03,370
You know, I had an opening in my
calendar and I said to myself,
538
00:26:03,443 --> 00:26:05,810
"What the hell, why not
defend our Constitution?"
539
00:26:06,781 --> 00:26:10,081
So here's my notice of appearance
on behalf of Julian Preuss.
540
00:26:10,719 --> 00:26:12,448
You know what he is?
541
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:14,909
I know he deserves better
than some legal aid guy
542
00:26:14,925 --> 00:26:16,685
who needs a refresher course
in civil rights.
543
00:26:16,927 --> 00:26:18,848
I thought that you were
friends with Vance Grodie.
544
00:26:19,163 --> 00:26:20,163
I was.
545
00:26:20,431 --> 00:26:23,128
But if it doesn't bother
Preuss, it doesn't bother me.
546
00:26:23,201 --> 00:26:25,567
Besides, this is precisely
the sort of case
547
00:26:25,638 --> 00:26:27,629
that Vance Grodie
would have salivated over.
548
00:26:28,274 --> 00:26:30,334
Representing a member
of a white supremacy group?
549
00:26:30,444 --> 00:26:32,469
Representing a guy whose civil
rights have been obliterated
550
00:26:32,546 --> 00:26:34,606
by some overzealous
government official.
551
00:26:34,683 --> 00:26:36,480
You know what I hope?
What do you hope?
552
00:26:37,018 --> 00:26:39,749
I hope you never gave Vance
Grodie your home address.
553
00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:41,819
Oh, come on, Jack.
554
00:26:41,891 --> 00:26:44,122
I'm bringing an order to show
cause tomorrow in Part 50
555
00:26:44,194 --> 00:26:46,321
to vacate the special
administrative measures.
556
00:26:48,333 --> 00:26:49,823
Have a good day.
557
00:26:56,076 --> 00:26:58,203
Julian Preuss is accused
of a crime, Your Honor.
558
00:26:58,278 --> 00:26:59,678
But that doesn't make him
Hannibal Lecter.
559
00:26:59,747 --> 00:27:04,208
He's a member of a group that's on the FBI's
watch list of domestic extremist groups.
560
00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:07,278
Excuse me, but doesn't
the First Amendment say
561
00:27:07,356 --> 00:27:09,325
that he can congregate
with whomever he chooses?
562
00:27:09,425 --> 00:27:10,824
You are kidding me, right?
563
00:27:10,893 --> 00:27:14,830
I assure you, Your Honor, Mr. Preuss
did not steal Vance Grodie's organizer
564
00:27:14,898 --> 00:27:17,060
in order to beef up
his Christmas card list.
565
00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:20,398
Everyone in it
is potentially in danger.
566
00:27:20,773 --> 00:27:23,298
I see. The prosecutor
reads minds now?
567
00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:26,174
Sarcasm isn't helping
your cause, Ms. Melnick.
568
00:27:26,546 --> 00:27:29,209
I'm sorry, Your Honor. The law
doesn't seem to be either.
569
00:27:29,917 --> 00:27:32,078
Your Honor, this court
has taken away from my client
570
00:27:32,153 --> 00:27:33,985
his First Amendment right
to expression,
571
00:27:34,390 --> 00:27:37,952
his right to assist in his own
defense, his right to due process.
572
00:27:38,028 --> 00:27:41,658
It is cruel and unusual
to bar a man not yet convicted
573
00:27:41,732 --> 00:27:43,461
from all contact
with the outside world.
574
00:27:43,534 --> 00:27:45,196
In most cases, yes, it is.
575
00:27:45,303 --> 00:27:48,864
But because of your client's
potential threat to innocent people,
576
00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:51,409
I am forced to uphold
Judge Taylor's ruling.
577
00:27:52,378 --> 00:27:55,610
The special administrative
measures will remain in place.
578
00:27:55,749 --> 00:27:57,809
Your Honor...
Not to worry, Counselor.
579
00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:01,447
Your client still has the right
580
00:28:01,523 --> 00:28:03,583
to your insightful repartee.
581
00:28:03,926 --> 00:28:05,018
(BANGS GAVEL)
582
00:28:12,837 --> 00:28:13,837
Hello, Jack.
583
00:28:14,873 --> 00:28:17,307
Okay, let's talk turkey.
584
00:28:18,611 --> 00:28:19,611
What are you up to?
585
00:28:19,679 --> 00:28:22,843
And don't give me that party line about
Preuss being a threat to society.
586
00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:26,318
When you argue, I have this
compulsive need to argue back.
587
00:28:26,454 --> 00:28:27,455
Really?
588
00:28:27,589 --> 00:28:29,022
Have you seen the way
he's being treated?
589
00:28:29,091 --> 00:28:30,183
Haven't had the pleasure.
590
00:28:30,258 --> 00:28:32,989
Let me tell you, you
wouldn't last 15 minutes.
591
00:28:33,162 --> 00:28:34,891
I didn't gun down
a member of the bar.
592
00:28:34,964 --> 00:28:36,023
And you're so sure he did?
593
00:28:36,734 --> 00:28:39,602
How else did he get the files
from Grodie's organizer?
594
00:28:39,804 --> 00:28:42,136
I don't know. Maybe it was
taken by an associate?
595
00:28:43,241 --> 00:28:46,507
Who also drives a blue Chevy and
sends letters from Suffolk County?
596
00:28:46,579 --> 00:28:48,571
Come on, Jack.
Let's be reasonable.
597
00:28:48,648 --> 00:28:50,548
Unless Preuss memorized
Grodie's phone book,
598
00:28:50,617 --> 00:28:52,586
there's nothing he could
have told anyone.
599
00:28:53,354 --> 00:28:56,518
Now, that's a good point. Perhaps you
should have raised that with Judge Lusky.
600
00:28:56,759 --> 00:28:57,759
Oh, nice.
601
00:28:58,861 --> 00:29:00,523
You know, I love you, Jack.
602
00:29:00,597 --> 00:29:02,588
But you are really
pissing me off.
603
00:29:13,913 --> 00:29:15,608
What can I get you?
604
00:29:15,782 --> 00:29:19,378
A Kevlar vest. A D.A. Was
murdered in Florida last night.
605
00:29:19,453 --> 00:29:20,852
His name was Mark Featherstone.
606
00:29:21,689 --> 00:29:22,849
I never heard of him.
607
00:29:22,924 --> 00:29:26,292
He was a friend and classmate of
Vance Grodie's from Georgetown.
608
00:29:26,629 --> 00:29:27,994
Tell me it's a coincidence.
609
00:29:28,063 --> 00:29:30,760
His claim to fame was that he
prosecuted Stephen LeClerk,
610
00:29:30,834 --> 00:29:33,428
who was the founder of
the American Patriot Union,
611
00:29:33,503 --> 00:29:35,529
currently serving
25-to-life.
612
00:29:36,741 --> 00:29:38,369
Did you call the FBI?
613
00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:40,409
There's more.
614
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:44,007
Featherstone was vacationing at his
fishing cabin in North Carolina.
615
00:29:44,317 --> 00:29:46,752
And his address is
on Grodie's organizer.
616
00:29:48,622 --> 00:29:51,524
Could this fella Preuss have passed
along Featherstone's address
617
00:29:51,593 --> 00:29:52,593
before we arrested him?
618
00:29:52,661 --> 00:29:56,291
Grodie's organizer was breached just a
few hours before Preuss was arrested.
619
00:29:56,365 --> 00:29:57,627
The cops are pretty sure
620
00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:01,137
that Preuss didn't have any contact
with anyone during that time period.
621
00:30:01,271 --> 00:30:04,867
And the computer technicians are sure
that they would have found an e-mail.
622
00:30:04,943 --> 00:30:08,903
Featherstone's wife told us only those
closest to him knew where the cabin was.
623
00:30:09,381 --> 00:30:11,543
No one in his office
even knew about it.
624
00:30:11,618 --> 00:30:13,882
So somehow Preuss
is calling the shots
625
00:30:13,954 --> 00:30:15,388
even though he's separated
from the world
626
00:30:15,456 --> 00:30:17,253
by a couple of tons
of steel and concrete.
627
00:30:17,325 --> 00:30:20,955
That's unlikely. He would have had to
have memorized Featherstone's address.
628
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:23,497
Featherstone did convict
his fearless leader.
629
00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:26,000
If there was one address
he was going to focus on...
630
00:30:26,135 --> 00:30:29,333
You know, I've stayed in a lot
of fishing cabins in my time
631
00:30:29,406 --> 00:30:32,274
and they all have addresses
like 3 Trout Lane.
632
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,548
50 Brook Road.
633
00:30:37,083 --> 00:30:39,677
Good theory, but the only one
to have contact with Preuss
634
00:30:39,752 --> 00:30:41,846
since he was jailed
is Danielle Melnick.
635
00:30:42,222 --> 00:30:43,422
Well, let's take a look at her.
636
00:30:44,091 --> 00:30:46,754
Hold on, Arthur. Danielle and I
have been friends for 20 years.
637
00:30:47,128 --> 00:30:48,128
Your point being?
638
00:30:48,196 --> 00:30:51,291
She was philosophically opposed
to the SAM restrictions, Jack.
639
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,594
And she would not
knowingly break the law.
640
00:30:55,438 --> 00:30:57,030
Why don't I just ask her?
641
00:30:57,141 --> 00:30:59,234
That will give her the chance
to cover her tracks.
642
00:31:01,546 --> 00:31:02,808
Why don't we see what we can do
643
00:31:02,881 --> 00:31:05,851
about getting a wire
in the counsel room at Rikers
644
00:31:05,919 --> 00:31:07,614
before we rush to judgment
either way.
645
00:31:07,687 --> 00:31:10,623
Great plan. Only there's a little thing
called attorney-client privilege.
646
00:31:10,691 --> 00:31:13,558
Not when the attorney becomes
a conspirator, there's not.
647
00:31:24,641 --> 00:31:25,972
Danielle Melnick?
648
00:31:26,043 --> 00:31:28,672
Preuss had no other visitors
than Ms. Melnick.
649
00:31:29,414 --> 00:31:32,680
We had all of the corrections
officers take lie detector tests.
650
00:31:33,419 --> 00:31:36,753
If Preuss ordered the hit on
Featherstone, he did it with her help.
651
00:31:38,325 --> 00:31:42,285
You do realize, of course, if this
eavesdrop doesn't bear any fruit,
652
00:31:42,363 --> 00:31:44,491
the violation of
attorney-client privilege
653
00:31:44,566 --> 00:31:46,693
will probably be
cause for dismissal.
654
00:31:46,935 --> 00:31:49,063
There are a lot of names
in Grodie's organizer.
655
00:31:49,772 --> 00:31:51,638
We're willing to take the risk.
656
00:31:54,745 --> 00:31:56,373
It's your career, Counselor.
657
00:31:58,350 --> 00:32:00,831
MELNICK: The file is right there
on your hard drive, Mr. Preuss.
658
00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:03,286
There's not much
that we can do with that.
659
00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:05,077
PREUSS: We'll find somebody
to say it's not.
660
00:32:05,125 --> 00:32:06,854
I will not suborn perjury.
661
00:32:06,927 --> 00:32:09,294
Then we'll get an expert witness
to say that I was framed.
662
00:32:09,364 --> 00:32:11,355
That the government put it there.
Look, Julian...
663
00:32:11,432 --> 00:32:13,025
You're my lawyer, right?
664
00:32:13,102 --> 00:32:14,262
You're supposed to believe me.
665
00:32:14,336 --> 00:32:15,735
Yes, but I have to be able
to keep a straight face
666
00:32:15,804 --> 00:32:17,125
when I present your case
in court.
667
00:32:17,140 --> 00:32:19,700
The FBI has been
all over us for years.
668
00:32:20,210 --> 00:32:22,771
I'm guessing they weren't the
biggest fans of Mr. Grodie either.
669
00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:27,015
Add it up, they kill him,
put his info on my computer.
670
00:32:27,586 --> 00:32:29,111
It's two birds in one stone.
671
00:32:32,925 --> 00:32:34,257
Well,
672
00:32:35,195 --> 00:32:36,787
now you're getting warmer.
673
00:32:37,332 --> 00:32:40,631
I mean, at least with that one I won't
get laughed out of the courtroom.
674
00:32:40,702 --> 00:32:43,433
I know somebody.
He's a computer genius.
675
00:32:43,773 --> 00:32:45,708
He'll prove my story is true.
676
00:32:46,410 --> 00:32:47,775
Here.
677
00:32:47,844 --> 00:32:49,972
Take this name and address
to John Burke.
678
00:32:50,848 --> 00:32:52,611
The man who knows your
contact in North Carolina?
679
00:32:52,683 --> 00:32:55,244
That's right. He'll take
care of everything.
680
00:33:03,130 --> 00:33:05,121
SERENA: I don't like this
any more than you do, Jack,
681
00:33:05,199 --> 00:33:07,259
but Danielle
was playing messenger boy.
682
00:33:07,335 --> 00:33:09,667
She did it once.
She's about to do it again.
683
00:33:10,338 --> 00:33:11,670
You're jumping to conclusions.
684
00:33:11,741 --> 00:33:12,861
She violated a judge's order.
685
00:33:12,875 --> 00:33:14,901
And you're splitting hairs.
Am I?
686
00:33:14,978 --> 00:33:17,276
What if the first note said
Mark Featherstone?
687
00:33:17,347 --> 00:33:18,974
What if it said 50 Brook Road?
688
00:33:19,049 --> 00:33:21,211
What if it said he wanted a
case full of Snickers bars?
689
00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:24,778
I think we owe it to Mark Featherstone
to find out what it did say.
690
00:33:25,591 --> 00:33:26,683
I'm gonna call Van Buren.
691
00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:27,852
No.
692
00:33:31,198 --> 00:33:32,564
I'll take care of it.
693
00:33:33,167 --> 00:33:34,725
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
694
00:33:38,974 --> 00:33:40,875
Ever hear of the telephone?
I know it's late.
695
00:33:40,977 --> 00:33:42,274
Yeah, come in.
696
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,514
Do you know why I'm here?
697
00:33:45,583 --> 00:33:47,915
No. Your golden retriever
threw you out?
698
00:33:47,985 --> 00:33:49,385
Mark Featherstone.
699
00:33:50,355 --> 00:33:51,355
Who?
700
00:33:53,593 --> 00:33:56,153
His address was on Vance
Grodie's organizer.
701
00:33:57,131 --> 00:33:58,792
He was an A.D.A.
In Florida.
702
00:33:59,333 --> 00:34:00,425
Yeah, so?
703
00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:02,534
He was murdered.
704
00:34:06,275 --> 00:34:07,469
What?
705
00:34:08,944 --> 00:34:11,140
I know Preuss
used you, Danielle.
706
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:14,251
Jack.
707
00:34:14,318 --> 00:34:15,958
And he's doing it again.
Wait, wait, wait.
708
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,545
We have you on tape.
709
00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,614
At Rikers, your last
meeting with Preuss.
710
00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:21,285
Wait a minute.
Just wait a minute, Jack.
711
00:34:21,326 --> 00:34:24,421
The man gave me an address.
That does not necessarily...
712
00:34:27,668 --> 00:34:29,033
My God, my God.
713
00:34:32,340 --> 00:34:36,300
Jack, you know that
I would never knowingly...
714
00:34:36,379 --> 00:34:39,213
You did violate the special
administrative measures.
715
00:34:39,283 --> 00:34:40,580
Because it was wrong.
716
00:34:41,919 --> 00:34:42,978
God!
717
00:34:50,563 --> 00:34:51,804
I'll let you surrender yourself.
718
00:34:54,134 --> 00:34:55,796
You're charging me?
719
00:34:56,404 --> 00:34:57,735
Tomorrow morning.
720
00:35:01,843 --> 00:35:02,843
Jack.
721
00:35:05,682 --> 00:35:08,379
Jack, it's me. Please.
722
00:35:09,887 --> 00:35:10,945
Please...
723
00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:16,528
Take care of yourself, Danielle.
724
00:35:29,745 --> 00:35:34,410
CLERK: "Docket number 86904, People v.
Danielle Rose Melnick.
725
00:35:34,651 --> 00:35:37,485
"Conspiracy in the First Degree,
Manslaughter in the Second Degree."
726
00:35:37,989 --> 00:35:40,048
Ms. Melnick pleads
not guilty.
727
00:35:40,491 --> 00:35:43,120
In the strongest
possible terms, not guilty.
728
00:35:43,328 --> 00:35:45,593
I'm taking you off
the Preuss case, Ms. Melnick.
729
00:35:45,999 --> 00:35:47,591
Your Honor, there's no motion
before this court.
730
00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:51,604
I'm just following what the Eastern
District did to Shargel in that Gotti mess.
731
00:35:52,373 --> 00:35:55,866
You can't represent your client and
conspire with him at the same time.
732
00:35:56,177 --> 00:35:57,907
I assume the People
aren't looking for bail.
733
00:35:57,980 --> 00:36:00,039
These are serious
allegations, Your Honor.
734
00:36:00,483 --> 00:36:02,611
The defendant was recorded
conspiring to violate
735
00:36:02,686 --> 00:36:05,678
the special administrative measures
imposed by this very court.
736
00:36:05,756 --> 00:36:08,191
Prior leaks have already
led to at least one murder.
737
00:36:08,259 --> 00:36:09,487
Ms. Southerlyn.
738
00:36:11,897 --> 00:36:14,092
The People are fine with ROR,
Your Honor.
739
00:36:14,233 --> 00:36:15,292
So ordered.
740
00:36:15,368 --> 00:36:16,665
(BANGS GAVEL)
741
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,872
I had to ask for bail.
742
00:36:27,784 --> 00:36:31,185
Just out of curiosity, what
number did you have in mind?
743
00:36:31,722 --> 00:36:33,952
I was going to leave
that up to Judge Taylor.
744
00:36:35,593 --> 00:36:39,029
Look, Jack, neither of us
can know what was in her head.
745
00:36:51,546 --> 00:36:53,310
Jack.
746
00:36:53,382 --> 00:36:55,009
You're not supposed
to be talking to me.
747
00:36:56,286 --> 00:36:57,846
Do you want to have
your lawyer join us?
748
00:36:57,921 --> 00:36:59,401
That's not
what I'm not talking about.
749
00:36:59,456 --> 00:37:03,723
I'm talking about the guilt that should
accompany the royal screwing of a friend.
750
00:37:04,228 --> 00:37:05,753
The eavesdrop wasn't my idea.
751
00:37:07,299 --> 00:37:09,359
Do you honestly think that I
purposely relayed information?
752
00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:10,435
Of course not.
753
00:37:12,305 --> 00:37:14,467
But you must have known
you were playing with fire.
754
00:37:14,541 --> 00:37:16,099
You're saying I was reckless?
755
00:37:16,777 --> 00:37:17,778
Or stupid.
756
00:37:18,346 --> 00:37:19,472
That's great.
This is great.
757
00:37:20,382 --> 00:37:22,248
Maybe I'll use you
as my character witness.
758
00:37:23,152 --> 00:37:26,088
If Preuss played you, Danielle,
you can do something about it.
759
00:37:26,323 --> 00:37:28,917
Just tell me everything
that went on at Rikers.
760
00:37:28,992 --> 00:37:31,393
Why bother?
You have it all on tape.
761
00:37:33,231 --> 00:37:34,597
You know what I'm talking about.
762
00:37:34,666 --> 00:37:35,758
Yeah, I do.
763
00:37:35,834 --> 00:37:38,167
And I'm not going to breach
attorney-client privilege.
764
00:37:39,372 --> 00:37:42,206
Your client is responsible for
two deaths that we know of.
765
00:37:42,543 --> 00:37:44,443
Not until 12 citizens say he is.
766
00:37:45,246 --> 00:37:46,737
Come on, Jack,
767
00:37:46,815 --> 00:37:48,874
we'd only be pretending
to look for justice
768
00:37:48,950 --> 00:37:50,976
if a client cannot
have absolute faith
769
00:37:51,053 --> 00:37:53,647
in the sanctity of his
communications with his attorney.
770
00:37:53,890 --> 00:37:56,291
He used you to kill somebody.
771
00:38:00,064 --> 00:38:01,429
I know that.
772
00:38:06,839 --> 00:38:08,398
And I hate him, but...
773
00:38:09,776 --> 00:38:10,902
It's the principle.
774
00:38:10,977 --> 00:38:12,070
You're damn right.
775
00:38:12,213 --> 00:38:14,579
And if you don't see that,
I never knew you.
776
00:38:19,688 --> 00:38:21,020
It's ironic.
777
00:38:21,691 --> 00:38:23,454
I'm going to risk
everything I have
778
00:38:24,528 --> 00:38:27,793
to defend the rights of a man who
may have killed Vance Grodie.
779
00:38:28,433 --> 00:38:29,900
(LAUGHS)
780
00:38:31,937 --> 00:38:33,565
And you know something?
781
00:38:35,341 --> 00:38:38,004
That is exactly what
Vance would have done.
782
00:38:46,489 --> 00:38:49,050
Everything still out there
that's supposed to be?
783
00:38:51,795 --> 00:38:54,594
I take it Ms. Melnick
declined our invitation.
784
00:38:55,233 --> 00:38:58,533
I had a hard time pushing her.
I can see her side of it.
785
00:38:58,604 --> 00:39:01,471
Ah, she waived the Bill of
Rights in your face, did she?
786
00:39:02,675 --> 00:39:05,701
Well, we can't let lawbreakers
use the right to counsel
787
00:39:05,779 --> 00:39:07,974
to facilitate their crimes.
788
00:39:08,249 --> 00:39:10,548
The Constitution's
not a suicide pact.
789
00:39:10,619 --> 00:39:11,813
Justice Jackson.
790
00:39:11,887 --> 00:39:14,220
Oh, I know, you're more
of a Brennan man.
791
00:39:14,657 --> 00:39:16,989
Slippery slope
and all that guff.
792
00:39:17,693 --> 00:39:19,559
Times change, Jack,
the pendulum swings.
793
00:39:19,763 --> 00:39:22,460
And law-abiding people
get clocked along the way.
794
00:39:26,772 --> 00:39:29,741
You know, back in New Haven,
795
00:39:29,808 --> 00:39:32,801
there was this fella,
name of Thornhurst.
796
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,346
Is he any relation to...
Yup.
797
00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:39,251
That's him, sitting as Chief
Justice in the Fifth Circuit.
798
00:39:39,321 --> 00:39:42,051
His old man was the Secretary
of State under somebody.
799
00:39:42,124 --> 00:39:43,990
You ran in the right circles,
Arthur.
800
00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:48,122
Well, it turns out he had a hell of
a time with his Bankruptcy class.
801
00:39:48,599 --> 00:39:50,829
Son of a gun worked his butt
off and still got an F.
802
00:39:51,468 --> 00:39:52,902
It doesn't seem
to have hurt him.
803
00:39:52,971 --> 00:39:56,533
Thing is, that F was about
to keep him from graduating.
804
00:39:56,943 --> 00:40:01,176
But one of his good buddies goes to the
professor with a whale of a story.
805
00:40:02,316 --> 00:40:04,877
Thorny's old man has
heart trouble, he said.
806
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,451
And if his first born doesn't
graduate, then who knows?
807
00:40:10,492 --> 00:40:12,893
In other words, he lied.
808
00:40:13,396 --> 00:40:15,694
Those would be
the precise words.
809
00:40:16,333 --> 00:40:20,168
Long story short, the professor
found his own heart,
810
00:40:20,237 --> 00:40:21,933
he upped the grade to a D,
811
00:40:22,074 --> 00:40:24,338
Thorny graduated,
apple of his old man's eye.
812
00:40:24,409 --> 00:40:26,742
I love a happy ending,
Arthur, but didn't you just
813
00:40:26,813 --> 00:40:29,749
change the subject in the
middle of our conversation?
814
00:40:29,950 --> 00:40:31,713
You tell me.
815
00:40:33,888 --> 00:40:35,378
Have a good night.
816
00:40:44,868 --> 00:40:47,429
What's he doing here?
Where's my other lawyer?
817
00:40:47,505 --> 00:40:49,632
She's no longer representing you, Mr.
Preuss.
818
00:40:49,707 --> 00:40:52,734
She can't do that without my okaying it.
And I know that much.
819
00:40:52,811 --> 00:40:54,905
In most situations,
that's right.
820
00:40:54,981 --> 00:40:57,973
And this has evolved into anything
but the typical situation.
821
00:40:58,619 --> 00:41:00,280
As your initial
counsel of record,
822
00:41:00,354 --> 00:41:02,549
Mr. Clemens has agreed
to sit in on this meeting.
823
00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:07,061
Don't worry, I'll get a real
lawyer before we go to trial.
824
00:41:07,530 --> 00:41:09,555
I appreciate that.
825
00:41:09,632 --> 00:41:12,796
That'll be fine if you
still want to go to trial.
826
00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,428
Why wouldn't I?
827
00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:18,075
Because Ms. Melnick
told us everything.
828
00:41:18,610 --> 00:41:22,240
She confessed to communicating
with your associate Mr. Burke.
829
00:41:23,282 --> 00:41:26,411
And we are in the process of
negotiating a deal with her
830
00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:28,455
for conspiracy to commit murder.
831
00:41:30,124 --> 00:41:31,853
You believe her?
832
00:41:31,927 --> 00:41:34,088
More than I believe you,
Mr. Preuss.
833
00:41:36,399 --> 00:41:37,866
Lawyers!
834
00:41:38,635 --> 00:41:41,969
You are turning this great country
into a cesspool. For what?
835
00:41:42,039 --> 00:41:43,267
He set me up.
836
00:41:43,340 --> 00:41:45,809
He sent that Jew lawyer in here
all along planning to trap me.
837
00:41:45,877 --> 00:41:46,877
That's got to be illegal.
838
00:41:46,978 --> 00:41:49,260
Sure, I can argue that at trial.
Although you'll have to...
839
00:41:49,282 --> 00:41:50,282
Shut up.
840
00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:05,325
What are you offering?
841
00:42:05,402 --> 00:42:07,768
One count of Conspiracy
in the First Degree.
842
00:42:07,838 --> 00:42:10,205
One count of Manslaughter
in the First Degree.
843
00:42:11,309 --> 00:42:12,901
Is Ms. Melnick
getting the same deal?
844
00:42:12,977 --> 00:42:14,343
On the conspiracy, yes.
845
00:42:14,413 --> 00:42:16,040
Sentences to run concurrently?
846
00:42:16,115 --> 00:42:17,173
Why not?
847
00:42:17,249 --> 00:42:18,376
It's a good deal.
848
00:42:21,087 --> 00:42:25,582
If he allocutes that Danielle Melnick
acted without any criminal intent.
849
00:42:26,661 --> 00:42:29,596
Oh, I see what's going on here.
Do you think I'm stupid?
850
00:42:30,967 --> 00:42:33,458
The jury's still out
on that, Mr. Preuss.
851
00:42:35,539 --> 00:42:38,508
Choice A, you go to jail
for the rest of your life
852
00:42:39,144 --> 00:42:41,544
and Ms. Melnick
goes for 15 years.
853
00:42:42,781 --> 00:42:47,014
Choice B, you're eligible for
parole in 12 and a half.
854
00:42:47,621 --> 00:42:49,612
And she walks?
855
00:42:51,926 --> 00:42:53,223
Your decision.
856
00:43:02,739 --> 00:43:05,004
Of course he took the deal.
857
00:43:05,075 --> 00:43:08,045
People like that,
their hate only goes so far.
858
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,778
Their self-interest goes
a hell of a lot further.
859
00:43:11,583 --> 00:43:15,452
One might even say there was a little
cause and effect going on in there.
860
00:43:16,757 --> 00:43:20,056
Judge Lusky has agreed to drop all
of the charges against Danielle.
861
00:43:20,127 --> 00:43:21,823
The Bar Association
Review Board will...
862
00:43:21,896 --> 00:43:23,625
Name an award for her.
863
00:43:23,698 --> 00:43:27,260
How many other lawyers would risk what she
did for the sake of client privilege?
864
00:43:29,105 --> 00:43:31,403
Remind me to never play
poker with you, Jack.
865
00:43:32,042 --> 00:43:33,510
You should have
seen him in action.
866
00:43:33,578 --> 00:43:35,011
Told a couple of whoppers,
did you?
867
00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:37,172
What's a whopper
when it helps a good buddy?
868
00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:39,907
That's what I always say.
869
00:43:40,686 --> 00:43:42,621
(PHONE RINGING)
870
00:43:47,828 --> 00:43:49,729
Mr. Branch's office.
871
00:43:53,335 --> 00:43:55,065
Where?
872
00:43:56,706 --> 00:43:57,798
What happened?
873
00:43:57,874 --> 00:43:59,467
Melnick was waiting
for the elevator.
874
00:43:59,543 --> 00:44:01,534
We're still trying
to piece it together.
875
00:44:03,114 --> 00:44:06,174
Building security caught her trying
to leave through the parking garage.
876
00:44:06,819 --> 00:44:09,083
She was a traitor to America.
877
00:44:09,655 --> 00:44:10,816
Traitor!
878
00:44:21,336 --> 00:44:28,172
Better be careful, Jack. Looks
like it's open season on lawyers.
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