A COUPLE HAD GONE OUT TO
DINNER THEY GOT HOME.
AN INTRUDER SHOT AND KILLED THE WIFE
THE HUSBAND, THOMAS RANDOLPH, SHOT THE SUSPECT
HE KIND OF RUSHED UP ON ME LITTLE BIT AND THAT'S WHEN I
JUST PUSHED HIM, BOOM BOOM IT WAS CLEAR, THERE WAS A LOT
MORE TO THE STORY. WE FOUND OUT TOM RANDOLPH HAD
BEEN MARRIED SIX TIMES, AND FOUR OF HIS WIVES ARE DEAD.
HE SAID, POINT BLANK I WANT YOU TO KILL MY WIFE.
THESE WOMEN COME UP DEAD. HE COMES UP WITH MONEY
DO YOU HAVE GUNS? OF COURSE I'VE GOT GUNS
OKAY, YOU'VE -- DID I HAVE ONE IN YOUR FACE
NO, BUT YOU HAD ONE IN MINE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU AND
WOMEN, TOM I LOVE WOMEN.
I LOVE ALL WOMEN WE HAVE TO STOP HIM
THERE CAN'T BE ANYMORE SHARONS. THERE CAN'T BE ANYMORE BECKIES
IT'S A COMPLETELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL MURDER CASE
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'RE FACING THE DEATH PENALTY.
YEAH, AIN'T NO BIG DEAL THEY WANT TO KILL YOU, MAN.
THEY DON'T LIKE YOU. THEY WANT TO KILL YOU.
I'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS MOMENT.
IT WAS THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
THOMAS RANDOLPH'S GIG IS UP I WILL BE ACQUITTED
I'VE TOLD YOU THIS FROM DAY ONE, HAVE I NOT
* RIDING UP * * PUT A GUN IN MY HAND *
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD. WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOTHER?
I LOVE YOU, TOMMY * WHY DID LOVE PUT A GUN IN MY
HAND * AM I BEAUTIFUL?
HELLO? CAN I TALK TO YOU REAL QUICK
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD. TASER
TASER. OH, GOD.
LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME ON THE GROUND
POLICE ARRESTED A MAN IN CLEARFIELD, A MAN WHO WAS
ACCUSED OF HIRING A HITMAN TO KILL HIS WIFE, AND THEN OF
KILLING THE HITMAN HIMSELF THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE
MAN HAS FACED MURDER CHARGES 20 YEARS AGO, HE WAS ACQUITTED
OF KILLING ANOTHER WIFE, THEN -- THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE, UH,
ROUGH THERE WHEN I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T LET GO OF THE DOOR.
I WAS HOLDING MYSELF UP. THOMAS, YOU UNDERSTAND I WAS
THERE TO ARREST YOU ON HOMICIDE WARRANTS, CORRECT?
TOM RANDOLPH WAS ARRESTED FOR THE MURDERS OF SHARON RANDOLPH
AND MIKE MILLER. TOM RANDOLPH KNEW
MICHAEL MILLER HE HAD MET HIM OUT AT A
7/11 STORE, AND HE HAD HIM DO SOME HANDY WORK AROUND HIS
HOUSE. SO HE WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH
HIM. SO WE HAD A THEORY AND THAT'S
THIS -- MIKE MILLER HAD BEEN CONVINCED, BY THOMAS RANDOLPH TO
KILL HIS WIFE, SHARON RANDOLPH, AND THEN TOM RANDOLPH
DOUBLE-CROSSED MIKE MILLER, SHOOTING HIM OVER, AND OVER, AND
OVER AGAIN BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
THAT WAS AWESOME. YOU GUYS DID FANTASTIC.
YOU'RE OUR HEROES NOW. YOU GUYS DRIVE SAFE ALL
RIGHT? HERE'S HIS BOOKING.
THAT'S IT, HUH IT WAS PRETTY SATISFYING, HIM
BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, WILLINGLY OR NOT
BUT IT WAS -- IT WAS PRETTY SATISFYING TO FINALLY SEE THAT
HAPPEN KNOWING THE TYPE OF PERSON HE IS AND PREDATOR THAT
HE REALLY IS HE'D BEEN MARRIED SIX TIMES,
AND FOUR OF HIS WIVES ARE DEAD IT WAS A LONG ROAD TO GET THERE,
TO LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THOSE WIVES, EACH ONE OF THOSE
MARRIAGES. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE TRAVELING
THAT WE HAD TO DO. WE WENT TO WASHINGTON
WE WENT TO INDIANA WE WENT TO KENTUCKY.
NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH A COUPLE OF
TIMES. SO WE TRAVELED EVERYWHERE.
AND HERE WE WERE, IT FINALLY CAME TO A HEAD AND -- AND HE WAS
IN CUSTODY IT WAS AWESOME
WITHIN MINUTES AFTER TOM WAS ARRESTED, I WAS ON THE PHONE
WITH SHARON'S DAUGHTER, COLLEEN. TOOK THEM EIGHT MONTHS TO
ARREST HIM. BUT, YEAH, WHEN HE WAS FINALLY
ARRESTED I ACTUALLY HAD A PARTY, NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT WAS GOOD MOM, MAKE HIM LOOK THIS WAY.
LOOK AT MOMMY. LOOK AT MOMMY!
MY MOM WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO CALL ME EVERY MORNING
I DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU'LL
GET THIS CASE THAT'S JUST INTERESTING, THAT YOU WANT TO BE
A PART OF IT AND I THOUGHT, OH, MAN, THAT'S
SUCH AN INTERESTING CASE AND THIS GUY AND ALL THESE WIVES
WE'RE NOT TAKING SOMEBODY TO TRIAL UNLESS WE KNOW THAT HE DID
IT BUT OFTEN TIMES TRIALS WILL MAKE
OR BREAK ON ONE ISSUE. YOU EITHER BELIEVED HE WAS A
MASTERMIND OF IT ALL AND SET UP THIS MASTER PLAN, OR YOU BELIEVE
HE'S COMPLETELY INNOCENT AND IS A VICTIM
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'RE FACING THE DEATH PENALTY.
YEAH, HEY, NO BIG DEAL. IT AIN'T A BIG DEAL.
I MEAN, IT IS REALLY NOT A BIG DEAL
I'M GLAD THEY MADE THIS A DEATH PENALTY CASE
IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULD HAVE -- I WOULD HAVE BEEN
GREATLY DISAPPOINTED I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
DEATH PENALTY-TYPE CASE. I WOULD HAVE FELT CHEATED IF IT
WASN'T A DEATH PENALTY CASE. I'M THINKING ABOUT GOING TO
COURT AND GETTING THIS ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT AND GET
VINDICATED AND THEN SUING ALL THE [ BLEEP ] AND JUST KICKING
THEIR ASS, BUT THAT'S WHY I WANT YOU HERE ON ALL OF IT.
THAT WAS MY IDEA, AND -- I -- I WASN'T SWAYING IN THAT
WHATSOEVER THE -- THE LAWYERS AREN'T IN
AGREEMENT WITH THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ME.
AND -- AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS I SHOULDN'T A DONE.
I MEAN, I HAVE I WASN'T -- I'M -- I'M NOT NO
SAINT. BUT IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA
GET TO KNOW ME THEN YOU GET TO KNOW ME ALL THE WAY.
I HAD JUST FINISHED BEING PART OF THE TEAM THAT
REPRESENTED O.J. SIMPSON AND TRIALS, A GOOD 75% TO 80% OF
THEM ACQUITTALS. I'VE ALWAYS ROOTED FOR THE
UNDERDOG, AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE IS THE ULTIMATE LITTLE GUY
I HAD JUST FINISHED BEING PART OF THE TEAM THAT REPRESENTED
O.J. SIMPSON IN THE PALACE STATION ROBBERY CASE
AND RANDOLPH, BEING WHO HE IS, WANTED O.J.'S LAWYER
DO YOU HAVE RANDOLPH'S FILE? HE GOT ARRESTED ON JANUARY 7th
HERE, YOU'RE IN MARCH, AND THE CASE IS JUST GETTING STARTED
THE MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES IN THIS CASE IS GOING TO BE THE
BACK AND FORTH TUG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE
DEFENSE AND THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO MR. RANDOLPH'S PAST
THAT IS THE MONUMENTAL FIGHT IN THIS CASE.
I'VE HANDLED MORE THAN A DOZEN DEATH PENALTY CASES.
HI. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
HEY, HOW IS IT GOING? ALL RIGHT.
SEE YOU. THERE'S NO COOKIE CUTTER
INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO DO A DEATH PENALTY CASE
WHAT'S UP, BUDDY WHAT DID YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT BEFORE FILING 'CAUSE I'M ON THE EDGE OF FILING THIS
MOTION TO SET BAIL WHAT DID YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME
ABOUT? FOR BAIL, I NEED TO BE OUT TO
HELP YOU MY FILES ARE IN MOM'S HOUSE IN
MY ATTIC, IN MOM'S ATTIC, IN THE GARAGE, IN THE STORAGE SHED.
THOMAS RANDOLPH LOVES TO TALK
I TOLD HIM, HE HAD TO KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT 'CAUSE THE STATE DID
NOT HAVE A STATEMENT FROM HIM CONFESSING ANYTHING OR ADMITTING
ANYTHING THIS D.A.'S OFFICE IS NOTORIOUS
FOR PUTTING SNITCHES IN PEOPLE'S CELLS.
ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, 'CAUSE THEIR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THIS
CASE IS THAT THIS CASE IS COMPLETELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
THEY NEED YOU TO SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEBODY.
SEE, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT. THEY NEED YOU TO SAY, "I HIRED
MIKE MILLER. THEY NEED YOU TO SAY THAT TO ONE
OF THEIR JAILBIRD SNITCHES WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I
SAY IT OR NOT. THEY'LL JUST SAY I SAID IT
THE FACTS IN THIS CASE IS SUCH A HOUSE OF CARDS, OKAY?
IT'S SUCH A HOUSE OF CARDS AS TO THAT ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WHICH IS WHETHER -- YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU
WERE SHOOTING A BURGLAR OR AN ACCOMPLICE
POLICE TELL US THAT SHARON WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A
BURGLAR. HER BODY WAS FOUND LYING IN A
HALLWAY. THE VERSION OF EVENTS THAT
THOMAS RANDOLPH PRESENTED, WHICH IS HE HAD GONE OUT TO DINNER
WITH HIS WIFE. THEY HAD GOTTEN HOME
HE WAS IN THE GARAGE CLOSING THINGS UP.
HIS WIFE HAD WALKED IN, BOOM, A GUNSHOT.
THE B THE BURGLAR SHOOTS THE WIFE.
I REACHED RIGHT UP HERE GOT THE GUN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I SHOT HIM
AND RANDOLPH LUCKILY KILLS THE BURGLAR.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU
HAVE THE STATE SAYING HE HIRED MIKE MILLER TO KILL HIS WIFE,
AND THEN HE DOUBLE CROSSED MIKE MILLER AND KILLED HIM SO
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY WITNESSES TO WHAT HE HAD PULLED OFF OR
TRIED TO PULL OFF. WHEN I VISIT WITH RANDOLPH --
I'M HERE FOR MY WEEKLY VISIT -- HE DOESN'T SEE HIMSELF AS THE
DEFENDANT IN THE CASE. HE SEES HIMSELF AS THE ASSISTANT
LAWYER IN THE CASE HE REALLY CAME OFF AS A VERY
OVERLY COCKY GUY LIKE HE THOUGHT HE WAS -- EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS SITTING IN THE JAIL IN A JAIL OUTFIT, THAT HE
WAS RUNNING THE SHOW WHEN ARE YOU GONNA BRING SOME
OF THIS DISCOVERY OUT SO I CAN SEE IT
YOU WANT IT YEAH.
YOU WANT TO HOLD ON TO IT WELL, I WANT TO READ SOME O
IT, SEE WHAT THEY GOT. HAVE YOU FOUND OUT IF THEY HAD
PHONE TAPS YET THEY DIDN'T
THEY DID NOT. NO.
AND THAT'S A FACT YEAH.
THEY GOT ANY OTHER AUDIO OR VIDEO BESIDES THE ONES WE
MENTIONED? NO.
SO THEY AIN'T GOT [ BLEEP ] ALL THEY GOT'S JUST SOMEBODY
SAYING THIS, SOMEBODY SAYING THAT
RIGHT AFTER THE INVESTIGATION OF
THE OTHER WIVES OF THOMAS RANDOLPH CAME TO LIGHT,
WE SOUGHT CERTAIN FACTS ABOUT RANDOLPH'S SECOND WIFE'S DEATH
IN UTAH. AND THAT'S THE CASE INVOLVING
THE DEATH OF BECKIE RANDOLPH IN THE 1980s.
WHEN BECKIE RAE RANDOLPH DIED TWO YEARS AGO FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND TO THE HEAD, CLEARFIELD POLICE CALLED IT AN APPARENT
SUICIDE, BUT TODAY POLICE ARRESTED RANDOLPH'S HUSBAND ON
CHARGES OF MURDER. YOU START LOOKING AT THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BECKIE AND THOMAS AND SHARON AND THOMAS AND
THESE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES. RANDOLPH IS SUSPECT OF
CONCOCTING AN ELABORATE SCHEME TO KILL HIS WIFE AND COLLECT ON
HER LIFE INSURANCE POLICY. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE
IDENTICAL. THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES
THEM IS DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND YEARS.
WHEN YOU SEE HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY ONE
SINGLE MAN, YOU -- YOU KNOW THAT, A, HE NEEDS TO PAY THE
PRICE FOR THAT BUT, B, AND ALMOST EVEN MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HE HAS TO BE STOPPED.
BUT I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR TRIAL, DAVID KEPT
SAYING, HE'LL FIND A WAY OUT OF IT
WE HAD A TRIAL DATE SET. AND THEN, BEFORE THE TRIAL DATE
I WITHDREW ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER I CAME INTO THE CASE
ALTHOUGH MY WITHDRAWAL WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT RANDOLPH HAD NO
MONEY TO RETAIN ME, THOMAS RANDOLPH NEVER REALLY ASKED, OH,
GABE, CAN YOU PLEASE STAY ON BECAUSE, I THINK, MY WITHDRAWAL,
WAS THE BEGINNING OF HIS POSSIBLE PLAN TO DELAY HIS
TRIAL, AS LONG AS HE COULD SO WHAT'S UP WITH -- WHAT ARE
WE DOING PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTED
THEY UNDERSTAND I NEED A LAWYER. THE LAWYER'S GOT TO HELP ME SORT
OF NAVIGATE THIS JUNGLE THAT I FIND MYSELF IN SO I DON'T GET
EATEN BY THE LIONS RANDOLPH WANTS TO BURN THE
JUNGLE DOWN. I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO HAVE THEIR CASE TOGETHER BEFORE THEY ARREST ME.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ARGUE RIGHT NOW
YOU MAKE A SNAKE MOVE ON ME, *
RANDOLPH'S BEEN IN LIMBO NOW
FOR OVER A YEAR. HE'S BEEN IN JAIL AND SO IT'S
STARTING TO TAKE A TOLL ON HIM AND WE NEED TO MOVE AND KNOW
EXACTLY HOW TO PREPARE FOR THIS CASE
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T IN THE SPRING OF 2009 THOMAS
RANDOLPH ASKED ME IF I WOULD REPRESENT HIM.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE JUSTICE OVER THERE TODAY.
I SEE MR. RANDOLPH FREQUENTLY
I MEAN, HE'S -- HE'S CONCERNED ANYTIME YOU'RE IN JAIL FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, IT STARTS TO WEAR ON YOU.
WE INTEND TO -- TO MEET FORCE WITH FORCE
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OVERWHELMED.
WE'LL BE READY YOU CAN MAKE SURE OF THAT.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, WE'LL BE READY.
THE UTAH CASE WAS A HUGE ISSUE IN TOM'S CASE HERE
THOMAS HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS SECOND WIFE,
BECKIE, TO GET INSURANCE MONEY THOMAS WAS ACQUITTED
RANDOLPH'S CASE WAS ACTUALLY SEALED
MEANING, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO IT
THE D.A. DOWN HERE WANTED TO BRING IN THE UTAH CASE, TRYING
TO ALLEGE THAT IT SHOWED, YOU KNOW, THE SAME MOTIVE, SAME
PURPOSE, SAME INTENT ALWAYS THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP THE
UTAH CASE OUT. THEY'RE TRYING TO BLAME US ON
THE FACT THAT WE WON'T ALLOW THEM TO UNSEAL THAT UP THERE,
WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM DO THAT
I THOUGHT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEIR CASE TOGETHER
BEFORE THEY ARREST ME. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO ARGUE RIGHT NOW SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE STILL, UH,
FIGURING IT OUT. I DON'T FEEL VERY GOOD
I KNOW. WELL, I'M GOING TO ARGUE A LOT
OF GOOD STUFF. WE HAVE TO ASK FOR AND OBTAIN
PERMISSION AT A HEARING TO TELL THE COURT WHAT IT IS THAT WE
WANT TO GET IN, WHO'S GOING TO BE TESTIFYING TO IT.
HI. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.
THIS IS THE STATE OF NEVADA VS. RANDOLPH
COUNSEL? THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR
MR. RANDOLPH HAS NO CRIMINAL HISTORY OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE.
HE HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT ALL CHARGES AND ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE BE
LEVIED AGAINST HIM INCLUDING THE ONES UP IN UTAH THAT SEEM TO BE
THE PROBLEM, THAT IS -- MAY BE HOLDING THINGS UP HERE
HE'S DOWN HERE IN NEVADA SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THESE
RECORDS. BUT THIS DEFENDANT IN UTAH IS
SAYING I DON'T WANT THESE RECORDS RELEASED
THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE DELAY. WHAT HAVE THEY DEMONSTRATED
TO THIS COURT? WHAT FACTS OR EVIDENCE HAVE THEY
DEMONSTRATED TO THIS COURT THAT THE PROOF IS EVIDENT AND THE
PRESUMPTION IS GREAT AND THAT HE COMMITTED THIS CRIME
WITHOUT THE UTAH TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY KEEP SPEWING.
UTAH, UTAH, UTAH THAT WASN'T TOO BAD.
AFTER THE ARGUMENTS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER SHE'S GOING TO
GRANT THE STATE'S MOTION TO BRING IN THESE OTHER, QUOTE,
PRIOR BACK ACTS. SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT
UNTIL YOU FINALLY GET THE DECISION TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEND THIS CASE
WELL, CALL US WHEN YOU TALK WITH -
THE RAPPORT THAT I HAVE WITH THE D.A.'S THAT I TRY TO HAVE
WITH ALL OPPOSING COUNSEL, I -- I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH THEM
THAT'S ALL I WANTED. I MEAN, THIS GUY, I MEAN AT SOME
POINT WE HAVE TO TRY THE CASE. YOU KNOW THAT.
LET'S TRY IT. YOU KNOW, I KNOW BUT --
WITH THE UTAH CASE. YEAH, LET'S -- LET'S TRY IT
WITHOUT. I'M READY TO GO.
I'LL SEE YOU, ROBERT I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH THEM
UNLESS I DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SNAKE MOVES ON
ME OKAY
YOU MAKE A SNAKE MOVE ON ME, THEN WATCH OUT
'CAUSE FROM THEN ON, IT'S ON BABY, YOU KNOW
I'M JUST A LITTLE COUNTRY LAWYER, GOING UP AGAINST YOU BIG
KALOOTS OVER THERE THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE. AH, YOU GUYS LEAVE ME ALONE,
MAN. I'VE HAD A LONG DAY.
OKAY IT'S NOT EVEN 9:30.
* *
YOU WANT TO COME SIT OVER HERE WITH ME
I WAS JUST ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNANT WITH KATIE
WHEN MY MOM DIED YOU WANT TO WEAR A HAT?
SHE LOVES HATS MOM, THERE'S A CAMERA
I THINK SHE LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE MY MOM, ESPECIALLY IN THE
EYES I SEE MY MOM. IT'S BEEN HARD.
I HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ANGER AND ANXIETY OVER THIS.
I WISH HE WOULD JUST PASS IN HIS SLEEP TONIGHT.
I MEAN, I KNOW HE'S GUILTY. I DON'T CARE IF THE REST OF THE
WORLD BELIEVES IT. I JUST WANT HIM TO GO.
I JUST WANT IT TO BE DONE. I HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
HE WANTS TO SHOW I'M SMARTER THAN YOU
* *
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS A LITTLE COFFEE, A LITTLE
FRITTER. DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT,
MAN. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I BECAME
AN ATTORNEY IS BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY SAT IN THAT SEAT
WHERE THE STATE IS SAYING YOU'RE GUILTY OF KILLING SOMEONE.
LET ME TELL YOU THAT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING
A WHILE BACK, I WAS A MUSICIAN AT THE TIME --
COME ON PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR LIVE MUSIC.
-- AND I GOT IN A BAR FIGHT I SAW THIS BOTTLE OF BEER COMING
UP AT ME THIS GUY WAS GOING TO CLOCK ME
IN THE HEAD. WHEN HE CAME UP, MY WINE GLASS
BROKE ON THE BEER BOTTLE, AND HIS CAROTID ARTERY GOT SEVERED
SO THEY TRIED ME FOR MANSLAUGHTER, AND I WAS
ACQUITTED BY REASON OF SELF-DEFENSE AND ACCIDENT.
I DIDN'T GO TO PRISON. I'M SORRY I GET A LITTLE CHOKED
UP HERE 'CAUSE -- IT -- IT -- IT REALLY WAS A CHANGING POINT IN
MY LIFE, AND -- I'M SORRY THAT THE MAN LOST HIS LIFE.
I WISH IT HADN'T HAPPENED. BUT IT DID, AND I'M HERE NOW
IT'S LIKE, I BELIEVE I HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO
WHATEVER I CAN PERSONALLY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN TROUBLE AND
NEEDS MY HELP. THOMAS RANDOLPH IS UNLIKE ANY
OTHER CLIENT I'VE EVER HAD JUST GO DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO,
MAN. HE'S A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL
THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS HERE I HAD A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
MY THOUGHT IS ON AN OPENING ARGUMENT YOU GOT TO TRY TO
EXPLAIN ME, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
TOM UNDERSTOOD THE LAW, AND TOM WAS A SMART INDIVIDUAL
I COULD SEE THAT TOM COULD BE, IF HE WASN'T HANDLED RIGHT,
COULD BE A PROBLEM CLIENT. I WOULD THINK IF YOU JUST
LOOKED RIGHT AT THE JURY AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE TALK TO YOU
AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY,
AND YOU'VE BEEN LIED TO. YOU'RE JUST FLUFF.
YOU'RE -- YOU DON'T MEAN NOTHING.
THIS HAS NO BEARING ON YOU WHAT SO EVER.
IT'S JUST FLUFF. I TELL YOU ONE THING, I'M NOT
GONNA START THIS DAMN CASE OFF TELLING THE JURY THAT THEY'RE
FLUFF. THAT AIN'T GOING TO WORK
BROTHER. I'M TELLING YOU -
OKAY? IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY TIME YOU
GO TO SEE THOMAS, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN A QUESTION IN LAW
SCHOOL AGAIN HE WANTS TO SHOW I'M SMARTER
THAN YOU I CONTROLLED THIS.
YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S CONTROLLING THE SITUATION.
I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON
THIS IS A DEATH PENALTY CASE, YOU KNOW, WE LOSE THIS GUY DIES.
WE JUST GOT THE DECISION ON THIS.
JUDGE MILEY FINALLY DECIDED ON THESE PRIOR BAD ACTS, WHETHER OR
NOT THEY'RE GONNA COME IN, AND YOU KNOW, LO AND BEHOLD, SHE
SAYS YES THE JUDGE RULED IN HER ORDER
THAT THE UTAH CASE CAN COME IN AND THAT REALLY IS VERY
DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
THE JUDGE CAME BACK WITH THIS ORDER.
SHE IS GOING TO LET THIS MURDER COME IN, AND SO IT'S GOING TO
MAKE THE JOB A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S NOT
IMPOSSIBLE WE JUST GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
HOW DO YOU GO BACK AND PROVE YOU DIDN'T DO SOMETHING
20-SOME-YEARS LATER? ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING MOST
EVERYBODY'S DEAD I MEAN, WE KNEW THIS WAS
GOING TO GO DOWN ONE OF TWO ROADS.
IT'S NOT LIKE THIS CAUGHT US COMPLETELY BY SURPRISE
SO IF -- IF THE JURY DECIDES THAT I'M GUILTY OF THE UTAH
THING, WILL THEY KILL ME IN UTAH OR WILL THEY KILL ME IN VEGAS?
IT'S INSANE. IT'S INSANE.
THIS IS -- THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KICK IN THE BUTT, BUT LIKE I
SAID, I HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. I WAS THERE.
I REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I'M NOT -- I'M NOT A KILLER.
I'M NOT A STALKER OF WOMEN JUST THE OPPOSITE.
I LOVE WOMEN YOU GUYS WERE FILMING AND TOM
LOVED THE CAMERAS. YOU'RE LOOKING CHIPPER.
I MEAN, HE LOVED THE CAMERAS. HE LOVED THE ATTENTION, TO THE
EXTENT THAT OFTEN I'D HAVE TO TELL TOM, HEY, CHILL OUT A
LITTLE BIT I'VE HAD SEVERAL FIANCÉES AND
SIX WIVES AND SO MANY GIRLFRIENDS I CAN'T REMEMBER AND
I'VE SLEPT WITH A GAZILLION WOMEN JUST 'CAUSE I CAN.
LET'S -- LETS JUST HOLD OFF ON THAT, OKAY?
THIS IS THE STATE'S THEORY, FOUR OF SIX WIVES.
FROM DAY ONE THEY'RE SAYING THIS, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY
TELLING WITNESSES AGAINST ME THIS
TOM, THEY WANT TO KILL YOU, MAN.
OKAY? I MEAN, LET'S PUT IT OUT ON THE
TABLE. THEY DON'T LIKE YOU.
THEY WANT TO KILL YOU. OKAY
THEY'LL TRY TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
WELL THAT -- THAT'S --- THAT'S TRUE.
THAT'S TRUE -- WELL, HOPEFULLY I CAN PREVENT
IT, WITH YOUR HELP WELL, WE'LL -- WE'LL-
SO LET'S KICK THEIR ASS AND FORGET ABOUT IT.
WE'RE OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT. WE HAD A TRIAL DATE.
I WAS PREPARING TO FILE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF
MOTIONS, AND TOM HAD A FALLING OUT WITH ONE OF THE OTHER
ATTORNEYS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE CASE
TOM FIRED THE OTHER ATTORNEY, FIRED ME, FIRED THE
INVESTIGATOR, AND THAT WAS THAT. TOM WENT HIS WAY
I WENT MY WAY. YOU ASKED ME TO BE HERE
ALONE. YOU ARE
YOU SAID NO ATTORNEYS THAT'S CORRECT.
THESE LAWYERS ARE -- I DON'T GET IT.
I -- I -- I'M -- IT'S LIKE YOU CAME -- I'VE BEEN -- I'VE DONE A
MURDER TRIAL BEFORE SO I KNOW HOW IT SORTA WORKS
I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GOING TO TRIAL
I WILL BE ACQUITTED. I'VE TOLD YOU THIS FROM DAY ONE,
HAVE I NOT BEEN ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT?
THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT GOING TO TRIAL IS THESE
TURDS FOR LAWYERS. I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY
SECRETS. IS THAT ON?
YEAH. NORMALLY, I'D SAY IF I TELL
* *
HELLO. WE'RE HERE FROM "DATELINE.
I'M HERE TO SEE AN INMATE. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN HERE
NOW? GOING ON EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
YOU WANT YOUR DAY IN COURT? ARE YOU EAGER TO GET THAT DATE
OH, YEAH, YEAH. I WILL GET DONE AND GO HOME AND
START DOING SOMETHING ELSE I NEVER REALLY HAVE BEEN WORRIED
ABOUT THE CONVICTION PART OF IT. I JUST NEVER HAVE.
I JUST DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING. BUT IT DAWNED ON ME, THIS IS
UTAH OVER AGAIN. THIS IS THE TOMMY SHOW
AND NOW IT'S "THE TOMMY SHOW: LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS.
AM I BEAUTIFUL I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN IN JAIL
HERE NOW FOR WHAT? THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
IT'S HARD ON EVERYBODY. I WANT TO GO HOME.
I'M THE VICTIM IN THIS I'M THE VICTIM IN THIS
WHAT IS IT ABOUT YOU AND WOMEN, TOM
I LOVE WOMEN. I LOVE ALL WOMEN
WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THERE FOR A WHILE, THE BAND POISON,
"LOOK AT WHAT THE CAT DRUG IN. I KNOW DAMN WELL I SLEPT WITH
BOTH LAST NIGHT. I THOUGHT THEY WROTE THAT ABOUT
ME NAME YOUR WIVES
KATHY RANDOLPH, BECKIE RANDOLPH, LEE -- LEONA RANDOLPH,
GAYNA RANDOLPH, FRANCES RANDOLPH, SHARON RANDOLPH.
DO YOU WANT THE NAMES OF MY FIANCES TOO?
I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY SECRETS?
IS THAT ON? YEAH.
NORMALLY, I'D SAY IF I TELL YOU MY SECRETS, I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO KILL YOU NEXT THING I KNOW I'LL BE
GETTING CHARGED WITH THAT TOO. OH, YEAH, AND WE'RE NOT MARRIED,
THERE'S NO INSURANCE SO IT WOULDN'T BE PROFITABLE
WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR HAIR? IT WAS THIS LONG LAST TIME
YOU WAS HERE NO.
IT WAS JUST -- YEAH, IT WAS JUST BACK IN A PONYTAIL.
I GOT TO HAVE A FAIR TRIAL THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS A
FAIR TRIAL ALL OF MY LAWYER HAS SAID IF THE
UTAH CASE COMES IN, YOU WILL BE CONVICTED AND YOU WILL GET THE
DEATH PENALTY. AND THEN THREE YEARS LATER, THE
SUPREME COURT'LL OVER TURN IT. KATHY WAS MY FIRST WIFE.
JUST THE FIRST TIME I SEEN HER, I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA HAVE A
BABY WITH HER. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SHE LOOKED LIKE FARRAH FAWCETT I HAD TWO CHILDREN WITH HER.
JUSTUS, IS MY GIFT TO THE WORLD, AND KRISTA'S MY OTHER GIFT TO
THE WORLD. HOW WAS YOUR MARRIAGE TO
KATHY? IT WASN'T GOOD.
IT WAS MY FAULT, TOTALLY DOING TOO MUCH DRUGS AND OTHER
WOMEN. BECKIE WAS MY SECOND WIFE.
WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT BECKIE
WHAT DID YOU LOVE ABOUT HER? SHE WAS PERFECT
BECKIE WAS WHATEVER I WANTED HER TO BE.
I COULD CALL UP AND SAY I WANT STEAK TONIGHT, AND I WANT YOU TO
DRESS UP AS A CLOWN TO SERVE IT TO ME, AND SHE WOULD SAY, DO YOU
MEAN, LIKE, A SEXY GIRL CLOWN OR DO YOU WANT ME TO HAVE THE
FLOPPY SHOES AND THE HONK-HONK NOSE
SHE DIDN'T DESERVE ME CHEATING ON HER
THE LAST I TALKED TO HER I GAVE HER THE ULTIMATUM, SAID, I AM SO
SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF.
IF YOU WANT TO KILL YOURSELF, DO IT
DO IT AND PUT OUT -- EVERYBODY OUT OF THEIR MISERY.
AND SHE'S JUST BAWLING AND SAYS, YOU'RE MEAN.
AND -- ALL I HAD TO DO WAS HUG HER, SAY I LOVE YOU,
EVERYTHING'LL BE OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE [ BLEEP ]
I WAS THINKING I SAID THERE'S SOME ROPE
DOWNSTAIRS FROM -- I RE-PELL AND STUFF.
I SAID I THINK THERE'S SOME OF MY ROPE DOWNSTAIRS
MAYBE YOU CAN JUST HANG YOURSELF
WHEN BECKIE RAE RANDOLPH DIED TWO YEARS AGO FROM A GUNSHOT
WOUND TO THE HEAD, DEERFIELD POLICE CALLED IT AN APPARENT
SUICIDE. AND THAT'S THE -- LAST TIME I
SEEN BECKY ALIVE MY THIRD WIFE WAS LEONA, WAS
LEE, WENT BY LEE SO BEAUTIFUL
SHE'S PART GUAMANIAN, AND KIND OF REMINDS YOU OF, LIKE, AN
ISLAND GIRL. SO HOW LONG WERE YOU MARRIED
TO LEE FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
SHE LIKES TO PARTY SOMETIMES SHE FORGETS TO COME
HOME ON TIME MY FOURTH WIFE IS GAYNA ALLMON
YOU MARRIED GAYNA RIGHT AWAY? I MARRIED THEM ALL RIGHT AWAY
BECAUSE THEY ALL WANT TO HE WAS SITTING AT THE DINING
ROOM TABLE AND WAS MES -- WAS CLEANING A GUN, AND I WASN'T
VERY FAR AWAY FROM HIM AT ALL, AND IT WENT OFF.
DO YOU REMEMBER CLEANING A GUN, WENT PAST HER HEAD OR INTO
THE FLOOR? THAT'S JUST SUCH A BULL
[ BLEEP ] STORY. MY FIFTH WIFE IS FRANCES
DID YOU LOVE FRANCES? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MARRIED HER AS SOON AS I COULD BECAUSE SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN FRANCES DIED
NO, NO. SHE WAS -- FRANCES WAS SICK.
REMEMBER, SHE WAS BORN WITH HEART DISEASE.
I DIDN'T DO THE HEART SURGERY ON FRANCES.
I LOVE YOU, TOM YOU HAD HER SHOOT A VIDEO
WILL WHY WOULD YOU -- WHY WOULD YOU
DO THAT? WHO DOES THAT?
AND I'M MAKING THIS TAPE SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT I
WANT FOR RACHEL. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT CUSTODY OF RACHEL RACHEL THINKS THAT YOU KILLED
HER MOTHER RACHEL KNOWS BETTER
MY SIXTH WIFE WAS SHARON SHE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING AND
SHE'S GOT A SMILE ON HER FACE. IT'S LIKE THE SUN, THE MOON, THE
STARS. IT WAS JUST --
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO COME HOME AND SEE YOUR WIFE DEAD ON THE
FLOOR? WHEN I FIRST OPENED THE DOOR,
I SEEN SHE FELL. SHE HAD BEEN HAVING SOME
PROBLEMS WITH HER HIP AND STUFF. AND I STARTED TO GO TOWARD HER
AND I SMELLED GUN POWDER I GO BACK DOWN THIS WAY
SHARON SHARON
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SOLVE.
I WAS THERE. MIKE MILLER SHOT SHARON.
EVERY WIFE THAT YOU'VE HAD, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU'VE
DONE IS GET LIFE INSURANCE ON THEM
WELL, THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR FINANCES.
YOU GOT INSURANCE MONEY FROM BECKIE
YOU GOT INSURANCE MONEY FROM FRANCES.
YOU GOT A WRONGFUL DEATH FROM FRANCES.
YOU HAD SEVERAL INSURANCE POLICIES ON SHARON
DON'T YOU THINK IT LOOKS FISHY AT ALL TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU
HAVE - IT IS, SURE, UNLESS SOMEBODY
WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO SIT AND LOOK
YOU THINK YOU'RE A NARCISSIST
ABSOLUTELY. I AM A NARCISSIST.
SO DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE A
NARCISSIST, YOU'RE UNABLE TO POSSIBLY SEE WHAT THE TRUTH
MIGHT BE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
TRUTH OF ME KILLING SHARON OR HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH
SHARON'S DEATH, OR BECKIE'S DEATH, THEN NO BECAUSE I HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I'M TELLING YOU BECKIE KILLED
BECKIE TWO DIFFERENT POLICE
AGENCIES, TWO DIFFERENT PROSECUTORS OFFICES.
ALL THE SAME. THEY'RE ALL 30 YEARS APART.
THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE ALL WRONG YES, THEY'RE WRONG.
IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED. I'M EXPECTING TO BE ACQUITTED.
SHE THINKS ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME
HE'S BEEN GIVEN EVERY CHANCE IN THE WORLD AND THEN THREE
MORE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS HE
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THAT WAS SUPER HARD GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE YEARS OF
HAVING A TRIAL DATE. YOU'RE WAITING FOR IT.
YOU'RE WAITING FOR IT AND THEN IT GETS CLOSE, AND THEY SAY
NOPE. IT'S LIKE WHEN IS IT GOING TO
END? HOW MANY TIMES CAN HE EXTEND
THIS SO AGAIN IT'S LIKE ANOTHER STAB
IN THE HEART ANOTHER YEAR
ANOTHER YEAR
MY NAME IS KATIE LYNN BEYER. I'M 7 YEARS OLD, AND I'M IN
SECOND GRADE MY BIRTHDAY IS SEPTEMBER 17,
2008 THERE YOU GO.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR MY FAVORITE COLORS ARE LIGHT
BLUE AND PURPLE. MY FAVORITE THINGS ARE ANIMALS,
STUFFED ANIMALS AND MY FAMILY. AND YOUR FAMILY
YEAH. YES, IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS.
AND YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE?
YES SHE THINKS ABOUT HIM ALL THE
TIME, AND -- AND THE MOMENTS THAT -- THAT WERE STOLEN,
THAT -- THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN. YOU KNOW
YEAH. OBVIOUSLY, HE'S BEEN GIVEN
EVERY CHANCE IN THE WORLD AND THEN THREE MORE.
NOW THAT'S THE ISSUE THAT -- THAT WE HAVE
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS HE GOING TO WAIT FOR ALL THE WITNESSES TO
DIE? WHAT'S THE DEAL?
AS LIKE FOR SCOTT CONLEY AND DICK MARTIN, YOU KNOW,
DICK MARTIN WENT DOWN FOR THE AUTOPSY, AND THEY DIDN'T FIND
THE BULLET AND HE HURRIED BACK AND THE WHOLE HOUSE HAD BEEN
EMPTIED, AND THE CARPETS TORE UP AND REPLACED, AND THE WALLS.
I'M LISTENING TO ONE OF HIS JAIL CALLS RIGHT NOW.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT BECKIE. I THINK HE'S ON HIS FOURTH SET
OF ATTORNEYS. HE'S JUST BEEN DELAYING THE
PROCESS. EACH TIME THE COURT DATE COMES
UP HE DOES WHAT HE CAN TO -- TO PUT IT OFF
IT'S FRUSTRATING TO SEE SOMEBODY MANIPULATE THE SYSTEM WHEN YOU
KNOW THAT THAT'S THEIR INTENT. IT WAS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
YEAR THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AND MULTIPLE TEAMS OF
ATTORNEYS THAT WERE FIRED. YOU KNOW, IT GOT SO ROUTINE THAT
WHEN -- WHEN A TRIAL DATE WAS COMING UP, WE'D SIT THERE AND
GO, OKAY, WHAT -- WHAT'S HE GOING TO DO THIS TIME?
I'M LIKE HOW ARE WE MOVING THE BODY WITHOUT ME STANDING
HERE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
THIS HASN'T CONSUMED ME LIKE -- LIKE IT HAS DEAN.
MY LIFE WENT ON. IF IT WASN'T FOR DEAN, THIS CASE
WOULDN'T EVEN BE PROSECUTED, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE GONE OFF
AS A JUSTIFIED SHOOTING OF A HOME INVASION.
IF IT WASN'T EVEN FOR HIM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING STICKING TO
HIS GUNS, SAYING SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT ABOUT THIS, WE WOULDN'T
EVEN BE CONSIDERING THIS AT ALL. THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, AND YOU
WOULDN'T BE FILMING ME RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE GOING TO TRIAL NEXT WEEK AFTER NINE YEARS.
I'M EXCITED, BUT THE LAWYERS ARE STILL USELESS.
TELL ME THE HISTORY OF YOUR REPRESENTATION
SO, START FROM THE BEGINNING YOU HAD?
YALE GALANTER, GABE GRASSO, BRENT BRYSON, BELINDA WEAVER,
THEN CURTIS BROWN, NORMAN REED, THEN RANDY PIKE AND
CLARK PATRICK. THEY TELL ME EVERY HOMICIDE CASE
USUALLY GOES THROUGH TWO SETS OF ATTORNEYS.
YEAH, BUT YOU WENT THROUGH TEN.
WELL, THERE'S THREE AT A TIME
TELL ME WHY YOU ARE THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD MAN IN AMERICA
I MEAN, HOW DID THEY GET IT WRONG?
THEY'RE SAYING THAT LIGHTNING HAS STRUCK TWICE
I DIDN'T KILL BECKIE, UNFORTUNATELY, BECKIE KILLED
BECKIE I DIDN'T KILL SHARON
MIKE MILLER KILLED SHARON. YOU GOT TO REALIZE WHAT THEY'RE
SAYING SHE'S SHOT IN THE HEAD, IN THE
HOME, AND I FIND HER SHARON
YOU KNOW, I SHOULD BE ACQUITTED
ON THIS 'CAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHO'S GOING TO SAY I DID
WHAT NOBODY -
THEY'RE GONNA SAY THAT YOU HIRED MIKE MILLER TO KILL
SHARON, THEN YOU KILLED MIKE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A BOTCHED
BURGLARY THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
SAY. OKAY, WELL, WHO -- WHO'S
GOING TO SAY THAT I DID THAT OTHER THAN THE -- THE STATE?
THERE AIN'T GOING TO BE ANYBODY 'CAUSE THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN
THERE'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE ANYBODY TO SAY THAT.
YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RAISE THEIR EYEBROWS WHEN
THEY HEAR THAT YOU'VE HAD SIX WIVES AND FOUR WIVES ARE DEAD,
AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'RE FACING THE DEATH PENALTY.
I -- I'VE NEVER HAD SIX WIVES AND FOUR OF 'EM ARE DEAD
I MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY THAT -- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-- YOU SAY THAT LIKE -- YOU DON'T HAVE SIX WIVES?
WELL, I DID, BUT I'M SAYING -
AND FOUR ARE -- FOUR OF THEM ARE NOT DEAD
WELL THE WAY THEY SAY IT, THE WAY THEY SAY IT IS SOMEHOW I'VE
CAUSED THEIR DEATH I'M JUST SAYING THE FACT IS
THE HEADLINE IS -- IS THAT YOU DID HAVE SIX WIVES AND FOUR OF
THOSE SIX WIVES ARE DEAD THAT'S TRUE
SO YOU JUST THINK YOU'RE SUPER UNLUCKY?
NO, I'M ONE OF THE LUCKIEST MEN IN THE WORLD
I'VE HAD SIX WIVES SIX WOMEN THAT LOVED ME ENOUGH
TO NOT JUST GIVE ME THEIR BODY GIVE ME THEIR SEX, THEY GAVE ME
THEIR LOVE THEY MARRIED ME.
THEY TRUSTED ME. WE TOOK CARE OF THEM
A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T WORK OUT, BUT I GOT NOTHING TO HIDE.
BESIDES THAT I WANT TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE A FOOL AGAIN BECAUSE
THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S HOW I ROLL
WE GOT A JURY ABOUT 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S GO-TIME AND WE'RE READY I AM READY, I AM PAST READY
WHAT'S UP MAN? STILL HERE
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WITNESSES ARE FLYING IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
I WANT HIM TO BE FOUND GUILTY ON THIS ONE.
SCOTT CONLEY IS ONE OF THE DETECTIVES IN UTAH WHO HAD DEALT
WITH RANDOLPH FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, KNEW HIM JUST FROM HIS
INTERACTIONS AS BEING A POLICE OFFICER AND A DETECTIVE.
OVER THE TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE, YOU KNOW,
DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP WITH SCOTT CONLEY
HE IS THE DEAN O'KELLY OF BECKIE'S CASE.
WITHOUT HIM AND WITHOUT HIS MEMORY, WE WOULD BE LOST
WERE YOU SCARED ABOUT HIS POSITION IN SOCIETY?
YES I THINK THE MOST CRITICAL
WITNESS WAS ERIC TARANTINO JUST A POINT BLANK, I WANT
YOU TO KILL MY WIFE, AND NO WAS THE FIRST THING OUT OF MY MOUTH.
TOM RANDOLPH HAD BEFRIENDED HIM YEARS EARLIER.
HE ENDED UP STARTING TO GROOM HIM TO KILL BECKIE RANDOLPH.
TOM WAS VERY INTIMIDATING HE COULD INTIMIDATE YOU JUST BY
LOOKING AT YOU SOMEBODY WANTS TO SAY HI.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HIM OR NOT.
HE'S CHANGED A LITTLE IN ALL THESE YEARS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU I HADN'T SPOKEN IN ERIC IN SOME
TIME, BUT THERE WAS STILL A SPECIAL BOND BETWEEN HE AND I.
THIS IS THE GUY THAT KEPT ME ALIVE THE WHOLE TIME
AND THAT COMES, AGAIN, I THINK BECAUSE ERIC WANTED TO
RIGHT THE WRONG. WE GOT A JURY ABOUT 2:00 THIS
AFTERNOON AND WE GO INTO OPENINGS AT 9:30
IT'S GO-TIME AND WE'RE READY BY THE TIME WE GOT THE CASE,
WE WERE TOM'S EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH LAWYERS.
THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IS THAT THIS MAY BE A EITHER A VERY
DIFFICULT CASE OR MAYBE A DIFFICULT CLIENT
TOM WAS PRETTY MUCH BOTH IT WAS OUR OBLIGATION AND
DUTY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD TO REPRESENT HIM,
AGGRESSIVELY, LEGALLY, ETHICALLY.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS A WINNABLE CASE.
I AM READY. I AM PAST READY.
WHAT'S UP? HOW YOU DOING, SIR?
STILL HERE, MAN STILL HERE
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE TO STOP HIM THERE CAN'T BE ANY MORE SHARONS.
THERE CAN'T BE ANY MORE BECKIES. THERE CAN'T BE ANY MORE
FRANCESES. I HOPE THEY BROUGHT THE NEW
CLOTHES IN OR THE DIFFERENT CLOTHES OR SOMETHING
HIS GIG IS UP DID THEY NOT BRING NEW
CLOTHES? THAT'S IT?
I'M ANAL RETENTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SHOPPING.
I MUST HAVE A FEMININE GENE BECAUSE I LOVE TO SHOP
I LOVE TO TAKE THE WOMEN SHOPPING
THEY THINK I'M SUCH A GENTLEMAN BECAUSE I BUY THEM THESE
CLOTHES. HELL, IT'S JUST -- IT'S NICE TO
GET THEM DRESSED UP IN WHAT I LIKE KNOWING THAT I'M GOING TO
BE TAKING THEM OFF LATER YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
SO IT'S LIKE A IT'S LIKE A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR ME
I WANTED HIM CONVICTED SO BAD.
I JUST WANTED HIM PUT AWAY FOREVER.
AND I WAS THANK GOD THIS IS FINALLY HAPPENING.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY I ASKED DAVID, WHO WAS LEAD
COUNCIL. I SAID I WANT TO DO THE OPENING.
DAVE SAID, HEY, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
YOU GO FOR IT, GIRL. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AN
OPENING ARGUMENT ALL RIGHT
LET'S BRING THE JURY IN. IF THE STATE WANTS TO PRESENT
ITS OPENING. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU WILL HEAR TWO STORIES OF TWO MEN
20 YEARS APART THAT NEVER MET EACH OTHER.
YET THEIR STORIES ARE THE EXACT SAME
THEIR JOB WAS TO KILL TWO WOMEN, THE WIVES OF THOMAS RANDOLPH
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY MIKE MILLER IS DEAD IS BECAUSE
ERIC TARANTINO LIVED TO TELL THE STORY AND THOMAS RANDOLPH WAS
NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE TWICE.
YOU WILL KNOW THE WHO, THE WHY AND THE HOW.
AND ALL OF THOSE ROADS WILL LEAD BACK TO THE MAN IN THIS
COURTROOM. THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, WOULD DEFENSE LIKE TO PRESENT?
MR. PIKE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. WHAT WE FELT WAS MOST
IMPORTANT WAS THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS WIFE WAS A
VICTIM HE WAS A VICTIM, AND HE ACTED
APPROPRIATELY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
JURY, THE ONE THING WE'LL ALWAYS AGREE WITH WITH THE STATE IS IT
WAS MR. MILLER THAT CAME IN WITH A GUN AND SHOT AND KILLED
SHARON OUR STRATEGY WAS TO GET THE
JURY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CASE AGAINST BECKY IN UTAH WAS
IRRELEVANT WE HAD THAT HEAVY BURDEN THAT
WE HAD TO DO, AND SO WE HAD TO FACE THAT HEAD ON.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE NO
RELATION, NO CONNECTION TO THE UTAH CASE.
AND THE TRUTH IS THAT THOMAS RANDOLPH DIDN'T PLAN
ANYTHING WITH MR. MILLER DIDN'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD
MERIT HIM BEING CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS WIFE, AND THAT YOU
WILL FIND HIM NOT GUILTY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRIAL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS INTO
THE RELATIONSHIP AND HE WANTED TO GET LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
AND PICK OUT HIS AND HERS
* THE STATE CALLS COLLEEN
BEYER. COLLEEN WAS CRITICAL BECAUSE I
FELT LIKE RANDOLPH'S BEHAVIOR WAS VERY ATYPICAL.
I FELT IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE. IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS INTO
THE RELATIONSHIP, AND HE WANTED TO GET LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
AND PICK OUT HIS AND HERS MATCHING URNS.
URNS? URNS.
LIKE WHAT YOU PUT CREMATIONS IN
ASHES IN. THE CREMATION.
HE LOOKED AT ME, BUT THERE WAS LIKE -- IT WAS LIKE NOTHING.
HE HAD NO FEELINGS HE DIDN'T CARE
HOW WAS IT THAT YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER'S DEATH?
A FRIEND OF OURS CALLED ME. DID YOU CALL THE DEFENDANT,
OR DID HE CALL YOU I CALLED HIM.
WHEN YOU CALLED HIM, WHAT DID YOU SAY?
I SAID, WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOTHER
WHAT DID HE SAY HE SAID, NO, I DIDN'T KILL
YOUR MOTHER. MICHAEL SHOT AND KILLED YOUR
MOTHER, AND HE HUNG UP ON ME THAT WAS THE HARDEST THING I'VE
EVER DONE. JUST AWFUL, ABSOLUTELY AWFUL
THE STATE CALLS ALICE WOLFE GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. WOLFE.
THE PURPOSE OF CALLING IN SHARON'S FRIENDS WAS THAT THEY
SAW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THOMAS AND SHARON.
HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE STATE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
IT WAS -- IT WAS JUST MADNESS.
DID YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH SHARON ON THE DAY THAT SHE
LEARNED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY ON HER
YES SHE WAS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY
UPSET. DID THE TWO OF YOU GO TO GET
PAPERWORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A WILL
YES WHAT WERE THE DIRECTIONS THAT
SHARON GAVE TO YOU TO DO WITH THE WILL
SHE SAID TO ME, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME, GIVE THIS TO
COLLEEN. THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
REALLY GREATLY AFFECTING YOU NO, THAT'S -- THIS IS ME.
WOULD YOU GIVE IT ALL BACK NOT TO BE STANDING TRIAL RIGHT
NOW? GIVE ALL WHAT BACK?
ALL OF THOSE WIVES. I'D CERTAINLY GIVE BECKIE AND
FRANCES AND SHARON BACK BECAUSE THEN THEY'D BE ALIVE
OF COURSE THAT'S LIKE A GI MMME. I REALLY MISS SHARON
ASSUME FOR A MOMENT YOU'RE CONVICTED, RIGHT
AND THEN THEY SAY "GUILTY" AND THEN THE WEEK OF MITIGATION
HEARINGS THEY SAY "ALL RIGHT, HE'S SENTENCED TO DEATH.
GOOD. WHY "GOOD?"
I'D HATE TO DO LIFE IN PRISON
THE NEXT WITNESS PLEASE IS THAT SCOTT CONLEY
IT IS, YOUR HONOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
JURY, YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM SCOTT CONLEY.
KNOWING WHAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN, I WANTED HIM
I WANTED EYE CONTACT WITH HIM. I WANTED HIM TO KNOW PROBABLY
THE ANGER I HAVE THE STATE HAS INTRODUCED
EVIDENCE THAT MR. RANDOLPH WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH A
KILLING IN UTAH IN 1988. MR. RANDOLPH WAS FOUND NOT
GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE BY A UTAH JURY
THERE ARE FACTS THAT OCCUR IN UTAH THAT EXPLAIN THE BEHAVIOR
AND THE FACTS THAT EXIST IN SHARON RANDOLPH'S DEATH IN
LAS VEGAS. WERE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT
THERE WERE INSURANCE POLICIES TAKEN OUT IN THE CASE OF
BECKIE RANDOLPH'S DEATH WHERE THE DEFENDANT, THOMAS RANDOLPH,
WAS A BENEFICIARY? YES
WAS AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR THOMAS RANDOLPH FOR THE DEATH OF
BECKIE RANDOLPH? IT WAS.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR NEXT
WITNESS, MR. ERIC TARANTINO. IT WAS JUST LITTLE INNUENDOS
HERE AND THERE, AND THEN JUST A POINT BLANK -- I WANT YOU TO
KILL MY WIFE DURING YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH
MR. RANDOLPH, DID THE DEFENDANT ASK YOU QUESTIONS THAT YOU
THOUGHT ODD OR MADE YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE?
YES HE TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED ME TO
KILL HIS WIFE. DID HE DISCUSS WITH YOU WHY
HE WANTED TO KILL BECKIE THE MONEY FROM INSURANCE
POLICIES ERIC TARANTINO IS THE
PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS ERIC TARANTINO LIVED TO
TESTIFY. IN OUR CASE, MIKE MILLER WASN'T
AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY. WHAT RANDOLPH LEARNED IN UTAH IN
THE 1980s HE APPLIED TO NEVADA IN THE 2000s, AND THAT IS, DON'T
LEAVE ANYBODY ALIVE. WE DISCUSSED HAVING A
BURGLARY I WAS TO GO IN, GRAB A COUPLE OF
THINGS, RUMMAGE THROUGH SOME DRAWERS.
WHEN SHE CAME HOME, SHOOT HER AND LEAVE.
AND I SAID I'M NOT DOING THIS, AND I LEFT
AND I GOT ON THAT PLANE AND RAN. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO -- FOR
THE JURY TO -- TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT ALLOWS
THEM TO GET MORE INTO THE MIND OF THOMAS RANDOLPH
I WAS THE LAST WITNESS FOR THE STATE.
I WAS BATTING CLEANUP. I HAD BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME
FOR THIS MOMENT, TO TESTIFY. DETECTIVE, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
FOUR. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL VALUE OF
THOSE POLICIES $360,000.
WAS THERE A COMMON BENEFICIARY?
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THE STATE WOULD CALL MARK BARTLETT, YOUR HONOR.
SO, MARK BARTLETT, INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO ESTABLISH THIS TIME FRAME.
I KNEW IT HAD TO BE, LIKE, ONE OF THESE HOUSES RIGHT HERE
ACROSS THE STREET, BECAUSE, IT WAS LIKE, BOOM BOOM, YOU KNOW?
I HEARD IT AND ON THAT EVENING AT
PRECISELY 8:33, DID YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
ON YOUR CELL PHONE WITH A FRIEND OF YOURS
YES, I DID. I WAS ON THE PHONE AND I HEARD
GUNSHOTS, THREE RAPID GUNSHOTS WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT HIS
PHONE, FIND OUT WHEN HE HEARD THOSE SHOTS, AND THEN COMPARE
THAT TO THE TIME THAT THOMAS RANDOLPH ACTUALLY CALLS
911. 911, EMERGENCY.
UH, MY WIFE'S BEEN SHOT, AND THERE'S --
SO ALL TOLD, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT TOOK FROM THE TIME YOU
OPENED THE DOOR TO YOU BEING ON 911?
TWO, THREE MINUTES, MAYBE TWO, THREE MINUTES TOTAL
WHAT WAS THE TIME STAMP COMING THROUGH WHEN THE
DEFENDANT MAKES CONNECTION TO 911?
8:45 P.M. SO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
12, 13 MINUTES DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT RANDOLPH
SAYS HE GOT HOME AND WHEN HE GOT ON THE PHONE WITH 911.
OH, GOD SHARON, OH -
RANDOLPH HAD TO BE DAMN SURE SHE WAS COMPLETELY DEAD BEFORE
911 WAS CALLED, BEFORE THE POLICE EVER GET THERE.
THAT VIDEO IN THE HALLWAY AND THAT 911 CALL, TO ME, I THOUGHT
WERE REALLY DAMNING, DAMNING TO HIM.
I HAD BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS MOMENT, TO
TESTIFY. THERE'S CERTAIN DETECTIVES
THAT ARE REALLY GOOD ON THE STAND.
I THINK JURIES NATURALLY LIKE THEM, WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM,
BELIEVE THEM DEAN O'KELLY IS THAT WITNESS
THE STATE WOULD CALL DETECTIVE DEAN O'KELLEY.
SO WHEN YOU FIRST FIRE, HE'S RIGHT IN THIS AREA, STILL FACING
YOU? PROBABLY, MAYBE -- MAYBE A
LITTLE MORE THAT WAY, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THIS WAY
YOU, IN THE WALKTHROUGH VIDEO, SPENT SEVERAL MINUTES
GOING OVER WITH MR. RANDOLPH THE POSITIONING OF MR. MILLER IN THE
HALLWAY. I WAS TRYING TO LOCK
MR. RANDOLPH INTO THE POSITION OF MR. MILLER TO DETERMINE FOR
MYSELF MR. RANDOLPH WAS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WHERE HE
WAS WHEN THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED. AND I JUST -- I -- OH, I
SHOT, AND SHOT, AND SHOT, AND SHOT
WITH THE AMOUNT OF ROUNDS THAT MR. RANDOLPH SAID HE FIRED
FROM THE HALLWAY, WE'D HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE MORE CASINGS IN
THE HALLWAY. ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU
FOUND RELATIVE TO A SHOOTING AND THE INJURIES THAT MR. MILLER
SUFFERED WERE FOUND WHERE? IN THE GARAGE, SAVE FOR THE
ONE CARTRIDGE CASE WE NEEDED PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND MIKE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GUY NAMED THOMAS RANDOLPH WHO COMES OUT OF
NOWHERE AND THEN BASICALLY ALMOST ADOPTS HIM, AND HE'S WITH
HIM ALL THE TIME FROM FEBRUARY UP UNTIL
MAY 8th OF 2008, HOW MANY PHONE CALLS WERE YOU ABLE TO LOCATE
BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND MR. MILLER
I FOUND 283 PHONE CALLS MAY I APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?
YES I'M SHOWING YOU WHAT'S BEEN
MARKED AS 14-A. DO YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT'S
CONTAINED THERE? YES
THIS IS THE BLACK SKI MASK THAT WAS AT THE SCENE ADJACENT TO
MIKE MILLER'S BODY ON THE FLOOR. FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS AT THE
SCENE, DID YOU LOOK FOR WHETHER THERE WAS ANY OTHER BULLET
DEFECTS OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAD GUNSHOT WOUND ON
THAT MASK? WE DIDN'T SEE ANY SUCH
DEFECTS. THAT SEEMED ODD.
IT CERTAINLY INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT ON HIS HEAD WHEN THE
ROUNDS WERE FIRED THROUGH HIS HEAD
DETECTIVE, WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LIFE INSURANCE
POLICIES INSURING MS. RANDOLPH'S DEATH AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH
THE ONES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE WAS FOUR.
WHAT WAS THE TOTAL VALUE OF THOSE POLICIES
$360,000. WAS THERE A COMMON
BENEFICIARY IN ALL FOUR POLICIES
YES THOMAS RANDOLPH.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT
HAVE A LOVELY DAY. YOU'RE EXCUSED
WHEN I GOT OFF THE STAND AND WALKED OUT OF THE COURTROOM,
WHAT I HAD HOPED IS THAT I CONVEYED ENOUGH TO THE JURY WHAT
WE KNEW ABOUT WHAT TOM RANDOLPH DID.
YOUR HONOR, WITH THE CONCLUSION OF DETECTIVE
O'KELLEY'S TESTIMONY, THE STATE WOULD REST
ALL RIGHT TOM, PROTECTING HIMSELF,
PROTECTING HIS FAMILY, PROTECTING HIS HOME, TOOK THE
NECESSARY ACTION, AND KILLED MR. MILLER
WE WEREN'T GONNA HOLD BACK ON ANYTHING
YOU DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTION YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT INTO
EVIDENCE THESE ATTORNEYS SUCK
* *
PERSONALITY WAS CHALLENGING FOR US
YOU DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTIONS. YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT INTO
EVIDENCE BECAUSE HE WANTED TO RUN THE
SHOW, AND THAT WE SHOULD JUST DO WHATEVER HE SAID
I STILL JUST DON'T THINK YOU GUYS GOT ALL OF IT IN.
I WANT MORE IN THERE WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ETHICAL
OR SOUND LEGAL STRATEGY OR SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED
TO BE DONE WE MISSED SO MUCH STUFF IT'S
UNBELIEVABLE ALL WE WANT FROM YOU TODAY IS
TO IS LOOK THROUGH THIS, SEE WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
THEY CAN'T PROVE THIS CASE WITHOUT SMEARING HIM WITH A, YOU
KNOW, A RED "M." MURDERER
HE'S GOT AWAY WITH IT BEFORE
OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
SO YOUR CONTINUING OBJECTION
IS THAT YOU OBJECT TO ANY ADMISSION REGARDING THE OFFENSE
IN UTAH, CORRECT YES, YOUR HONOR
I DON'T THINK THE UTAH CASE SHOULD'VE COME IN AT ALL
IT WAS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CASE
HERE IN LAS VEGAS. WE HAD TO FIGHT THAT TOOTH
AND NAIL EVERY STEP OF THE WAY DO YOU HAVE A RECOLLECTION THAT
THERE WAS GUNSHOT RESIDUE TESTING ON THE HAND OF BECKIE?
I DO NOT RECALL THAT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
AND IN THIS CASE IT WAS PROCESSED AS A SUICIDE
IT WAS. WE HAD TO TELL THE JURY,
"IT'S NOTHING. IT'S GONE.
IT WAS NOT PROVEN. LET'S DEAL WITH WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THIS CASE. LOOK AT THIS EVIDENCE.
SHARON. SHARON
THE WALK-THROUGH VIDEO THAT
TOM DID, THAT WAS ANOTHER HURDLE THAT WE HAD TO OVERCOME.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT WHEN HE DID IT, HE WAS VERY INTOXICATED ON
THE PAIN MEDICATIONS HE WAS TAKING
MY NAME IS TOM RANDOLPH. MY DATE OF BIRTH IS --
YOU WANT TO CALL YOUR WITNESS?
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR JOE RANDOLPH
GOOD AFTERNOON, JOE. GOOD MORNING.
DO YOU KNOW TOMMY YES.
HE'S MY BROTHER. AND, OLDER OR YOUNGER
OLDER HIS BROTHER HAD TO DRIVE TOM
TO THE HOUSE TO DO THIS WALK-THROUGH VIDEO
I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE SHOULD DRIVE.
OKAY. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE YOU FELT
THAT TOM WAS UNDER THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDICATIONS
YES JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND JUST KINDA LOOKING AROUND.
DID YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA FOR TOM TO DO THE
WALK-THROUGH THAT NIGHT? NO.
YOU'RE FREE TO GO, SIR. HAVE A NICE DAY.
DOES THE DEFENSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES AT THIS
TIME IT'S A DANGEROUS THING TO PUT
YOUR CLIENT ON THE STAND AND BE CROSS-EXAMINED BY THE
PROSECUTION. WE ADVISED HIM NOT TO TESTIFY,
AND HE AGREED WITH US. THE DEFENSE WILL REST.
HOW'S IT GOING, TOM THESE ATTORNEYS SUCK.
YOU THINK SO? I KNOW SO
YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING
THERE'S SO MUCH THEY COULD DO.
THEY JUST KEEP [ BLEEP ] OFF I KEEP TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM
THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT BUT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, DON'T NEED
TO DO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT
WE MADE OUR POINT. WHAT POINT
THEY AIN'T DONE [ BLEEP ]. I'M NOT HAPPY.
NOT IN THE LEAST REMAIN SEATED
DISTRICT COURT 23 IS NOW BACK IN SESSION.
ALL RIGHT IS THE STATE READY
YES, YOUR HONOR THANK YOU.
THOMAS RANDOLPH HAS HAD A LOT OF SECRETS.
SOME OF WHICH DATE BACK TO OVER 30 YEARS AGO
BUT THOSE SECRETS BACK THEN AND THE SECRETS LEADING UP TO
MAY 8th OF 2008 HAVE EXPOSED HIM FOR EXACTLY WHAT AND WHO HE IS
AND THAT IS SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO KILL THOSE CLOSEST TO
HIM FOR HIS OWN MONETARY GAIN. THOMAS RANDOLPH'S GIG IS UP.
HE IS DONE TELL HIM HE IS DONE BY FINDING
HIM GUILTY OF THE MURDER OF SHARON RANDOLPH AND MIKE MILLER.
THANK YOU. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY
TOM WAS ASSAULTED BY A MASKED INTRUDER, A HOME INVADER IN HIS
HOUSE. AN INTRUDER WHO HAD JUST KILLED
HIS WIFE TOM HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DEFEND
HIMSELF, TO DEFEND HIS WIFE, TO DEFEND HIS HOME, NO MATTER WHERE
HE SHOT MILLER, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HE SHOT MILLER.
AND YOU SHOULD COME TO THE SAME DECISION THAT JURY DID IN UTAH
28 YEARS AGO, NOT GUILTY IT'S NOT OVER COMPLETELY,
BUT FEELING REALLY GOOD. JURY'S OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT SINCE 9:00 A.M. IT'S NOW 1:00.
SO WE'RE ON HOUR FOUR. WAITING FOR A JURY'S VERDICT IS
THE WORST. I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE
ANYTHING MORE. I DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE
ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY. I GO THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF MY
CLOSING ARGUMENT IN MY HEAD. AND WHAT COULD I HAVE SAID MORE?
OH, IF I WOULD HAVE SAID THIS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY
BACK BY NOW. IF IT GOES INTO DAY TWO
IT GOES INTO DAY TWO, WE'VE GOT A HOLDOUT.
SO ARE YOU CONCERNED RIGHT NOW?
YEAH. I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SOLID -- I MEAN I'VE HAD SOLID CASES WITH
CONFESSIONS AND I'VE STILL BEEN NERVOUS.
AS IT WENT ON, WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAD EITHER A HUNG JURY
OR THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD WON THE CASE
EVERY HALF HOUR THE JURY STAYS OUT IS A VICTORY FOR US.
THE LONGER THEY STAY OUT? MEANS THEY ARE ACTUALLY
THINKING ABOUT IT. OKAY.
HE JUST SENT US A TEXT VERDICT WILL BE BACK IN AROUND
11:00 TO 11:30 I'M NERVOUS
WHY FIRST TRIAL DIDN'T GO SO
WELL I'M HOPING THEY COME BACK WITH A
GUILTY ON THIS ONE I WOULD BE EXTREMELY
DISAPPOINTED IF THIS DIDN'T TURN OUT OUR WAY.
OKAY. BRING THE JURY IN, PLEASE.
IT'S SAD I HAD TO WAIT NINE YEARS TO GET HERE
I WANTED TO SEE HIS FACE. MS. FOREPERSON, WOULD YOU
* THERE'S THIS NOISE WHEN THE
JURY'S ABOUT TO COME IN, AND THE DOOR OPENS
AND THAT CLICKING NOISE, TO THIS DAY, A CHILL WILL RUN DOWN THE
BACK OF MY NECK. I WANTED TO SEE HIS FACE.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY TRACE OF REMORSE, ANY KIND OF
REAL REACTION. ALL RIGHT, MS. FOREPERSON,
WOULD YOU GIVE THE VERDICT TO THE MARSHAL, PLEASE.
WE, THE JURY IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CASE, FIND THE
DEFENDANT, THOMAS WILLIAM RANDOLPH AS FOLLOWS --
COUNT ONE, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER
GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER
COUNT TWO, MURDER WITH THE USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON, SHARON
RANDOLPH, GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
COUNT THREE, MICHAEL JAMES MILLER, GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE
MURDER ALL RIGHT, BEFORE THE VERDICT
IS RECORDED, DOES EITHER SIDE WISH -
I FELT MY HEART WAS GOING TO POP OUT OF MY CHEST.
IT WAS VERY INTENSE, EXCITING. IT WAS GOOD.
I THINK NEXT TIME MAYBE WE'D BETTER CALL SOME WITNESSES, HUH?
WELL, WELCOME BACK, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
THIS IS THE PENALTY PHASE OF THE TRIAL.
THE JURY HAD TO MAKE A DECISION
IS THOMAS RANDOLPH GOING TO LIVE OUT HIS LIFE IN A CLOSET-SIZED
ROOM OR IS HE GOING TO DIE BY EXECUTION?
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR THE STATE CALLS RACHEL GASKINS
RACHEL GASKINS IS THE DAUGHTER OF FRANCES.
FRANCES IS THOMAS' FIFTH WIFE. DID YOU EVER SEE HIM BE
PHYSICAL TOWARDS YOUR MOTHER YES
IN WHAT WAYS? SHE WENT AND GOT BURGER KING
ONE TIME AND BURGER KING PUT MAYONNAISE ON HIS SANDWICH, AND
HE SLAMMED IT INTO HER FACE. HE SLAMMED THE SANDWICH INTO
YOUR MOTHER'S FACE YEAH.
BECAUSE IT HAD MAYONNAISE ON IT
YES UNBELIEVABLE.
SHE WAS JUST SO POWERFUL. AND WHEN SHE WAS TALKING, YOU
COULD HEAR A PIN DROP. YOUR MOM NEEDS TO GO IN FOR A
SURGERY, IS THAT RIGHT YES, MA'AM.
AFTER HE GOES INTO THE ROOM WITH YOUR MOTHER AND COMES BACK
OUT, WHAT DOES HE TELL YOU THAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY, AND
HE WAS CRYING. HE GOT DOWN ON HIS KNEES AND
STARTED HUGGING ME DURING THE TIME YOU LIVED
WITH YOUR MOTHER AND TOM, DID A CUSTODY BATTLE ENSUE BETWEEN
YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER, BEING JESSE?
YES DID THE DEFENDANT TELL YOU TO
SAY CERTAIN THINGS TO THE JUDGE SO THAT HE AND YOUR MOTHER COULD
KEEP YOU YES
I SHOULD SAY THAT MY DAD WAS A PEDOPHILE, SO THAT I WOULDN'T BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM MY MOM DID YOU TELL THE JUDGE THAT
YES BUT TODAY YOU CLEARED YOUR
DAD'S NAME IN THE 20 YEARS YOU WEREN'T ABLE
TO CLEAR YOUR DAD'S NAME, HAS THAT HAUNTED YOU
OH, YEAH. OUR WHOLE MISSION BECAME TO
SAVE TOM'S LIFE. HIS LIFE DOES HAVE MEANING TO
MANY PEOPLE. MY NAME IS DOROTHY ARRLENE
RANDOLPH THIS IS WHERE I SHOULD BE AS A
MOTHER TODAY, TO SUPPORT MY SON. I LOVE YOU, SON.
SINCE I WAS 12, I'VE BEEN A COWBOYS FAN AND THEN AS I GOT
OLDER AND STARTED TO BECOME A FAN OF FOOTBALL, IT GIVES ME
COMFORT, EVEN IN HERE. I HAVE NEVER HAD A DEFENDANT
WALK INTO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH PENALTY CASE WHERE HE GETS TO
ADDRESS THE JURY WEARING A FOOTBALL JERSEY.
I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP
THAT WAS A [ BLEEP ] YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THAT COURTROOM, TO
INCLUDE THE JURY, ME AND THE JUDGE, IN MY OPINION
YES WE WOULD CALL KRISTA RANDOLPH.
HOW DO YOU KNOW TOMMY? HE'S MY FATHER.
MY DAD WAS A TERRIFIC DAD. HE WAS LOVING.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME HE'S A GREAT GRANDPA TO MY
CHILDREN HE'S LOVING AND CARING, SPENT A
LOT OF QUALITY TIME WITH THEM. HE'S JUST AN EXCELLENT
GRANDFATHER TO THEM. DOES YOUR DAD'S LIFE STILL
HAVE MEANING TO YOU? OF COURSE, A TON.
IS IT JUSTUS NEXT YES, JUSTUS RANDOLPH.
THIS IS KIND OF ABSURD TO ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS
IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAVE OF MY DAD OR THIS REALITY IS SO
DIFFERENT FROM MY REALITY GROWING UP WITH HIM.
I MEAN, HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST A GREAT FATHER TO ME.
AND THAT'S VALUABLE TO YOU? IT'S INVALUABLE
YOUR HONOR, AT THIS TIME THE -- TOMMY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
AN ALLOCUTION. THE ALLOCUTION IS WHEN THE
DEFENDANT HAS THE RIGHT TO GIVE A STATEMENT TO THE JURY.
I'M SO SORRY THAT ALL THIS HAPPENED
YOU'VE HEARD WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, AND YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH I
MISS SHARON AND -- AND HOW MUCH I MISS FRANCES
I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE ON DEATH ROW, AND I
DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE IN PRISON.
BUT, FOR MY MOTHER AND MY CHILDREN, AND I SUSPECT FOR ME
BUT YEAH, I -- I -- I -- IT'S GOING TO BE HARD ON MY FAMILY
MORE THAN ANYTHING SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO
SAY. ALL RISE FOR THE JURY
THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY
MADAME FOREPERSON, DO YOU HAVE A VERDICT?
WE, THE JURY IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CASE, HAVING
FOUND THE DEFENDANT, THOMA WILLIAM RANDOLPH, GUILTY OF
MURDER OF THE FIRST DEGREE OF SHARON RANDOLPH AND
MICHAEL JAMES MILLER IMPOSE A SENTENCE OF DEATH.
JUSTICE, FINALLY, AFTER NINE YEARS, NINE REALLY, REALLY HARD
YEARS. IT'S OVER NOW
IT'S GOING TO FEEL BETTER IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER FOR ME
AND MY FAMILY. OH, YES.
WELL, IT'S -- IT'S JUST THE NEXT STEP.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL REALLY. I JUST -- IT'S SAD I HAD TO WAIT
NINE YEARS TO GET HERE WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN
THROUGH THE APPEAL PROCESS AND OUT.
BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THREE MORE YEARS AND WE'LL GET A FAIR
TRIAL. I'M SITTING AT WORK, EMAIL
COMES IN, SEE THE TITLE LINE OF "RANDOLPH DECISION."
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT THIS GUY IS A PSYCHOPATH --
* *
ALL OF MY LAWYERS HAVE SAID IF THE UTAH CASE COMES IN, YOU
WILL BE CONVICTED AND YOU WILL GET THE DEATH PENALTY.
AND THEN THREE YEARS LATER, THE SUPREME COURT'LL OVER TURN IT.
I'VE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT ANY OTHER THING OTHER THAN
ACQUITTAL. I'M THE VICTIM IN THIS
IT'S NO BIG DEAL REALLY.
IT'S SAD I HAD TO WAIT NINE YEARS TO GET HERE.
WE SHOULD'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE APPEAL PROCESS AND
OUT, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THREE MORE YEARS AND WE'LL GET A
FAIR TRIAL THIS IS THE TIME SET FOR ORAL
ARGUMENT IN THE CASE OF RANDOLPH VERSUS STATE
THE ONLY WAY THE STATE WAS ABLE TO GET A CONVICTION IN THIS
CASE WAS TO PORTRAY THOMAS RANDOLPH AS A SERIAL WIFE
KILLER THE PROSECUTOR SET ABOUT TO
REVIVE THE UTAH CASE INVOLVING BECKIE'S DEATH AND TO ADMIT
EVIDENCE IN THAT CASE AGAINST RANDOLPH IN THIS CASE INVOLVING
SHARON'S DEATH BY SUGGESTING THAT RANDOLPH KILLED BECKIE AND
SO HE PROBABLY KILLED SHARON AS WELL
THIS IS A MAN'S LIFE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THE BECKIE
EVIDENCE SHOULD HAVE NEVER COME IN
MR. STANTON, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD'VE PROVED THIS CASE
WITHOUT THIS PRIOR I'M NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT
I'VE EVER ASSESSED THAT -- THIS CASE IN THAT WAY
I'M SITTING AT WORK AN EMAIL COMES IN.
SEE THE TITLE LINE OF "RANDOLPH DECISION."
PULL IT UP AND THEN READ IT. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A NEW
TRIAL AND DISAGREE THAT THE EVIDENCE FROM UTAH SHOULD HAVE
COME IN. THEY CONCLUDE THAT IT SHOULD NOT
HAVE HE'S STILL REMANDED IN
CUSTODY. HE DOESN'T GET TO GET OUT, BUT
HE'S GOING TO GET A NEW TRIAL. I WAS -- I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT
I CAN'T SAY WHAT I SAID ON -- YOU KNOW, ON TV.
I WAS JUST FLABBERGASTED THIS GUY IS A PSYCHOPATH --
ALL CAPS AND THAT'S WHY HE IS -- IN MY
OPINION, YOU CAN'T FIND A MORE DANGEROUS PERSON IN THE
COMMUNITY THAN THIS GUY. I'VE STARTED TO GET BACK TO
NORMAL, YOU KNOW WELL, NOT RIGHT AWAY
THE TRIAL BROUGHT A BUNCH MORE EMOTIONS BACK UP
MY KIDS ARE MY FOCUS, AND THEY ARE MY JOY
I WAS ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MONTHS PREGNANT WITH KATIE WHEN
MY MOM DIED. I'M 7 YEARS OLD AND I'M IN
SECOND GRADE KATIE'S 12.
SHE'S SO GROWN UP NOW. SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL
IT'S JUST CRAZY HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED
I WISH THAT SHE COULD'VE MET HER GRANDMA.
HOW I WOULD SUM UP THE THOMAS RANDOLPH CASE IS IT'S
LIKE A MOVIE, HOW IT PLAYS OUT IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE UNTIL
YOU BELIEVE IT BECKIE'S MOTHER, YOU KNOW
WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT YOU AFTER YOU WERE ACQUITTED IN THE '80s
HE'S GUILTY AND HE'S JUST GOING TO KILL SOMEBODY ELSE'S
DAUGHTER, SO BEWARE. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT
YOU IN THE 1980s BECKIE'S MOTHER.
HEY, MAYBE -- MAYBE SHE'S PSYCHIC.
WHO KNOWS? I'M JUST ELATED.
I'M HOPING FOR BAIL BECAUSE THE ONLY ONE I'M A THREAT TO IS --
IS MARRIED WOMEN. SO I POSE A THREAT TO NOBODY
NO MARRIED WOMEN, NOBODY I HAVE INSURANCE ON
WE START BACK AT SQUARE ONE HE'S NOT CONVICTED OF ANY
CHARGES. HE WILL STAND TRIAL FOR THE
SECOND TIME. THERE'S NO GUARANTEES IN ANY
TRIAL. YEAH, HE COULD BE FOUND NOT
GUILTY AND WALK OUT OF THE COURT A FREE MAN
I ONLY RAN ACROSS PROBABLY A HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE WHO, WHEN
YOU'RE SITTING, YOU JUST SENSE THAT THEY'RE -- THE DARKNESS IN
THEM IS YOUR WIFE GOOD LOOKING
WHAT DO YOU THINK TO KILL FOR.
YOU -- YOU SEE THAT THEY -- THAT THEY NOT ONLY KILLED THAT
PERSON, THEY DON'T REGRET IT AM I BEAUTIFUL?
AND IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT, THEY WOULD KILL SOMEONE
ELSE I SHOT HIM AGAIN.
HE'S JUST LAYING THERE BOOM
SOME NOISE * WHY DID LOVE PUT A GUN IN MY
HAND * TOM RANDOLPH'S REAL SENTENCE
WILL START WHEN HE TAKES HIS