All language subtitles for LA Law s05e16 Good to the Last Drop

Previously on L .A. Law.

I'm not a young gal.

And I know what I want.

You want me.

I do.

I want to be your wife.

I love him very much.

He's on the fence, Ann.

I'd just like for you not to impulsively
push him to the other side.

What do you think about the two of us?
You seem very cute.

Could you see yourself standing at our
wedding ceremony?

I'm sure it would be lovely.

The truth, Anne.

I would sooner dive headfirst into my
own vomit.

Rosalind, I'm very happy being with you.

You... You don't have to preface
anything, Leland.

Your answer is no.

The partnership agreement authorizes me
to make a pro tem designation

unilaterally, and that's what I'm doing.
Douglas, for the next six weeks, you're

in charge. I leave it to you to
establish a fair and democratic process

everyone can live with.

I am coming forward as an officer of the
court to prevent what I believe to be a

gross violation of the judicial process.

Jonathan Rollins is an innocent man.

Nobody's ever gone out on a limb for me
as much as you did today.

And you don't even know me.

It's him.

He makes me do crazy things. That's why
I had to leave him.

As soon as I heard the shooting, I
turned around.

They were shooting at this house on the
corner.

Which house?

It was just a big gray house. I didn't
know who lived there. I just grabbed

Christy, and I told Scott, my six -year
-old, to get down.

Then, as they drove by...

As they drove by, I saw the gun sticking
out the back window.

And I saw it go off.

And, Ms. Carter, what happened then?

It sped away. And when I looked around
for Scott, he was just lying there.

He wasn't moving.

Ms. Carter, do you see in the courtroom
today a man who killed your son?

Ma 'am?

Please identify the person you saw fire
the gun.

I'm not sure.

What do you mean you're not sure?

Just what I said.

It could have been him, but I'm not
sure. You were positive when you picked

out of the lineup. Well, I have my
doubts now. Did the defendant threaten

Move to strike, counsel.

Withdrawn, have you had contact with the
defendant in the last 24 hours?

No.

Your Honor, 10 -minute recess to confer
with the witness.

10 -minute.

I want to know what he threatened you
with. Nothing.

Damn it, Noreen, he killed your son.

And I got three other children to think
about. If we put him away, he can't hurt

you. Oh, come on. I look that stupid to
you? He's the gang's leader, for God's

sake. If he's alive...

He can hurt me, even if he's in jail.
Listen to me. Listen to me. This whole

case turns on your positive ID.

Now, if we don't win this, you can
forget about getting a conviction on the

driver in the next trial. I said I don't
know. He'll walk, and they'll probably

both walk. And this one wearing, he'll
kill again. He's going to kill again,

lady, no matter what you do.

Only thing I'm making sure of, it won't
be another one of my kids.

You lied up there under oath. I can
prosecute you for perjury.

Do you think there's anything you can do
to me that scares me more than him?

Yeah.

You can prosecute.

You just can't protect.

All right.

First up, I note that C .J., who is late
again, has brought us another

significant client again.

German Motor Works is opening up an
American division, and she's evidently

snagged. All right, C .J. How does she
do this? Next up, United States versus

Weeks. Yeah, that's mine, and we're
ready for trial. You? Don't start with

Douglas. This is tax litigation, okay?

It's my case. I'm a litigator. I'm
trying it. Get out of my face. This is

old friend Upton Weeks.

He was arrested for tax evasion. Supreme
Court recently held you can't throw a

man in prison for failure to pay his
income tax if he had a good faith belief

that he was exempt.

Next up, Recklaw versus Sinai Hospital.

Yeah, we represent Kate Recklaw suing
for damages because of an unnecessary

hysterectomy. The depositions will be
this week. Anne has been kind enough to

loan me her office. Yes, well, this time
I do have an excuse. I've been stuck in

a bloody lift for 30 minutes.

which brings up an administrative item.
Besides elevator mishaps, the electrical

difficulties in the building have caused
some power surges which have shut down

word processing. I'm sorry. CJ, you've
got the German car company. This is a

fact. Yeah, meeting with the CEO and
four vice presidents on Friday. Looks

a go.

Fantastic. And Leland, you're meeting
with Rosalind Shays over Velnick's lease

with Tammann? Tonight.

Let's keep the negotiations at arm's
length.

Lastly, a reminder.

Next week is scheduled to be my last as
senior partner, unless, Leland, you'd

like me to continue?

No. I'm ready to return.

Oh.

Adjourned.

He took some tests and told me I had a
fibroid tumor in my uterus.

This was a benign tumor?

Yes, but he said that if it grew
rapidly, there could be problems, even a

chance of cancer.

And what course of treatment did he
advise?

A total hysterectomy.

removing both the uterus and the
ovaries, as well as the tumor.

And after the surgery, this is when you
became symptomatic? He put me on a

hormone therapy that made me sick.

I was tired all the time and depressed.

Did you tell Dr. Kyle about this?

Oh, yes.

He implied that it was all in my head.

He put me on antidepressants.

Did it help?

No.

The lethargy just got worse.

I didn't go out.

Some days I wouldn't even get dressed.

Wouldn't bother to eat.

I was this zombie who sat around the
house and cried all the time.

So basically you suffered from
depression.

Not just that.

I wasn't able to feel things the way

I used to.

And not just emotions, though that was
part of it.

But sexual.

What feelings did you lose?

I lost all sensitivity in my nipples.

Nothing.

And I could no longer achieve orgasm.

I was... I was just dead inside.

I wasn't me anymore.

I'm still not me.

And for all this, You blame the doctor
and the hospital.

Oh, yeah, I blame them.

They didn't tell me what it would be
like, what a hysterectomy could do to a

woman.

On April 15, 1990, we received a letter
from Mr. Weeks, mailed in the envelope

provided for his tax returns.

And what did Mr. Weeks' letter say?

That he refused to pay his federal
income taxes.

Well, did he say why he was refusing to
pay?

He wrote, I read his lips, his lips
lied, and I won't pay.

Can you tell the court the amount of the
defendant's outstanding tax bill?

$14 ,957.

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

You had heard from Upton weeks before,
hadn't you, Mr. Fletcher?

Many times.

And he made it very clear why he wasn't
going to pay his taxes, didn't he? Oh,

yes. I refer to Defense Exhibits 1
through 17, Your Honor.

Would you read the marked paragraph in
this letter, please? Your Honor, what

does this have to do with anything?

Either he paid his taxes or he didn't.
The Supreme Court of the United States

has made it clear that the reasons why
Mr. Weeks refused to pay are relevant,

Your Honor. This is a test case. The
political ramifications here are

monumental.

I'm going to allow it for now.

Enough is enough.

I refuse to continue funding rank
stupidity.

I won't keep paying my hard -earned
money to politicians who flush it down

,000 toilets.

I won't. I won't. I won't.

Sincerely, Upton Weeks.

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

That's all I have.

Lyman Hatcher for the defense.

Ready for trial.

Again. Who's the DA? Your Honor, I am
Zoe Clemens. Your Honor, this case was

just reassigned to me. I'll be seeking a
continuance.

Opposed. This matter's been continued
seven times, Ms. Clemens. It's marked no

further continuance. My apologies to the
court, Your Honor, but I'm currently in

the middle of a murder trial. I don't
care.

It's something different every time. And
meanwhile, the defendant is being

denied his constitutional right to a
speedy trial. Your Honor, if I could

just... It's a simple robbery.

For God's sake, we can do it in a day.
My understanding is there's also an

aggravated assault.

Tomorrow, 2 o 'clock. I'm in with Judge
Armand on a murder case. I can't be

here... Tell him to let you out at 2 o
'clock. I don't like my doc at

any more than he does. If he's got a
problem, have him call me. Next case.

Case number 69866.

Mr. Johansson? Edward Johansson?

That's me.

Oh.

Hi.

I'm Zoe Clemens. I'm handling your case.

What happened to Mr.

Cavallini? Well, he's no longer with the
department. Look, I'm going to put you

up first.

We have your statement in the file, and
this is a copy for you. I want you to go

over it tonight, and if you have any
additions, or if anything's not right, I

want you to let me know.

Okay.

Zoe, the car's waiting up front. All
right, let's you and I meet tomorrow at

'clock right here, and we'll go over
everything.

Okay, we'll see you then.

Simple deal.

Testify that Waring shot the boy we
plead you out as an accessory. I'm not

giving you nothing.

Let me do the talking, Billy.

Hey, she's lost her witness, man. She's
got no case.

My case may be falling apart against
your buddy, Mr. Michaels, but my chances

convicting you just went up. How do you
figure?

If I don't get Waring...

I simply stand up in front of the jury
at your trial and I say, hey, the

that killed Scott Carter came from your
car.

Waring was acquitted, so guess who must
have done it? That's crap.

A jury's going to hold someone
accountable. We all know it. If Waring

it's going to be you. Come on. All you
did was drive the car. Do you really

to risk life imprisonment? I'm going to
be looking for total immunity before I

let him make a squeak. Testify you saw
him shoot the boy. I'll give you use

immunity. I didn't see that.

Billy. I didn't. He was in the back
seat.

He was shooting. I didn't see him hit
the kid.

Testify to that. Time and place. You saw
him stick the gun out. You saw him

fire. Total immunity.

Plus protection.

I don't want him coming after me. He's
not coming out of custody, ever.

So I go completely free, even though I
was driving?

Yeah.

You go free.

Deal.

We'll videotape your statement under
oath this afternoon. You'll be in court

tomorrow morning. Have them there in a
suit and tie. Glad we can work it all

out.

I think it's a mistake to just
capitulate on the tax abatement. Well,

point? Wasting the time of six
attorneys?

Fighting over a moot point?

It's not a moot point, Leland. It's
contingency. It's what every good lawyer

plans for.

Rosalind.

I'm sorry I can't marry you.

This isn't about that.

This is about that. For the past week,
I've been getting nothing but

You know that's true.

I don't resent you, Leland. If anything,
maybe I resent myself.

For staying with a man who doesn't love
you.

I really don't want to talk about it.

Oh,

my God!

We didn't know if there was anybody
inside.

He was just shooting at the house to
give them the message.

So this was basically gang retaliation?

Basically. And after you drove away from
the Gray House, did the defendant,

Richard Waring, fire his gun again?

Yeah. Did you drive by a woman and her
two children about a block from the

house? Yes. And did the defendant stick
his gun out the window and fire in their

direction? I don't know if it was in
their direction.

But he did stick his gun out the window
and fire.

Yes, ma 'am. And, sir, you yourself were
scheduled to go on trial next, after

Mr. Waring, and you've offered up this
testimony in exchange for immunity.

that right?

Yeah, but I'm telling the truth.

Richard fired his gun.

Thank you.

Sir.

Do you know for a fact that my client
shot and killed Scott Carter?

No, sir.

Do you know how Scott Carter was killed?

Yes, sir.

How?

I shot him. What the hell is this?

In my chambers.

Now.

Bailiff.

Don't tell me you didn't know about it.
I didn't. You both participated in a

fraud on the court. His immunity is
revoked. It is like hell.

Quiet.

Now, I want to know exactly what you
instructed your client to do. Nothing. I

told him he had immunity on the murder
no matter what he said as long as he

stuck to his proffer, and he did. It's
too damn perfect. He goes free on

immunity while clearing his buddy. He
had to have help from you two. They

even spoke to us briefly in the holding
cell. Maybe they figured it out then,

but I didn't orchestrate this. I have no
knowledge that Billy Michaels didn't

shoot the boy. Oh, please, Your Honor, I
move for a mistrial on this. I can't

just call a mistrial, Miss Clemens.
We've got double jeopardy problems.

It's for your guy's immunity.

I want to see the agreement.

I also videotaped his statement. I want
to see that.

He said every... Shut up. At a minimum,
you've walked the line here, counsel.

His testimony was a surprise to me, too,
Judge. Get me a transcript.

If he breached his promise even
slightly, he loses immunity and he's

trial. You got it? Got it. Good.

This trial has stayed until I read all
the papers.

That's all.

As most of you no doubt know, last
night, a little after ten o 'clock,

Shays inadvertently stepped into an
empty elevator shaft.

It wasn't known exactly how far she
fell, only that she didn't hit bottom.

And the police, by lowering a camera,
were able to determine that she'd been

ensnared in some cable wires between the
seventh and eighth floors.

We saw no signs of life.

Since this is the...

Express elevator, there's limited access
on the lower floors, and they've not

yet retrieved the body.

They expect to do so by noon.

I will make the funeral arrangements and
let you know.

Jack Sollers is representing Rosalind's
estate. He's already been in touch, and

Douglas will coordinate that.

As for everyone else, the situation with
the elevators is not resolved.

Obviously, your attention before
boarding is advised.

I told her recovery would take about six
weeks, there'd be localized pain, some

loss of stamina, and that she would need
the estrogen therapy.

That's it?

You told her nothing else?

In my experience, those are the medical
consequences of a total hysterectomy,

yes.

Are you aware, doctor, of the studies
that show that fully one -third of all

hysterectomy patients suffer a decreased
sexual response as well as an inability

to have uterine orgasms? The uterus, in
my opinion, is a reproductive organ, not

a sexual organ.

So this was a pretty easy call, wasn't
it? You just chop out her uterus and her

ovaries. When there is a potential
cancer risk, I think that it is

There was a 1 % chance of cancer,
doctor, and you recommended a radical

on a 36 -year -old woman.

Now, if a man had a 1 % chance of
testicular cancer... cancer, would you

castrate him just to be on the safe
side? It's not the same thing.

Here's your medical records here for the
past 12 years.

For all of the thousands of women who
have come to you with fibroids, with

pelvic pain, you have recommended
hysterectomies for 85%. It's no

relevant, despite alternative
treatments.

You've been chopping out uteri for nine
out of ten women. What the hell are you

accusing me of? Everett. I'm accusing
you of running a hysterectomy farm.

These operations, they take 30 to 40
minutes tops. The hospital bills, $15

a pop.

Easier than the alternative methods. I'm
not staying for this. Sit down,

Everett. Let's just get it over with.

Your hospital performs 1 ,500
hysterectomies annually, generating an

$22 million.

You personally perform close to 200 of
these procedures a year, with the

surgeon's fee alone being $3 ,000. That
means you, yourself, make over $600 ,000

a year cutting out women's uteri.

That doesn't mean anything. It means
something to these women. This

over.

I'll be going for costs. You do whatever
you want. This deposition is over.

What made you so mad that you refused to
pay your taxes, Mr. Weeks? I can sum it

up in two words.

George Bush.

George Bush.

Yes. He said, read my lips.

No new taxes. So, I voted for him.

He's a year into office, and what do we
got? New taxes. It's fraud.

Fraud? Fraud.

Listen to what he spends our money on.

Here.

Two hundred.

Two hundred ten thousand dollars to find
out if cow belches...

affects global warming. He did that. $1
.2 million to preserve a sewer as a

historical monument, $40 ,000 to find
out why hockey fans smile, and $1 ,200

a solar toilet.

Solar toilet?

Yeah, it's written down here, right
here.

What are your sources?

The government itself.

General Accounting Office, Office of
Management and Budget, Department of

Defense, Department of Agriculture,
Department of Housing and Urban

Oh, it's all documented, Your Honor.

$144 ,000 to test supply and demand on
pigeons.

Pigeons? $46 ,000 to find out how long
it takes to cook breakfast.

And $45 million to allow Medicare to pay
for cutting our toenails. Your Honor,

this is ridiculous. Of course it's
ridiculous.

We have a ridiculous government.

And I'll be damned if I'm going to pay
for it anymore.

I won't. And neither should any of you.

Hold it, hold it.

Calm down out there.

It was just before eight, and I was
closing up the newsstand.

When suddenly I felt this thump on the
back of my head, and everything went

of brown.

Did you black out?

No, no.

But I went down.

And the next thing I knew, I was getting
kicked.

Did you look up to see who was kicking
you? Yes, I did. It was that man right

there. You're sure? Very sure. I picked
him out at the lineup, and I recognize

him now. What happened after he kicked
you, Mr. Johanson?

He took off my cash bill.

How much cash were you carrying?

Oh, about $200, maybe.

And he took my wedding ring, too.

And he kicked me in the head, and he run
off.

Thank you, sir.

I have nothing further.

Mr. Johansson, before you first looked
at the assailant that night... I got the

transcripts printed. It was struck on
the back of the head, right?

Yes. And it made everything seem brown.

Yes. And when the police arrived... Keep
pressing more on Michael's arm and

kicks it. It's wearing. Let's try to
plead it out. And the only description

gave police at the time was young,
black, over six feet.

Is that right?

Yes. Mr. Pink, it's only 5 '9". Hold.

I was on the ground, so he probably
looked bigger.

So your description was wrong. Yes.

At the lineup, you said you were pretty
sure it was my client, but you weren't

positive, were you? I was under a little
shock then, but I'm positive today.

Thank you, sir.

That's all.

Miss Clemens.

Your Honor, we have one more eyewitness
who we've been unable to locate. Can you

assure the court you will locate this
witness?

No. Then forget it.

No other witnesses?

No. Mr. Hatcher, defense calls no
witnesses, Your Honor.

We're ready for closing arguments.

Same time, same place tomorrow.

Witness may step down.

We're adjourned.

If there's anything to muffle, Michael,
it's that we have to break the immunity

agreement. I don't know how.

These guys are killers, John. They're
going to walk. We have to do whatever we

can.

The man broke my jaw, three of my ribs,
knocked out two teeth.

How come you didn't ask me about that
part?

We got our case in, Mr. Johanson. It
went very well. Did you know about that

part?

The birth of this nation was a tax
protest.

Americans tossed their tea into Boston
Harbor to protest an unfair tax on it,

and pretty soon there was a shot heard
around the world. From the Revolution to

the Pentagon Papers, true patriots have
never hesitated to tell this country

what was wrong with it.

When he refused to pay his taxes, when
he balked at shelling out for more solar

toilets and...

Upton Weeks was living up to his
heritage.

When he stood up and said, no, I won't
be soaked anymore for any more useless

Hubble telescopes and rockets that
explode in our faces, Upton Weeks was

true patriot.

He was saying that a government of the
people, by the people, and for the

should not be allowed to rob the people.
And so when he saw his taxes so

unfairly raised, Upton Weeks stood up.

As an American.

As a lover of democracy.

And he said, I won't.

I won't.

Read my lips.

I won't.

Upton Week is a criminal.

In direct violation of federal law, he
refused to pay his taxes.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, we all hate
paying taxes. We all hate that some of

our money goes to waste.

But if we were all to be like Mr. Weeks
and refuse to pay, we'd have no

government.

We'd have no army, no navy, no Social
Security, no Medicare.

Now, if you think it's patriotic to
refuse to pay for your fair share of

things, then by all means acquit Upton
Weeks. But if you believe...

like our founding fathers, that
government is the responsibility of the

governed, and that includes paying for
it, then you will find Upton Weeks

guilty.

Thank you.

We've got some serious problems here,
people.

And most of them are yours.

On wearing, we are prepared to deal.

Funny thing. Don't give me an excuse to
jump on you, Mr. Klein. As it is, I'm

just this close to locking you up.

On what grounds? On the grounds that I
don't like you.

Will dismiss on murder if he cops to
assault with deadly plus reckless

endangerment? Rejected. I've got a
laundry list of felonies, including

Which you can't make. Yeah, but I can
file, and since your boy won't make

that's a two -year sentence.

Assuming he doesn't get kicked right
now.

Safe assumption.

We'll agree to two out in one on parole.

That's a year for a murder, Mr. Klein.

Okay, done.

Now, for Michaels, the people would ask
for a revocation of the immunity. No

way. He clearly contravened his
agreement with that surprise confession.

I'd like to agree with you, Miss
Clemens, but he's testified exactly as

he would when you made the deal. Well, I
obviously didn't know he would claim to

be the shooter.

That's because you didn't ask him all
the right questions. Your Honor, he

for God's sake. He got up on that... I
understand that perfectly, but use

immunity is use immunity.

Anything he said can't be used against
him. Now, even if I tried to stick him,

I'd only get spanked on appeal.

And with a duck, it's so jammed... He
murdered a six -year -old child.

I am not going to throw away hundreds of
thousands of taxpayer dollars on a case

where we already know the result.

Billy Michaels has use immunity.

Now, that's all the business for today.

Everybody is free to go.

Hey,

I said I have no comment. You keep
bothering me, I'll bring you up on

harassment. Get lost.

Miss Clemens.

I found somebody that knows Maxine
Raleigh.

Who? She's the eyewitness who saw me get
mugged. This guy says she lives

someplace over in Torrance. Do you have
an address?

No, but if we could send out a few men
over there... Mr. Johanson, the evidence

on your case is closed. The judge won't
reopen without a guarantee that she can

be found. But if you could send a few
policemen over there... I don't have the

manpower to do that. Now, we've got
closing arguments in about 12 minutes,

have to go figure out what I'm... I have
to go work on my summation.

I'll meet you in the courtroom, okay?

Yeah.

Noreen, what are you doing here?

I've been thinking.

Maybe if you got us into a witness
protection or something, I'd identify

It's too late for that.

I just cut a deal.

He gets a one -year sentence.

You can't undo it? It wouldn't matter.
The driver took the stand and said he

shot your son. It was Waring, not the
driver. I saw who it was.

It doesn't matter.

We could never get a conviction now,
don't you see? With Michael's

Noreen, it's over.

There is nothing either you or I can do
now.

It's done.

I made a big mistake, didn't I?

I'm sorry.

So am I.

350. Full settlement.

Payable over the next year, schedule of
12 payments.

With one other condition.

All terms confidential.

I'll have to consult with my clients
about that. What's the problem here,

Counselor? There's a statutory cap of
$250 ,000.

We're offering you $100 ,000 above what
you could get in court as a matter of

law. If you win... We just need to think
it over.

That's all.

I'll give you a call as soon as we've
had a chance to talk about it.

About $350.

You said the most we could ever get was
$250.

It's a bribe.

What? They want a gag order to stop us
from talking about the case or reveal

information that might have been brought
up during discovery.

What does that mean?

That we can't ever tell about what
they're doing over there?

That's right. See, they're afraid a
trial will expose their $20 million

hysterectomy factory.

So what do you think? We should turn
down the offer?

That hospital is guilty of mutilation.

And if we don't speak out, what happened
to Kate's gonna keep happening to

thousands of other women. Mr. Puentes,
we got two kids.

Kate's been too tired, too depressed to
take care of. I make $35 ,000 a year.

We've gone thousands of dollars into
debt for daycare, and you're asking us

turn down $100 ,000 more than we could
ever get at a trial? Honey, maybe he's

right.

I can't put any other women through what
I went through.

And what about you?

This money can never replace what those
bastards took from you.

But we sued them.

We're in this for the money.

How could we not take it?

Accepting their offer, in my opinion, is
morally wrong.

I'm sorry.

We'll think about it and let you know.

$600 ,000?

Death by elevator shaft pays big.

Come on, Jack.

Tough way to go, Leland, plunging
downward into darkness, suddenly

by a cable wire. I don't appreciate
that.

We're not responsible for the elevator.

But you knew about the malfunction. She
was invited to the property, and you

didn't warn her. Come on, boys, there's
a monster case here.

It figures.

When Rosalind goes down, she'd find a
way to take you down with her. For God's

sakes, the body's not even cold yet.
Please, if anything, death probably

her up a few degrees.

One more crack like that, and I'll
bounce you right out of here.

Jack.

Leland and Roz had a social relationship
lately.

Oh, I'm sorry, Leland. I had no idea. I
just... Really?

Let's just address this case.

Okay, here's the deal.

I'll be chasing the landlord mainly,
plus the elevator people, but let's face

it, you guys are liable too. Make me an
offer. I'll be as reasonable as I can.

We'll think it over, Jack.

Great.

Oh, if you can, think it over fast.

I'm going to settle it.

We have very little exposure here.

Even in... Leland, if I can bring it in
under five, it's within our coverage.

And I don't want the firm to act through
this. I don't want you put through it.

Oh, don't worry about me. Hey, let me
take care of it. Will you please?

You know, the last thing I said to her
before she...

I reminded her that I didn't love her.

She knew you cared about her, Leland.

Yeah.

That's all she knew.

That I care.

No witnesses.

Except the victim himself who admitted
he was not woozy before seeing the

assailant's face.

He identified the suspect as being over
six feet. My client is only 5 '9". He

admitted... He wasn't positive at the
lineup.

There's no evidence.

Except the tentative ID of a dizzy
victim in the middle of a mental

Ladies and gentlemen, there can be no
suggestion that the prosecution has

cleared reasonable doubt.

This has already taken up too much of
your time.

Let's go home.

Under the Constitution, Kyle Pinkett
gets represented here.

Edward Johansson does not.

I would love to tell you about this
man's family.

Get you to see him for the human being
that he is and feel his pain.

But I don't even know if he has a
family.

And I don't have time to care. I have
murder cases, kidnapping, rape. He just

got beat up and robbed.

I have a capital case, for God's sake.
Two killers. They killed a child.

One gets a year in prison. The other
goes free. Miss Clemens, I direct you to

stick to the facts of this case.

The facts.

He gave you a positive I .D. on the
stand.

He told you under oath, that's the guy.

That's... The guy.

Picked him out of a lineup, identified
him in this room, and his testimony,

ladies and gentlemen, is uncontroverted,
unopposed.

Nobody put up here to dispute the fact
that that's the guy. Nothing to dispute

the facts that he put in evidence.

So the only way for you to not convict
here is to just look at Edward Johanson

and dismiss him. Dismiss him.

The thing is, the only hope...

for Edward Johansson and victims like
him, is that people living outside the

oppression of the system, people like
you, can find it in your hearts to care.

Because the people living inside it,
people like me, we haven't got the time.

And I'm sorry for that.

Mr. Foreman, you have a verdict. Yes,
Your Honor.

How do you find?

In the matter of the people versus Kyle
Pinkett, count one, first degree

assault, we find the defendant guilty.

On count two, robbery, we find the
defendant guilty.

Thank you. We're done.

Sentencing is on the 29th at 9 a .m.,
same bail.

We're adjourned.

Maureen Carter just shot and killed
Richard Waring.

What? They were transferring him to the
county. She was standing outside the

courthouse. She just shot him dead.

You want to see me, Dad?

I certainly do.

Ed Recklaw called me this morning.

Both he and his wife wanted to accept
the hospital's offer, but Kate Recklaw

upset about the prospect of facing you.

I accepted the defendant's offer. You
did what? It was $100 ,000 above what

could get at trial. How could you even
consider advising them against it?

Because it contained a gag order,
Douglas, which means that that hospital

continue to perform these unnecessary
hysterectomies on these unsuspecting

women. We don't represent those women.
We represent the Recklaws.

and counseling them to reject that offer
was not only grossly irresponsible, it

was malpractice. Well, I'm sorry, but I
just take my... What you did was

unethical, and you damn well know it.
Well, you know something? I don't care.

I'm sick and tired of following the
lawyer's ethical guidelines. From now

I'm going to follow my own ethics, not
the damn ABAs. And I might just go out

there and make a public statement about
that hospital. If you do that, you'll

vitiate the settlement and make no
mistake. I'll fire you before you finish

first sentence. You don't have the
authority to fire me. I do. I do.

If a lawyer willfully disregards the
professional rules of responsibility,

senior partner can discharge that lawyer
without a vote, and I'll do it, Victor.

If it's the last thing I do as senior
partner, I'll do it. You indulged your

conscience at the expense of this firm
and at the expense of your clients.

You better hope the state bar doesn't
find out.

The matter of the United States versus
Weeks, have you reached a verdict?

Yes, Your Honor.

Though we all feel a bond with Mr.
Weeks, we find him guilty.

Heroic, but guilty.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Ladies
and gentlemen, you're dismissed.

A pronounced sentence in this matter on
Monday morning. Until then, court is

adjourned. We're lost again.

I want you to appeal. Supreme Court.

You need a procedural error. There was a
procedural error.

Deceit. Terrorism. George Bush. Oh, God.

I couldn't.

Just couldn't walk away.

I wish I could get that other one, too.

You say you cared about your children.

What now for them, Noreen?

What kind of mother could I have been,
living with me?

They'd have just grown up with all my
hate.

This way, I'd live with myself.

You'd be prosecuted.

You know that.

But that other one, Michaels, he don't
get prosecuted, does he?

No.

Can you tell me how that can be?

He goes free, and I go to jail.

You got an answer for that?

Do you know that the risk of breast
cancer and heart disease is triple that

hysterectomy patients than of other
women?

I know.

I also know you're obsessing just a
little.

Grace, this is not just this particular
hospital. This is going on everywhere.

Hysterectomy is the most over -performed
operation in the country. How can I

just let that go?

Victor,

you've been a lawyer for what, for nine
years?

I mean, you know all of this.

You've been down this road before. It's
nothing new.

Rub me right there.

I'm just... I don't know, I guess I
just... I'm letting this one get under

skin a little bit too much. Sorry.

Because I'm pregnant?

Yeah.

Because you're pregnant.

Excuse me?

Visiting hours are over at 10.

Five minutes?

Two.

Hi.

Oh, Ann. Oh, thanks for coming.

I thought I'd be here sooner, but I had
the closing in Sacramento. I know, I

know. It's good of you to come.

Everybody in the firm made it.

Yeah,

I appreciate that.

Were there many other people here?

No. Her daughter, a few friends.

She made me alive again.

A year ago, I was a tired old man, and
she came in and she challenged

me.

She empowered me.

She did a little of that to all of us.

But you, she loved.

I miss her.

I miss you.

Goodbye.

Come on, they're gonna throw us out of
here.