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Don't make a sound. Just give me the keys.

Come on.

Take that watch.

Faster. Wallet. Where's your wallet?

It's in my briefcase, but I don't... Get it.

Come on, come on.

Disparity of wealth. That's all this is. Because you got I take from you.

Put down the knife or your head explodes.

Lie down on the ground.

You take the car. I'll walk away.

I said lie down.

You got me an attempted robbery, tops.

I'm looking at six to eight. Chop to three if I'm good. Shut your mouth. No,

See, I think you want to hear this.

See, if I do time, I got to come looking for the guy responsible. That's who I

am.

That's right.

You take a good long look at me.

Don't I seem like the kind of psycho who might come back?

I bet you got kids, too.

I turned around.

Sit down over here, Bill.

Is this the knife? It just appeared.

Uh, dust it. Run that through ballistic for the report.

I just turned around.

Bill, Bill, I'm going to have Jill check you out. I think you might be in shock.

Preliminary determination, intermediate gunshot wound to the head, cause of

death, bullets.

It wasn't pneumonia?

That's sarcasm. I'll note your attitude in my report.

Sarcasm. All right.

Max, take him over to Jill's.

This is the third carjacking in one month.

My grandma just killed a man.

Jimmy, what are you waiting for?

All right, fellas.

Handle with care.

Boom! He just pulled the trigger.

After the guy dropped the knife?

Oh, yes.

They were both standing real still. The mayor was pointing the gun. They were

talking about something.

Real calm.

Then boom!

Where were you? Standing about 50 yards away.

I was poised in eyewitness position.

That's what I am, an eyewitness.

I see. Can you get me on action news? Howard, we know you suffered from

Alzheimer's disease. This isn't my Alzheimer's. I saw it.

It was vicious.

Details at 11.

Howard... Boom! It happened just like I'm telling you.

He's right.

If the victim had been holding the knife, it still would have been in his

Why? The bullet went right through the forebrain. Look at those distal joints.

Totally convulsed. We got massive contractions of the carpi radialis. And

out that abductor. Talk English, will you? The hand would have convulsed on

knife. My bet, the guy dropped it before the mayor shot him.

I just keep seeing his face.

I close my eyes, and I keep seeing his face.

We've got to talk about counseling, Bill.

You're bound to suffer some post -traumatic stress.

Jimmy. Good.

I gotta make a statement.

The press is asking if we're linking this guy with the two carjackings around

Lincoln. Was it the same guy?

I don't know.

Jill, would you excuse us for a second?

Sure.

What's the matter?

Evidence says the guy dropped his knife before you shot him.

I beg your pardon?

The suspect was four feet away from you holding no weapon when you fired.

What?

Is this what Crazy Howard told you?

Confirmed by forensics.

In your statement, you said he was holding a knife to your throat at the

you pulled the trigger.

You're talking to me like I'm a suspect or something.

Was he holding a knife when you shot him?

I ask you a question.

I can't be completely sure.

He was trying to kill me.

I was probably in shock.

I can't be 100 % certain.

What the hell are you doing?

I think you better get yourself a lawyer.

I'm very good with insanity cases.

And may I say, Bill, I've always considered you an ideal candidate.

This is serious. I may need your help.

All right.

But there are two things I need from all my clients.

The truth and a thousand dollar retainer. The latter I insist on. I'm

to hire you yet.

I may not even need an attorney, probably. I'm sure I don't really need a

lawyer.

I haven't done anything wrong.

Why don't you tell me what happened?

I... I told him to lie down on the ground, and he refused.

He kept saying that if I made him go to jail, he'd be back.

And he meant it.

I could tell from the look in his eyes this man would be back.

I have a family. I...

I just pulled the trigger.

Okay, Mary, broaden your stance.

Good. Tight pattern.

Susan, aim for the trunk, not for the groin.

Chill.

Okay, everybody.

What's up? Well, I'm thinking about joining the club.

Excuse me? I figure it's a good idea to know how, you know, just in case.

You hate guns.

I hate the thought of being carjacked.

And a gun seemed to save Bill Pugin. Who knows?

Well, you couldn't get a carry permit anyway.

And Bill Pugin was guilty of illegal possession.

By law, you'd have to keep the gun at home.

Well, just the same, even if you got caught carrying it.

It's just a misdemeanor, right?

The knife was dropped before he shot.

I didn't say it wasn't.

It's not in there, Kenny.

There's nothing in there about the location of the knife. I don't see

statement. There's nothing falsified in this report. What you left out.

This document becomes public record.

Meaning?

Meaning?

Meaning, are you sure we want to stir things up on this?

You redo that report.

You list the facts in their entirety.

Understood?

Yes, sir.

Kids are on their way.

I should be here by ten o 'clock.

Let's not be basket cases, Marjorie. We don't want them to...

Let's see what happens before... How can

Jimmy arrest you?

He knows you're not a criminal.

He knows you.

I don't.

Well, there may not be an arrest.

But let's be calm. We have to stay calm for the kids.

How...

We get through this.

don't, young lady. No ripped jeans. You're not going to school today. I'm

to work.

Wambaugh lets you walk around the office like that, exposed at the buttocks? He

likes me to wear these. He thinks I have sexy, ripe cheeks.

He said that. Wambaugh said that. She's just pushing your buttons. I don't know

if I like you looking for a Wambaugh.

That's a dead issue, sweetheart.

That's so bad.

Blue mice.

Did you sleep at all last night?

I don't know what to do, Jill.

Bill Pugin's a friend of mine.

Well, how about turning the whole thing over to the DA and letting him decide?

We're between district attorneys.

Petrovic left last week for Green Bay, and the new guy's due in here today.

Probably going to ask me what I want to do.

The look in his eyes. I've seen it before.

Jimmy's going to get me.

This new DA, what do you hear?

Ah, supposed to be some up -and -comer out of Madison. He'll probably use us as

a cause celeb.

Hey, you're the celebrity. Just take a look at these papers.

The people think you're a hero.

Your approval rating has gone up 19 points.

Jimmy Brock doesn't listen to public opinion.

If he thinks I've committed a crime, the son of a bitch will arrest me. He meant

son of a bitch in a good way.

Here are the photocopies you wanted.

Ah, thank you.

Tell me, Kim, do you know your father's thinking on the shooting incident?

That's not fair, Mr. Wambaugh. You said when you hired me that you would not be

using me as a police snitch.

Oh, I wouldn't ask you to encroach on family relationships.

The family is sacred.

But should information fall into your lap, well, we have an obligation to

represent our clients zealously.

There's a whole canon of ethics, you know.

Aimed directly at my head.

I don't know what my father's thinking.

She knows he's gonna get me.

Ah, Jimmy couldn't think of bringing charges that people would lynch him.

Oh, he can't do it.

You want me to indict the town mayor?

You heard the facts.

But what jury would convict?

It's vigilantism.

Sheriff, look, I'm new here in town. I don't know you. I don't know the people.

The thing is, the good guy lived.

The bad guy died. The facts are gray. We can basically do whatever we want.

What I want is to uphold the law.

I understand, Sheriff, but follow me.

Now, on appearance, the shooting was self -defense.

Now, if you as the sheriff want to call it that, I as the district attorney will

accept that.

I will not call it self -defense.

Douglas Mambo, it's an honor and a pleasure.

Doug, you don't have an appointment.

An appointment, what a character.

Jimmy and I are very good friends.

Our family spent the holidays together. Last week, his wife, Jill, she snipped

off a bunion off my left toe. Doug. She didn't charge me. She was so delicate, I

barely felt a pinch.

That's what friends mean to each other here in Rome. The people in this town

very close. It's just a private conversation.

Well, I just came to meet our new addition to the public sector.

Douglas Wambo welcomes you to Rome, Wisconsin.

Oh, thank you.

It's a pleasure.

I'd like to have you over for dinner, maybe. Doug, the district attorney and I

are discussing business now. If there's nothing else... Well, actually, since

I'm here, I represent Mayor Bill Pugin.

Not that he's charged with anything, nor do I expect him to be. Would my

expectations be misplaced?

It's too soon for us to know what... Too soon means it's not too late.

Off the record, let me provide you with a little free discovery.

That is my gift to you as a welcome present.

I'm not looking for any gift.

Take one anyway.

What you're both thinking about is stupid.

Do you know what kind of a witness Carter Pike is? A rumored necrophiliac

chases tornadoes? And Howard Buss?

I can get continuances, drag this out, and by the time we get to trial, his

Alzheimer's would have damaged his brain. He wouldn't be able to talk, much

have a memory.

Who is this man?

I'm Douglas Wombo, and I win my cases.

Mayor Pugin is a beloved member of the community, and I don't think that any

kid in town should make a name for himself. I don't need to make a name for

myself.

All I ask...

is that we think long and hard about what we plan to do.

There are consequences.

I'll call you about that dinner.

Well, the facts will sustain the charges, but personally, I think an

would be futile.

What if I do make an arrest?

Is Mayor Pugin in?

He's in a meeting.

Excuse me, you can't go in there.

We can't.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry, Bill.

We're up to me.

Don't put your hands behind your back.

You are under arrest for the murder of John Dunhill. You have the right to

remain silent.

Anything you say may and shall be used against you.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one, one will be provided to you by the state of

Details remain unclear, but we can confirm Bill Pugin, the mayor of Rome,

Wisconsin, has just been arrested for murder.

Seems the people of Rome would rather prosecute the town sheriff.

For arresting a man everyone considers to be a hero.

If I'd have been the mayor, I'd have shot the SOB. No question about it.

Absolutely.

Case number 9942, People v.

William Puget.

Douglas Wombo for the defendant, Your Honor.

We waive reading, but may I say for the record, in 32 years of practice, I've

never witnessed such a travesty of justice.

Quiet.

Quiet.

Quiet down or I'll clear the room right now.

John Littleton appearing for the people, Your Honor. No request for bail, but we

would petition for change of venue, given the fact... We want a trial here

Rome.

The defendant is the mayor of the town. And he's entitled to a jury of his

peers. Yes, but not his close personal friends.

Your Honor, I take exception to that remark.

The district attorney is new to Rome. He doesn't know us.

And already he insinuates that the people of our community are incapable of

being trusted. I didn't say that. I could certainly understand this young

desire to get out of this case.

He's probably afraid of a big murder trial because he's inexperienced. Hey,

not afraid of anything.

I'm speaking as an officer of this court, and I believe that a venue change

in the interest of a fair trial.

Our new friend is quite a temper.

All right, all right, that's enough.

If the defendant wants his day in this court, I'm inclined to give it to him.

Your Honor, the defendant is the mayor of the town. His friends live here. One

of them arrested him.

What?

I'm satisfied we can provide a fair trial right here.

Petition for venue change is denied.

O .R. is granted. Let's set a date.

Your Honor, the defendant stands ready for trial now.

Immediately? As long as these charges are allowed to hang over his head, he is

hurt. He wants to confront his accusers at once.

That's enough.

Why?

Counsel in chambers.

Sheriff Brock, you too.

If you were going to put on an insanity defense, I need time... We're not going

with insanity.

We're going with self -defense.

Police investigation done?

Basically. This is a murder trial, Your Honor.

The longer this thing lives, the more publicity it will generate.

The bigger the circus, the tougher it'll be to find impartial jurors.

Two weeks.

What? Your Honor, I request that cameras be allowed in the courtroom.

Why? You're asking me why? To defray legal costs.

Denied. We negotiated a movie of the week deal with CBS.

They said if they get enough documentary footage, they'll air it during sweeps,

which could give us a higher license fee. Am I hearing this?

I said denied.

The voir dire starts Monday.

Trial date, November on the 1st. Now, get out.

About dinner, I spoke to my wife. I don't want to have dinner.

A man has to eat.

My wife makes a wonderful brisket.

It's her specialty.

Sheriff Brock.

Do you have any idea what you've done?

The job.

That's what I do as sheriff. That's what you do as deputy.

I did my job.

Did you tell the mayor that if it were up to you, an arrest would not be made?

Did you tell him that? I don't think he's a criminal.

I won't stand for insubordination any more than I will vigilantism.

I meant no disrespect to you, Jimmy. It's just that... Just what?

You see the statistics?

Crime's rising. We can't stop it.

People these days, they have to start protecting themselves.

Ten years ago, it was lock your front door.

Five years ago, install an alarm.

Maybe today it's buy a gun.

Very good point. I'll put it in my opening.

I can't believe you're representing Bill Pugin. You two don't like each other.

Exactly why he wants me. The whole town knows that I think he's a schmuck.

For me, the defender must mean that I think he's innocent.

So that's why he wants you.

Why'd you say yes?

He is innocent.

This is the big time, Miriam.

This is my chance.

You remember why I left New York?

They all laughed at me there.

When will you stop having to prove yourself?

I'm not trying to prove myself.

He broke the law.

If anything, it's because he's the mayor.

If I made such a public exception, that wouldn't serve the town.

But arresting him has ripped the town apart, Jimmy.

Most people saw it as self -defense.

You could have let it be.

I couldn't let it be.

I'll look up inside.

At this point, we don't know who will be taking a stand

first. Speculation. We've learned virtually nothing about the defense

It's anticipated that Mayor... You know, of course, that the mayor has been

completely silent so far on the advice of his attorney. But it would be

impossible to prevail on a self -defense strategy without hearing his account.

When we walk in and out of the courtroom, Marjorie, I want you to take

You believe in him.

You love him.

The jury has to see it.

And you children, you look at him adoringly.

He's your father, a loving family man.

And you embrace at the end of each day right there in the courtroom.

We want the jury and we want to humanize.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. I'm fine.

This one, this one's a little tense.

How can this be? Just give me a mild sedative. I'll be fine. I can't put you

the witness chair on drugs, Carter.

Doctor. It's a neurotic edema of the vocal cords, probably induced by panic.

he's going to sound like a chipmunk?

It could just be hyperventilation.

Carter, let's try some singing. Sometimes that can relax the swelling.

got to be kidding me.

He had a bad experience in a witness stand last year. He's the medical

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. Oh, no, that's it.

kicking it.

Okay, you're not kicking it. Look, you cannot expect me to go into court with

these two witnesses. This is my first trial in this town, and you'll make...

Hey!

Maybe Howard should go first.

Howard, are you ready? Yes. We go through my Alzheimer's condition first,

flagging the occasional lapses of dementia, but clarifying that it does

impair my capacity for observation.

Good, good. Now, look, if there's anything that you don't remember, you

so, all right? We can always recollect with your statement.

Now, Howard, this is very important. If you get confused, just say you don't

remember.

Don't worry about me.

I'm ready.

Okay. So am I. Let's go.

All right, please, please, move aside.

Please, please.

Your Honor,

the prosecution calls as its first witness, Mr. Howard Butt. Your Honor,

defense will stipulate to Mr.

Butt's testimony.

He saw Mayor Pugin discharge his weapon after the carjacker dropped the knife.

Mr. Littleton?

Well, the prosecution contends that the gun was fired 20 to 30 seconds after the

knife was dropped. 20 to 30 seconds, so stipulated with pleasure.

Fine. The jury is to consider the stipulation as uncontroverted evidence.

Prosecution may call its next witness.

Uh, the people...

The people call Carter Pike.

All Carter Pike is going to do is confirm what Howard says.

Mr. Littleton?

That's right.

We can stipulate that Carter's forensic findings support Howard Buss' version of

the events?

Fine. So ordered. Call your next witness.

Well, that's all we have, Your Honor. The prosecution rests.

You could have demanded they testify. Why should I? I'm happy to take the

stipulations.

Don't you see what Wambaugh did?

The jury doesn't get to hear our story.

Instead of witnesses, they get dry stipulations. Now, what kind of impact

that going to have on you? Are you going to tell me how to try my case, Sheriff?

What, are you a lawyer?

Two stipulations. That is your entire case. Look, Howard Buss and Carter Pike

are unreliable witnesses.

They're the two most unreliable witnesses I've ever seen.

Now, I don't care what defense strategy is. For me to get my case in without

having to talk about Howard's Alzheimer's or without the jury

Carter Pike's little chipmunk voice. Don't yell at me. Don't tell me how to

my case.

All I'm telling you is that the only story the jury gets to hear is the

I'll get the mayor.

When he testifies, I'll get him.

160 over 90.

That is a little high.

But it's understandable with all the stress, Marjorie. Everything else is

fine.

So I'm not having a heart attack? No, just a little hypertension.

I'll call in a prescription for you at Dalt's.

Okay.

Nothing to worry about.

You and Jimmy have been in our house.

We've been in yours.

My husband is a moral man.

Problem is, so is mine.

So when you surprised him with your pistol, he dropped the knife? That's

I kept telling him to lie down or I'd shoot, and he kept staring at me, saying

that if I was responsible for sending him to jail, he'd be back.

To kill me, or maybe just to maim me.

So what was going through your mind at this point, sir?

The system.

The system?

I kept thinking about... about the overpopulation of the prisons.

How violent criminals are being set free earlier. How they come out of prison

more dangerous than they go in. How he probably would be out in three years,

I was afraid.

You were afraid that he would kill you?

When he talked about killing me, that was one thing.

But when he threatened my kids, my children, I said to myself, no.

I will not let this man harm my family. I will not.

So what did you do?

I looked right into his psychotic eyes and I pulled the trigger.

That's enough.

You people be quiet.

Thank you, Mayor Pugin. I have nothing further.

Well, just so we're all clear here.

Now, you're not claiming any diminished capacity or insanity when you pulled

that trigger. To the contrary, it was probably the sanest moment of my life.

I said that's enough.

I'm warning you.

One more outburst and I'll take prisoners.

Did you know, sir, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon?

The Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms. The Bill of Rights does not

guarantee the individual's right to bear arms. I'm not interested in any

constitutional analysis.

Save it for the appellate courts.

Now, according to your testimony, you shot the victim because you were afraid

would come back three years later to harm you or your family.

That is correct.

You had no fear that he would harm you at that very second.

That is correct.

And you believe you were justified?

Absolutely.

Proud to stand up in court today and say so? I am not proud of killing another

human being, but I will not engage in recrimination.

Well, if you are so convinced of your merit, Mr. Mayor, why at first did you

lie?

Why did you tell Sheriff Brock that that knife was pressed against your throat

when you fired?

I told the sheriff that the knife was pressed to my throat. That is true.

I also told the sheriff that I was in fear for my life at the time I

Also true.

The sheriff then inferred that the knife was pushed to my throat at the very

second that I discharged.

The next day, when he particularized his questions, we set the record straight.

You never lied.

I never lied.

I think you did.

Well, well, then it's settled. After all, we're gathered here to learn what

district attorney thinks.

Okay, that's enough. I completely object to that man.

Wambaugh, sit down.

Do you have anything else?

Mr. Littleton, do you have any more questions?

No, I'm done.

We're dead in the water.

Hello. Don't call me a midget. I'm a little person.

I want to be clear on that.

As far as my ears go, they're big. The biggest in this town. I know everything

about everybody.

And eventually, I'll know most of what there is to know about you.

To save time, I've compiled an easy -to -fill -out questionnaire.

Please have it completed by Tuesday.

Ma 'am, I don't even have a place to live yet.

I haven't unpacked one box in my office. I've never tried a murder case before

in my life, and I'm supposed to go after your mayor with virtually no evidence.

I'm a little unsettled at the moment. You think I could maybe get an extension

on this questionnaire?

Well, it's in your interest to complete it now.

You have no friends in Rome.

People will look to me for an early indication.

I'd like to be able to say something nice.

Wednesday. No later.

No guts, that's his problem.

Hot shot district is turning my ass. He's a fraud.

Potatoes.

He doesn't have a very good hand to play, honey. I think he's doing his

Oh, that's crap. He's phoning it in.

Is Mayor Pugin a murderer?

Yes. Jimmy.

That's for the jury to decide, sweetie.

The man is a murderer, no matter what the jury says.

You seem to be taking this very personally.

There's nothing personal about it. I'm just concerned about my client. You've

had clients you've cared much more about.

For you to be this agitated, you must be worried about yourself.

Just let me practice my closing.

Miriam.

Miriam.

I... I took a real chance.

I could have gone with insanity or involuntary manslaughter.

I could have chewed up Howard and Carter and played for reasonable doubt.

I went with straight self -defense.

It's a risk.

I hope I didn't screw up.

And you need to feel you've done your job well. And I think that if the jury

ratifies Bill Pugin and his fear, then you're going to take that to mean that

the streets aren't safe.

The streets of this town are as safe as I can make them.

I didn't say they weren't.

Do you have any idea how... To know my wife is taking shooting lessons, do you

have any idea how that makes me feel as a sheriff?

As a husband?

But it's not about you, Jimmy.

It's about what's happening out there.

It is about me.

And if women have to carry guns and people cheer vigilantes and Bill Pugin

right...

And I'm wrong.

I'm completely lost.

Involuntary manslaughter.

I think it's the best we can do. Four years, three suspended.

This was practically premeditated. We're losing, Sheriff. Now, this at least

puts the man behind bars.

No, I do not want to go to jail. I cannot risk jail.

It would be one year only. If they convict in second degree, you're looking

12 minimum. You said we were winning. We are winning.

They wouldn't make us this deal unless they knew that.

You think I should tell them to stick it?

As your lawyer, I bring you the offer.

But I'm obligated to tell you.

It is a risk.

This jury can do anything. Your advice, your counsel, that's what I'm paying you

for.

Tell them to stick it.

Don't you dare speak to me like that. You offer a bogus plea. In my

judgment, that plea was warranted. I disagree with... I'm the district

It's my call.

I told you from the start, this was an impossible case. There was no upside to

pursuing it. There never was.

At best... We win, and a good man goes to jail. A town loses its mayor, and

carjackers feel safer.

Now, at worst, we lose.

We waste tax dollars and leave an entire community demoralized to the point of

civil dysfunction.

There was no point.

It was no win.

You still don't get it.

Close that door.

Now.

The man committed a crime. That's the truth.

It's not your job to decide whether the pursuit of that truth has an upside. It

is my job to determine... I'm talking now!

I never excuse criminal behavior out of expediency. And if you do, then you

don't get it.

Jimmy.

What?

Wambaugh just called. The plea bargain's been rejected.

When you think of America...

You think of guns.

Ever since Paul Revere took his midnight ride, America symbolized a land where

the good guys took up arms and stave off the bad guys.

Bill Pugin did just that.

Bill Pugin is an American.

People throughout this country have to live in fear.

One out of every four families will be robbed, raped.

burglarized or murdered.

73 % of adult women will be crime victims.

That's the other thing about America.

We're a nation of crime.

When that carjacker put the knife under Bill Pugin's throat and he said to him

that he'll come back to kill him and hurt his family, well, damn it!

He got fed up.

He wasn't going to be a victim.

So he saved his family. He did what every good husband and father would be

to do. And ladies and gentlemen, maybe he saved you.

Maybe Bill Pugin stopped the knife from getting put under your throat.

You're glad he pulled the trigger.

Admit that.

Just like the people of Rome that cheered right here in this very room.

You're glad.

He's our mayor.

He's one of us.

So you go right back to that jury room.

And you do what's right.

You follow your heart.

Yes, he is the mayor.

Maybe a beloved member of this community.

Maybe one of you.

I don't really know.

You see, defense counsel is right.

I don't know you people.

I've only been in town here for a few days. I don't really have any idea who

people of Rome are.

The only person I have any kind of feel for at all is the sheriff.

But let me tell you what I know about him.

He's a man who doesn't measure the truth for its popularity.

He doesn't consider integrity for its pragmatic consequences.

He practices honesty not because a good might come out of it, but because

honesty itself is a good.

And he knows that if an individual or a community ever abandons that principle,

then we'd all be in big trouble, wouldn't we?

Look, let's just be honest here for a second, people.

There's not a person in this room who believes what Bill Pugin did was self

-defense.

It was vengeance.

Now, was he legitimately afraid? Of course.

Is there a part of me deep inside that's glad he pulled that trigger?

Yes.

If he said he just snapped, I'd say I understand.

But he is not...

Claiming that, he reflectively thought about the inadequacy of our prison and

judicial systems, and with a clear mind, he took the law into his own hands.

Now, whatever we feel in our hearts, in our heads, we know that is criminal.

We all absolutely know it.

The question becomes, what are we going to do about it?

Now, Mr. Wambaugh is right.

I don't know you people.

But right now, why don't you tell me?

A society of guns, like he says, where the good guys take up a little anarchy,

wipe out the bad guys while juries pretend they don't see?

Or maybe you're more like him.

People of honor.

Of unflinching honor.

Who know that no matter how frightened we are, we cannot allow that fear to

corrupt our integrity.

As individuals or as a society.

Ladies and gentlemen of Rome, Wisconsin, I hope to God you are like that man.

It was a gifted closing.

Not too preachy.

Quietly effective.

Uh, this is an official room.

I couldn't tell whether the jury was persuaded, but I could read the room.

The people of Rome accept you.

Uh, I appreciate that, but I'm a little nervous right now. Do you think I could

have a minute by myself?

Certainly. Maybe later I could snuggle you in my bosom.

I find you attractive.

Oh, I appreciate that. But, um... Jewelry's back.

All rise.

Be seated.

Mr.

Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict?

Yes, Your Honor, we have.

Will the defendant please rise?

What say you?

On count one, on the charge of carrying a concealed weapon, we find the

defendant guilty as charged.

On count two, on the charge of second -degree murder, we find the defendant

guilty as charged.

Sentencing will be set for December 6th.

Bailiff, take the defendant into custody.

Your Honor, bail under the circumstances.

It's a murder conviction.

He goes into custody.

New this February.

Playing a dangerous game in Take Me.

The wonderfully surreal Picket Fences.

The second series of Law & Order Returns. And Saturday movie premieres

on Hallmark.

And coming soon in March, the Hallmark Channel Quiz.