1 00:00:02,660 --> 00:00:04,019 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,020 --> 00:00:07,259 Your client got caught in a little homosexual activity while stationed at 3 00:00:07,260 --> 00:00:08,159 Benning, Stuart. 4 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:09,260 She told you that? 5 00:00:09,261 --> 00:00:13,019 I think it's left him feeling like he has something to prove. 6 00:00:13,020 --> 00:00:16,279 Maybe beating up on his wife in a divorce settlement is one way to do 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:17,600 don't you shut your mouth? 8 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,699 Look, I played rough, yes, but I got you what you wanted. I didn't want for my 9 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:24,639 little girl to grow up breathing poison. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:25,860 Look, it'll pass. 11 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Who deals with it if it doesn't pass? 12 00:00:32,910 --> 00:00:37,229 Coran, fresh semen was found on Nina Corey's bedsheets at the time her body 13 00:00:37,230 --> 00:00:39,090 discovered. Objection. Move to strike. 14 00:00:39,410 --> 00:00:44,169 Overruled. Whose semen was it? Objection. Overruled, Mr. Cuthack. Whose 15 00:00:44,170 --> 00:00:47,540 was it? Your Honor, I object. It was the defendant's, Earl Williams. 16 00:00:47,541 --> 00:00:49,889 Do you think I'm exploding Diana Moses? 17 00:00:49,890 --> 00:00:54,149 Look, it's obvious. You take your relationship with Miss Moses seriously. 18 00:00:54,150 --> 00:00:56,949 wouldn't assume that. Right now, the only thing you can assume about my 19 00:00:56,950 --> 00:01:00,680 relationship with Miss Moses is that it will never be any of your business. 20 00:01:03,690 --> 00:01:04,740 If you'll excuse me. 21 00:01:24,810 --> 00:01:31,130 People versus Gustafson. 22 00:01:33,630 --> 00:01:38,709 Mr. Kopeski, tell us, please, the authority on which the police searched 23 00:01:38,710 --> 00:01:39,760 suspect's car. 24 00:01:40,050 --> 00:01:43,850 Um, the search was conducted under the authority of Carroll v. 25 00:01:44,050 --> 00:01:48,409 United States, where it was held that a warrantless search is justified when 26 00:01:48,410 --> 00:01:52,349 there's a danger of losing the evidence, as in the case of an automobile which 27 00:01:52,350 --> 00:01:54,700 can quickly be driven out of the jurisdiction. 28 00:01:55,410 --> 00:01:56,570 Well, where was Mr. 29 00:01:56,571 --> 00:01:58,969 Gustafson's car when the police searched it? 30 00:01:58,970 --> 00:01:59,969 At the station. 31 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:01,929 Oh, they had the vehicle in their possession? 32 00:02:01,930 --> 00:02:06,419 Yes. Then what danger was there that it could be quickly driven out of the 33 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:07,470 jurisdiction? 34 00:02:07,820 --> 00:02:09,660 I guess it was pretty slight. 35 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:13,160 So then Carroll versus the United States doesn't apply. 36 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:15,390 Does it? 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:21,499 Well, um, the underlying rationale for Carroll was exigent circumstances, 38 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:23,420 Sit down, Mr. Kopeski. 39 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:38,100 Ms. Moses, what justified the warrantless search? 40 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:46,459 It was conducted under an expanded application of Schimel v. California. 41 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:47,520 does Schimel apply? 42 00:02:49,020 --> 00:02:51,540 The search was incident to the arrest. 43 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:57,259 The suspect wasn't present, and the search took place more than four hours 44 00:02:57,260 --> 00:03:00,270 the arrest. How could it possibly be incident to the arrest? 45 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:02,400 I don't think it was. 46 00:03:03,570 --> 00:03:06,040 Actually, in my opinion, the search was illegal. 47 00:03:06,250 --> 00:03:08,290 Then why did the court hold it valid? 48 00:03:09,230 --> 00:03:12,430 I don't know. Did you read this case, Miss Moses? 49 00:03:13,030 --> 00:03:14,230 Yes, sir, I read it. 50 00:03:14,450 --> 00:03:15,500 Yeah, you read it. 51 00:03:16,130 --> 00:03:20,409 You read it, but you didn't understand it. I read it, and I found it 52 00:03:20,410 --> 00:03:22,270 inconsistent with the veil of ruling. 53 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:25,030 Oh, what about Chambers v. 54 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:26,950 Maroney? Did you read that case? 55 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:29,600 Um, I... 56 00:03:29,740 --> 00:03:31,540 I don't think that case was assigned. 57 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:36,580 No, it wasn't. But the holding in Gustafson was specifically based on 58 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:40,719 And anyone wishing to understand the Gustafson case would have looked up 59 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,770 Chambers. 60 00:03:42,660 --> 00:03:47,319 What happens if and when you become a lawyer? Do you intend to march into 61 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,510 and tell the judge, gee, I didn't think that case was assigned? 62 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:53,880 No, sir, I don't. 63 00:03:55,020 --> 00:03:56,420 Sit down, Miss Moses. 64 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,620 Between you, Mr. Kopetsky, we've wasted nearly five minutes here. 65 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,240 Mr. Aronowitz. 66 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:20,920 What is it you want to know? 67 00:06:21,060 --> 00:06:24,670 Whether or not I'm making a mistake putting you up on that witness stand. 68 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:27,500 Why would you be making a mistake? 69 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,300 Look, I know this hasn't been easy for you. 70 00:06:30,820 --> 00:06:35,600 You don't know the first thing about how it's been for me. 71 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:36,910 All right. 72 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:40,230 Don't you concern yourself with my state of mind, Mr. Kovac. 73 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,290 Well, forgive me, Mrs. Williams, but I have no choice. 74 00:06:43,540 --> 00:06:46,790 As long as I'm your husband's lawyer, I'm the guy life depends on. 75 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,560 Now, if you're going to hurt him, 76 00:06:51,790 --> 00:06:56,389 Do you think that because my husband was unfaithful to me, I want to see him 77 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:57,590 sent to the gas chamber? 78 00:06:58,510 --> 00:06:59,560 No. 79 00:06:59,990 --> 00:07:02,190 You just put me on that witness, Dan. 80 00:07:07,930 --> 00:07:08,980 Trudging along. 81 00:07:09,670 --> 00:07:13,250 Leland, the Schneiderman meeting is scheduled for tomorrow at 11. 82 00:07:13,650 --> 00:07:15,450 Will that conflict with law school? 83 00:07:15,590 --> 00:07:17,310 My class is over at 10 .30. 84 00:07:17,530 --> 00:07:20,780 I should be back. Diana says you're pretty tough in there, Leland. 85 00:07:20,890 --> 00:07:22,810 A law school professor should be tough. 86 00:07:23,470 --> 00:07:24,520 What's your style? 87 00:07:25,710 --> 00:07:27,170 Strictly Socratic. Ooh. 88 00:07:27,510 --> 00:07:31,430 Moving on, there's good news and bad on Dorothy Wyler. 89 00:07:31,431 --> 00:07:35,649 The good news is she's fully recovered from Epstein -Barr disease and stands 90 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:37,250 ready to return to work. 91 00:07:37,251 --> 00:07:38,429 Good for her. 92 00:07:38,430 --> 00:07:41,130 Great. The bad news is I fired her. What? 93 00:07:41,131 --> 00:07:45,069 You fired her? We had to write down her billable so often we were losing money 94 00:07:45,070 --> 00:07:47,449 on her. Wait a minute. Don't you think that's something we should have 95 00:07:47,450 --> 00:07:50,040 discussed? Get our input on it? I did get your input. 96 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,910 I read your evaluation forms for associate review. 97 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:59,739 Douglas and I discussed this, and as unpleasant as it was, the decision was 98 00:07:59,740 --> 00:08:01,280 warranted. Let's move on. 99 00:08:01,780 --> 00:08:04,430 Has anybody talked to Michael on the Williams case? 100 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,939 He's up against it. He expects to go to jury by the end of the week, but he's 101 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:11,230 struggling. Arnold, Hammond versus Hammond. 102 00:08:11,231 --> 00:08:15,479 Corinne Hammond's coming in today to sign the settlement papers. Looks like a 103 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,140 wrap. I believe congratulations are in order. 104 00:08:18,141 --> 00:08:21,609 I understand you worked a very favorable division of property. 105 00:08:21,610 --> 00:08:23,570 Mrs. Hammond must be thrilled. 106 00:08:24,310 --> 00:08:26,270 Yeah. Yeah, sort of. 107 00:08:27,490 --> 00:08:29,350 That's it, people. We're adjourned. 108 00:08:43,669 --> 00:08:45,410 Sweden? Yes. 109 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,800 Oh, thank you so much for seeing me. No problem. 110 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,400 If you don't mind my asking, how'd you find me? 111 00:08:52,660 --> 00:08:55,250 Well, I saw your name in the Martindale Hubble book. 112 00:08:55,380 --> 00:08:57,100 And I prefer young attorneys. 113 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:58,880 They're not so hard -bitten. 114 00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:02,200 You're black, aren't you? 115 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:06,900 Yes, ma 'am, I am. Doesn't matter to me. 116 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,950 Negroes can do anything. That's what I always say. 117 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:12,160 I appreciate that. 118 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:16,579 Have we reached the point where you're billing me, or is this still 119 00:09:16,580 --> 00:09:17,630 free time? 120 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:19,200 No, ma 'am, this is all free. 121 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:23,290 No, we don't charge unless we accept you as a client. But before I can do that, 122 00:09:23,291 --> 00:09:25,559 I need to know why and for what you need an attorney. 123 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:30,619 Well, eight months ago, I slipped on some spilled papaya juice in Kendall's 124 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:33,060 mart. I sprained my wrist in the fall. 125 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:35,680 The pain you cannot imagine. 126 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,560 The store manager admitted it was their fault. 127 00:09:40,110 --> 00:09:42,640 But the insurance people won't even take my calls. 128 00:09:42,770 --> 00:09:46,090 My friend Gladys saw the whole thing, only she can't testify. 129 00:09:46,091 --> 00:09:47,529 Why not? 130 00:09:47,530 --> 00:09:51,230 Dead. Got sick in her sleep last summer and drowned in her own vomit. 131 00:09:52,590 --> 00:09:53,640 Sorry to hear that. 132 00:09:55,830 --> 00:09:56,880 This is Whedon. 133 00:09:59,050 --> 00:10:01,250 I'm afraid I can't take your case. 134 00:10:01,590 --> 00:10:02,970 Why can't you take it? 135 00:10:03,250 --> 00:10:08,029 A sprained wrist, even with liability clearly established, would be worth 136 00:10:08,030 --> 00:10:12,230 about... $10 ,000 tops, and this firm doesn't take $10 ,000 matters. 137 00:10:12,231 --> 00:10:13,489 Why not? 138 00:10:13,490 --> 00:10:18,849 Well, with our overhead and everything, it'd be impossible for us to make any 139 00:10:18,850 --> 00:10:20,110 money on a claim like this. 140 00:10:20,270 --> 00:10:23,770 Don't you ever take a case just because somebody needs your help? 141 00:10:25,570 --> 00:10:26,620 Not really. 142 00:10:29,970 --> 00:10:31,020 Never mind. 143 00:10:32,430 --> 00:10:33,930 I don't know why I'm surprised. 144 00:10:34,610 --> 00:10:36,690 Every lawyer's told me the same thing. 145 00:10:38,380 --> 00:10:40,610 I just thought maybe you would be different. 146 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:50,080 I'm sorry to have taken up your time, Mr. Robbins. Mrs. Whedon, 147 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:54,880 let me make a phone call or two. 148 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,290 That's all I can do. 149 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,490 Oh, thank you. 150 00:10:57,940 --> 00:11:01,800 Well, now, this is the number for Kendall's. Okay. 151 00:11:02,060 --> 00:11:05,430 And this is the name and number of the insurance adjuster. All right. 152 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,280 And this is all I have by way of evidence. 153 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:12,660 The shoes I was wearing at the time. You can see that's very good traction. 154 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:13,890 Okay, yes. 155 00:11:14,391 --> 00:11:21,759 Do I need to sign these copies here? No, these would just be a record. We're all 156 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:22,810 done. 157 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:24,110 Very good. 158 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:26,330 Thank you. 159 00:11:30,020 --> 00:11:32,580 Corinne, I was wrong. 160 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:34,970 I'm sorry. 161 00:11:34,971 --> 00:11:39,209 Okay. If you ever need any help with Chloe, I'd like you to please let me 162 00:11:39,210 --> 00:11:42,329 I've dealt with a number of first -rate child psychologists over the years. 163 00:11:42,330 --> 00:11:45,589 What is it, kind of a package deal? You screw them up, they straighten them out? 164 00:11:45,590 --> 00:11:47,030 That's when I said I was wrong. 165 00:11:47,031 --> 00:11:50,429 Just trying to remember things were bad before I got involved. 166 00:11:50,430 --> 00:11:52,450 You just made them a little worse. 167 00:11:52,890 --> 00:11:53,940 Yeah, I did. 168 00:11:55,410 --> 00:12:00,250 I, uh... I got the book for Chloe. 169 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:02,520 What is it? 170 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:06,209 One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey was one of my favorites when I was a 171 00:12:06,210 --> 00:12:11,069 kid. I guess I just... I wanted her not to think that I was just some mean man 172 00:12:11,070 --> 00:12:12,120 with a briefcase. 173 00:12:13,490 --> 00:12:15,780 Does that really matter to you all that much? 174 00:12:16,690 --> 00:12:17,740 Yeah, it does. 175 00:12:18,130 --> 00:12:19,180 Why? 176 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:20,410 What do you mean, why? 177 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:24,190 I behave badly, and that weighs on me. 178 00:12:24,990 --> 00:12:26,190 Don't let it weigh on you. 179 00:12:27,310 --> 00:12:29,420 Look, I really have to go. I'm already late. 180 00:12:41,130 --> 00:12:42,810 I'd still like to be your attorney. 181 00:12:42,811 --> 00:12:44,249 I don't know. 182 00:12:44,250 --> 00:12:47,549 Don't you think once the air clears that maybe we could put what happened behind 183 00:12:47,550 --> 00:12:49,230 us? Like I said, I don't know. 184 00:12:49,610 --> 00:12:54,070 I don't... Maybe we could have lunch tomorrow. We could talk about this. 185 00:12:55,570 --> 00:12:56,620 Come on. 186 00:12:58,690 --> 00:12:59,740 I'll think about it. 187 00:13:00,490 --> 00:13:01,540 Good. 188 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:09,350 Tuesday, November 8th, 1988. 189 00:13:10,380 --> 00:13:12,640 Between 6 and 7 p .m. 190 00:13:12,641 --> 00:13:15,939 Would you please tell the court where you were? 191 00:13:15,940 --> 00:13:16,990 I was home. 192 00:13:17,540 --> 00:13:18,590 Were you alone? 193 00:13:18,940 --> 00:13:21,300 No. My husband was with me. 194 00:13:21,660 --> 00:13:23,100 How long had he been with you? 195 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:24,980 He got home around 5. 196 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,010 What do you remember about that day, Jackie? 197 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,060 The kids were at the library. 198 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:33,260 Earl and I had the house to ourselves. 199 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:38,840 Nina Corey was killed between 6... 200 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:42,360 7 p .m. Was your husband with you then? Yes. 201 00:13:43,260 --> 00:13:44,310 Are you sure? 202 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,340 Yes. Why are you sure? 203 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,760 Earl and I watched the nightly news with Tom Brokaw. 204 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,280 Tom Brokaw comes on Channel 4 every weeknight at 6 .30. 205 00:13:54,031 --> 00:13:56,119 Thank you. 206 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:57,500 I have no further questions. 207 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,640 Miss Williams, do you consider your husband a violent man? 208 00:14:07,150 --> 00:14:09,690 My husband is not a violent man, Miss Flanagan. 209 00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:15,729 Yet on September 5, 1984, the Inglewood Police Department responded to a report 210 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:18,200 of domestic violence at your home, did they not? 211 00:14:18,690 --> 00:14:20,860 Objection. Offered to impeach, Your Honor. 212 00:14:21,810 --> 00:14:22,860 Overruled. 213 00:14:23,550 --> 00:14:27,229 Things were different then. Miss Williams, please just answer the 214 00:14:27,230 --> 00:14:28,280 you've been asked. 215 00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:33,150 Earl and I have had our problems. 216 00:14:33,690 --> 00:14:34,830 Did the police come? 217 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:40,929 Yes. Did you sustain injuries about the neck and face as a result of your 218 00:14:40,930 --> 00:14:42,150 husband having hit you? 219 00:14:42,450 --> 00:14:43,500 I don't remember. 220 00:14:43,501 --> 00:14:47,129 Would you like to see the police report? Your Honor, the incident that Ms. 221 00:14:47,130 --> 00:14:50,200 Flanagan is referring to took place more than five years ago. 222 00:14:50,410 --> 00:14:52,210 You've made your point, Ms. Flanagan. 223 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:56,589 Move on. Did you know that your husband had had sexual intercourse with another 224 00:14:56,590 --> 00:14:58,030 woman on the day in question? 225 00:14:58,390 --> 00:15:02,750 No. Did you know that he was carrying on an affair with one of his students? 226 00:15:02,751 --> 00:15:06,619 No. Well, forgive me, ma 'am, but this does seem to raise the question of just 227 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:08,059 how well you know your husband. 228 00:15:08,060 --> 00:15:10,560 I know him well enough to know he's not a killer. 229 00:15:10,561 --> 00:15:14,299 And would you tell the truth if you were, or would you lie to save him? I'm 230 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:15,350 lying now. 231 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:19,860 But you would lie to save him. Ask and answer. What are you afraid of, Ms. 232 00:15:19,861 --> 00:15:23,719 Williams? That your husband's going to take a baseball bat to you if you don't 233 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:24,820 testify for him? 234 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,770 Objection. Sustained. Get something straight, lady. 235 00:15:27,771 --> 00:15:31,679 The only thing I'm afraid of is that those 12 people will believe you and not 236 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:32,730 him. 237 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:34,980 Did my husband lie to me? 238 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:37,070 Yes, he did. 239 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:39,420 Do I feel betrayed by him? 240 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,970 Yes. 241 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:42,620 I most certainly do. 242 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:45,320 Did he kill this young girl? 243 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,640 As sure as I know that I breathe, I know that he didn't. 244 00:15:54,460 --> 00:16:00,000 We know each other almost 20 years. 245 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,250 And in that time, have you ever known him to be violent? 246 00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:06,230 Not really. 247 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,050 The answer's no. 248 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,920 Earl does have a temper, Mr. Cusack. 249 00:16:09,921 --> 00:16:13,579 Yeah, but the question is, have you ever known him to be violent? And the answer 250 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:14,630 to that is no. 251 00:16:14,820 --> 00:16:15,960 Fine. No. 252 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:17,950 Good. 253 00:16:19,260 --> 00:16:23,420 Um, how would you characterize Earl Williams' relationship with his 254 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:26,780 I think it depended on the student. 255 00:16:26,781 --> 00:16:28,179 That's the wrong answer. 256 00:16:28,180 --> 00:16:30,220 It did depend on the student, Mr. Cusack. 257 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,620 Yeah, but I'm putting you on the stand as a character witness. 258 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:37,870 That means you have to make the jury like Earl Williams. 259 00:16:37,871 --> 00:16:41,319 Mr. Cusack, Earl Williams and I were in graduate school together. 260 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,120 I consider myself his friend. 261 00:16:43,121 --> 00:16:47,119 I resent your coaching me on how to express that. Well, you can resent it 262 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,040 you want, and I'm not asking you to lie. 263 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:55,119 But if you can't express your friendship with some conviction, then... I can't 264 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:56,079 put you up there. 265 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,260 I teach literature. 266 00:16:58,120 --> 00:16:59,840 I'm trained as an historian. 267 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:02,980 I see shades of gray in every one. 268 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:05,599 Earl Williams is no saint. 269 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,240 Sir, excuse me. 270 00:17:09,339 --> 00:17:10,980 I am trained as a trial lawyer. 271 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:14,370 Right now, history and literature don't interest me. 272 00:17:14,540 --> 00:17:19,118 But if you care about this man, if you really want to help him, then you will 273 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,979 get up there and you will testify that Earl Williams is a gentle and a caring 274 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:27,649 individual. and that from everything you know about him going back 20 years, he 275 00:17:27,650 --> 00:17:31,829 is utterly incapable of the brutality he's charged with. Now, can you do that 276 00:17:31,830 --> 00:17:32,880 not? 277 00:17:35,350 --> 00:17:40,249 Dr. Craig, would you say the defendant was popular with the students? Yes, very 278 00:17:40,250 --> 00:17:41,129 much so. 279 00:17:41,130 --> 00:17:42,630 To what do you attribute that? 280 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:44,490 Earl loves to teach. 281 00:17:44,491 --> 00:17:48,889 He's patient and enthusiastic, and I think his students have always responded 282 00:17:48,890 --> 00:17:51,429 that. Have you ever seen the defendant outside of work? 283 00:17:51,430 --> 00:17:52,480 Yes, many times. 284 00:17:52,481 --> 00:17:54,499 We were graduate students together. 285 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,119 And over the years, our families have become rather close. 286 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:59,480 Ever seen him to be violent or abusive? 287 00:17:59,860 --> 00:18:01,040 No, sir. Never. 288 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,919 Now, based on your having known him for 20 -odd years, would you please describe 289 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:07,970 him for the court? 290 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:10,520 Earl Williams is a gentle, caring individual. 291 00:18:10,521 --> 00:18:14,939 I believe he's utterly incapable of the brutality with which he's been charged. 292 00:18:14,940 --> 00:18:16,000 Thank you, Dr. Craig. 293 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:20,280 I have nothing further. 294 00:18:20,281 --> 00:18:26,829 You're on the tenure committee of the English department, is that right, sir? 295 00:18:26,830 --> 00:18:29,770 Yes. That would make you Earl Williams' superior. 296 00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:31,430 I think of us as colleagues. 297 00:18:31,431 --> 00:18:35,369 Well, nonetheless, since you do evaluate his performance and have a great deal 298 00:18:35,370 --> 00:18:39,689 to do with granting him tenure, it's fair to say he understands the value of 299 00:18:39,690 --> 00:18:43,109 staying in your good graces. Earl never put up a front for me or anyone else. Is 300 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:44,160 that right? 301 00:18:44,370 --> 00:18:48,040 Tell us, Dr. Craig, were you aware he was having an affair with Nina Corey? 302 00:18:48,730 --> 00:18:50,710 No. So somehow... 303 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:54,130 Earl Williams kept a side of himself hidden. Objection. 304 00:18:54,870 --> 00:18:59,969 Sustained. Tell us, did you ever suspect the defendant was involved romantically 305 00:18:59,970 --> 00:19:01,020 with the student? 306 00:19:01,470 --> 00:19:03,050 No. With any other student? 307 00:19:03,410 --> 00:19:04,670 Objection. No foundation. 308 00:19:04,990 --> 00:19:10,229 Sustained. Did you harbor any suspicion that Earl Williams was cheating on his 309 00:19:10,230 --> 00:19:11,249 wife with anyone? 310 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:12,650 Look. Yes or no, sir? 311 00:19:13,190 --> 00:19:17,429 I can't collapse everything I know into a simple yes or no answer. I'm afraid 312 00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:19,170 you're going to have to, Professor. 313 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,620 No, I had no idea he was being unfaithful to Jackie. 314 00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:25,939 That does seem to raise the question of just how well you knew him, doesn't it, 315 00:19:25,940 --> 00:19:28,110 Professor? I knew him as well as anyone did. 316 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,330 No. 317 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,280 There was a 20 -year -old girl named Nina Corey who knew him better. 318 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,480 And with a badly sprained wrist, clear liability, pain and suffering... 2 ,000. 319 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,939 Take it or leave it. Come on, Mr. Clancy. We're talking about a 320 00:19:43,940 --> 00:19:47,559 elderly woman who... Yeah, yeah. She took a header into the cum clutch. Two 321 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:48,610 grand. 322 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:52,390 I'm trying to deal in good faith here, Mr. Clancy. You're trying to flush me. 323 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:55,879 We both know this pimple would cost you much more than you'd ever make. 324 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,650 There's no chance you'd be crazy enough to try to think. 325 00:19:58,651 --> 00:20:02,219 You're rolling dice for a quickie settlement, and two grand is all you're 326 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:03,059 to squeeze. 327 00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:05,980 Nice view. Look, Mr. Clancy, the claim is worth ten. 328 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,960 At least give me five. That way I... Oh, no, I can't do that. 329 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,820 But how about, say, uh, two? 330 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,540 You're disappointed in me, aren't you? 331 00:20:17,710 --> 00:20:19,880 I could add on a claim for punitive damages. 332 00:20:19,890 --> 00:20:20,940 I'm all the clever. 333 00:20:22,110 --> 00:20:25,150 Look, you can't afford to litigate this. 334 00:20:25,430 --> 00:20:27,710 You'd have to be a total lunatic to pursue it. 335 00:20:28,210 --> 00:20:31,470 Take some friendly advice from a guy who's been around the block. 336 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:37,509 Tell Grandma to take the two Gs, buy herself a new walker, and steer clear of 337 00:20:37,510 --> 00:20:38,560 fruit juice puddles. 338 00:20:39,750 --> 00:20:40,930 Is that City Hall? 339 00:20:41,150 --> 00:20:42,410 Will you forget the view? 340 00:20:42,530 --> 00:20:43,690 Talk to your client. 341 00:20:43,970 --> 00:20:46,560 Tell her she can have the money as early as tomorrow. 342 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,640 He's really a great digs. 343 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,650 But something hit me the day I saw your daughter. 344 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,850 I've been so pleased with myself for engineering this fire. 345 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:09,920 Then I looked at who was in the middle. 346 00:21:10,940 --> 00:21:13,020 And it got to me. You know? 347 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:16,999 This can't be the first time you've handled a divorce where children were 348 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,640 involved. No, it isn't, but... 349 00:21:18,641 --> 00:21:22,459 The truth is, it never bothered me before. All that really mattered was 350 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:26,010 was good, that I lived up to my reputation, and that people were afraid 351 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,050 Clients themselves, their families, their children. 352 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:30,460 Those were just details. 353 00:21:31,740 --> 00:21:33,240 What happened to change that? 354 00:21:36,580 --> 00:21:38,320 I looked in your little girl's face. 355 00:21:39,820 --> 00:21:41,780 And I couldn't make her a detail. 356 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:47,730 Still hate me? 357 00:21:48,879 --> 00:21:50,360 No. Still your lawyer? 358 00:21:50,361 --> 00:21:53,699 How come I still need one? Settlement papers have been signed. 359 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,680 You may have to enforce that settlement. 360 00:21:55,820 --> 00:21:58,770 People sign agreements one day and dishonor them the next. 361 00:21:59,140 --> 00:22:00,220 Randy's not like that. 362 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:01,770 Hope you're right. 363 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,450 If I'm wrong, you're the one I'll turn to, okay? 364 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:06,570 Good. 365 00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:08,840 Well, thanks for lunch. 366 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:11,810 How about dinner? 367 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:13,290 Dinner. 368 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,130 Why not? 369 00:22:15,131 --> 00:22:18,509 Well, my daughter, for starters. She doesn't want to be left with a sitter 370 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:19,560 now. 371 00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:20,770 So don't get a sitter. 372 00:22:21,250 --> 00:22:22,300 Don't get a sitter? 373 00:22:22,510 --> 00:22:23,560 No, bring her along. 374 00:22:26,450 --> 00:22:27,500 I'll call you. 375 00:22:32,550 --> 00:22:37,889 Detective Vitale, you were originally assigned to investigate Nina Corey's 376 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:39,090 murder. Is that correct? 377 00:22:39,170 --> 00:22:43,269 That's right. And during the time that you were on the case, was the defendant 378 00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:45,330 ever a suspect in your mind? 379 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:46,800 In my mind, no. 380 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:48,090 Why was that? 381 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:51,530 Cash was missing, credit cards were missing, jewelry was missing. 382 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:53,540 To me, it looked like a robbery. 383 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,400 Did you pursue robbery suspects? 384 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:57,940 In my opinion, not to an adequate degree. 385 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:02,079 When a viable suspect was not immediately forthcoming, it was the 386 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,079 superior officers that we pursue known acquaintances of the victim. Can you 387 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,460 us... Why they came to that decision? 388 00:23:08,461 --> 00:23:12,319 Objection. Calls for the witness to look into the mind of another person. It 389 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,439 calls for an opinion as to the workings of a police department that the witness 390 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,740 was a member of for 15 years. 391 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,170 Objection overruled. The witness can answer. 392 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:23,300 Bird in the hand, right? 393 00:23:23,301 --> 00:23:28,059 Got the department off the hook. Are you saying that there was pressure on the 394 00:23:28,060 --> 00:23:29,560 department to make an arrest? 395 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:30,990 Pressure? 396 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:34,010 It's like the whole world was breathing down our neck. 397 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,980 Detective. In your opinion, is this the right man? 398 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:42,190 No, sir. 399 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,500 In my opinion, it is not. 400 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:45,940 I have nothing further. 401 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:57,059 Approximately two feet from where the victim was situated, an expensive 402 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,920 watch was in plain sight, yet not taken. Is that correct? 403 00:23:59,921 --> 00:24:02,999 In fact, that watch proved to be a cheap watch, Miss Flanagan. 404 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,159 Would a thief have stopped to appraise it before sticking it in his pocket? 405 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,179 A thief would have known by looking at it. Does a thief generally stop in the 406 00:24:09,180 --> 00:24:12,119 middle of a robbery to batter their victim to death? It happens. 407 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:12,939 Believe me. 408 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:15,120 Did the baseball bat lead you to a thief? 409 00:24:15,380 --> 00:24:18,030 The prints we got off the bat didn't lead us anywhere. 410 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,319 There was no sign of forced entry, was there, Mr. Vitale? That means absolutely 411 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:25,960 nothing. It means Nina Corey opened the door to her killer. 412 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,880 It means Nina Corey knew her killer. 413 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,210 She might open the door for anybody you knocked. 414 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:36,370 Tell us, sir. 415 00:24:37,420 --> 00:24:41,920 Would you feel differently if it had been you who brought Earl Williams in? 416 00:24:41,940 --> 00:24:43,380 I would not feel differently. 417 00:24:43,381 --> 00:24:46,859 It would have been a hell of a caller for you. He just said it wouldn't have 418 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:47,799 mattered. 419 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,440 You got passed up for promotion, did you not, sir? 420 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,280 Yes, I did. And you took early retirement soon after. 421 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:55,690 Right again. 422 00:24:55,691 --> 00:25:01,109 It's really an ego thing with you, isn't it, Mr. Vitale? 423 00:25:01,110 --> 00:25:04,749 You didn't turn out to be the hero, and you're miffed. Let me tell you 424 00:25:04,750 --> 00:25:08,489 something. Whether I'm miffed or not, if I thought he was responsible for this 425 00:25:08,490 --> 00:25:10,730 crime, I wouldn't be sitting here. 426 00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:16,730 Don't forget, I saw what that girl's body looked like. 427 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,120 Flanagan's offering second degree. 428 00:25:48,900 --> 00:25:49,950 And? 429 00:25:51,020 --> 00:25:52,070 It's your decision. 430 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:55,320 You recommend I take the deal, though. 431 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:01,439 Well, I can't recommend that you spend 15 years in jail for something you 432 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:02,490 do. 433 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,820 On the other hand, if I did it, 15 years isn't bad, right? 434 00:26:06,180 --> 00:26:08,400 Like I said, it's your decision. 435 00:26:11,380 --> 00:26:12,680 Tell Flanagan no. 436 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,870 In that case, I'm going to put you on the stand this afternoon. 437 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:19,290 Okay. 438 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,090 See you in court. 439 00:26:23,260 --> 00:26:25,340 Wait. What do you want me to do? 440 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,010 To do? 441 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:33,139 Well, I want you to testify exactly like we said. I know that. What I'm asking 442 00:26:33,140 --> 00:26:35,020 is what should I do? 443 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:39,220 What should I act like? How should I be? 444 00:26:39,420 --> 00:26:43,600 How should you be? That's right. I'll be anything you tell me to be. Now, look. 445 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:44,770 Earl. 446 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,800 If the jury thinks that you're putting on an act, we're finished. 447 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:52,700 You have got to be dead real out there. Do you understand? 448 00:26:54,660 --> 00:26:55,710 Yeah. 449 00:26:56,380 --> 00:26:57,430 Dead real. 450 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:34,010 Here's the memo on Rico Forbiture. 451 00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:36,890 I'll have the citations later today. 452 00:27:36,961 --> 00:27:43,709 If I was unprepared for that class, it's because I was up half the night 453 00:27:43,710 --> 00:27:45,210 researching this memo for you. 454 00:27:45,370 --> 00:27:47,660 And that entitled you to special treatment? 455 00:27:47,790 --> 00:27:49,410 It entitles me to fair treatment. 456 00:27:49,411 --> 00:27:52,849 I've been putting in a lot of hours around here, and you can't expect to 457 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:53,900 me from both sides. 458 00:27:54,190 --> 00:27:56,810 A lot of law students have jobs, Diana. 459 00:27:58,370 --> 00:27:59,650 They don't get any favors. 460 00:28:00,190 --> 00:28:02,900 Nor should you, just because you happen to work for me. 461 00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:07,840 You're trying to drive me out of here, aren't you? 462 00:28:07,841 --> 00:28:11,849 Excuse me? You disapprove of my relationship with Jonathan, and you're 463 00:28:11,850 --> 00:28:16,269 remedy the problem by forcing me out. What happened yesterday was that a 464 00:28:16,270 --> 00:28:17,320 was unprepared. 465 00:28:17,970 --> 00:28:21,040 And a teacher got tough to prevent that from happening again. 466 00:28:21,041 --> 00:28:22,149 That's all. 467 00:28:22,150 --> 00:28:25,369 Uh -uh. What happened yesterday was one individual treating another with 468 00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:28,210 disrespect. And that's a premise I will not accept. 469 00:28:28,570 --> 00:28:29,620 Sorry. 470 00:28:32,330 --> 00:28:35,550 Diana, have those citations on my desk by five o 'clock. 471 00:28:44,610 --> 00:28:45,660 Well, hello there. 472 00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:46,860 Hi. 473 00:28:47,370 --> 00:28:51,210 Jonathan, what's this Whedon versus Kendall's food mart thing? 474 00:28:51,211 --> 00:28:54,889 Helping out this old woman in a flip and fall. You've indicated a liability 475 00:28:54,890 --> 00:28:55,950 ceiling of ten. 476 00:28:55,951 --> 00:29:00,219 She's getting steamrolled by an insurance company. You have no right to 477 00:29:00,220 --> 00:29:00,899 this case. 478 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:02,739 I'm not going to run up a lot of hours. Don't worry. 479 00:29:02,740 --> 00:29:05,359 I'm having one more meeting with the claims adjuster, and I'll be out of it, 480 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,759 promise. I wish I could believe that. You have a tendency to turn the 481 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,419 conflict into a protracted catfight, and I won't allow you to... Would you like 482 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:14,560 to take over, Douglas? 483 00:29:14,980 --> 00:29:16,060 Maybe you should do it. 484 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,020 Perhaps my counsel could prove fruitful. 485 00:29:21,140 --> 00:29:22,780 I'm an excellent negotiator. 486 00:29:23,780 --> 00:29:24,920 I'll bring you the file. 487 00:29:24,921 --> 00:29:26,259 The meeting's at two tomorrow. 488 00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:27,520 Good. Good. 489 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,410 Would you describe your relationship with Nina Corey, Mr. Williams? 490 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,700 Her freshman year, she was just a student in my class. 491 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:39,310 Very bright. 492 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:40,780 Very enthusiastic. 493 00:29:41,740 --> 00:29:44,510 Her sophomore year, she became my research assistant. 494 00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:50,279 We worked long hours on a paper I was doing, and the more time we spent 495 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,100 together, the harder it became to fight. 496 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,060 The impulse we both felt. 497 00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:57,300 Finally, we gave in. 498 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,650 You became lovers? 499 00:29:59,420 --> 00:30:00,470 Yes. 500 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:05,760 You lied about that, Earl. Yes, I did. 501 00:30:05,980 --> 00:30:09,280 You sat here, and you let me repeat that lie to the jury. 502 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:10,740 Yes. Why? 503 00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:16,759 I was afraid that if it came out that I were there that day, no one would 504 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,720 believe I didn't kill Nina. 505 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,660 Then there's my wife. 506 00:30:22,190 --> 00:30:24,720 I think I can face anyone easier than I can face her. 507 00:30:25,510 --> 00:30:27,770 Scared to death of losing her. 508 00:30:28,390 --> 00:30:31,460 You went to see Nina Corey the day she was killed, didn't you? 509 00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:32,640 Yes, I did. 510 00:30:32,770 --> 00:30:34,030 What time did you arrive? 511 00:30:34,031 --> 00:30:35,569 About two. 512 00:30:35,570 --> 00:30:38,629 Would you please tell the court what transpired during that visit? 513 00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:40,030 We talked for a while. 514 00:30:41,390 --> 00:30:44,400 She showed me some clippings she had torn out of a newspaper. 515 00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:46,710 Then we went to bed. 516 00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:48,810 You had sexual intercourse? 517 00:30:49,310 --> 00:30:50,360 Yes. 518 00:30:50,361 --> 00:30:51,719 Then what? 519 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:52,770 I took a shower. 520 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,080 Nina made tea. 521 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:55,500 What time did you leave? 522 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,020 Around four. 523 00:30:57,460 --> 00:31:03,040 Earl, did you ever strike Nina Corey? 524 00:31:03,041 --> 00:31:04,119 No, sir. 525 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,960 Was she alive when you left her apartment? 526 00:31:07,380 --> 00:31:08,430 Yes, sir. 527 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,040 She was alive. 528 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,330 Thank you. 529 00:31:13,420 --> 00:31:14,920 I have no further questions. 530 00:31:21,710 --> 00:31:26,409 Tell us, Mr. Williams, why did you take a shower after having sex with Nina 531 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:27,460 Corey that day? 532 00:31:27,610 --> 00:31:28,660 I don't know. 533 00:31:29,570 --> 00:31:31,560 It's just what I'm in the habit of doing. 534 00:31:31,770 --> 00:31:32,820 Really? 535 00:31:32,821 --> 00:31:36,729 You mean you always wash the smell of another woman off before going back to 536 00:31:36,730 --> 00:31:37,609 your wife? 537 00:31:37,610 --> 00:31:42,109 Objection. Sustained. The truth is, you were desperate to conceal this affair 538 00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:46,069 from your wife, weren't you? It was important to me that she not find out I 539 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:47,099 that, yes. 540 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:50,339 Yet as desperate as you were about that, you were just as desperate that the 541 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:54,999 affair continue, weren't you? I cared about Nina, but I wouldn't call it being 542 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,050 desperate. No? 543 00:31:56,051 --> 00:32:00,839 What would have happened to your standing at the university if it got out 544 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,340 were sleeping with a student? 545 00:32:02,460 --> 00:32:06,539 I don't know. Would it have helped you? Would it have hurt you? The witness said 546 00:32:06,540 --> 00:32:07,459 he didn't know. 547 00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:11,559 Except that the witness does know. He knows full well the kind of risk he was 548 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,860 running. Make your point, Miss Flanagan. The only reason you ran that risk. 549 00:32:16,410 --> 00:32:21,549 is that you loved her. I cared about her. I said I cared about her. And I say 550 00:32:21,550 --> 00:32:22,600 you loved her. 551 00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:28,390 Desperately and passionately. You loved her and wouldn't let her go. Your Honor, 552 00:32:28,490 --> 00:32:30,670 argumentative. Sustained. 553 00:32:30,671 --> 00:32:34,309 Tell us how you felt about her wanting to end the affair, Mr. Williams. 554 00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:38,009 She never gave any indication that she wanted to end it. You heard Todd Aaron 555 00:32:38,010 --> 00:32:39,060 Price testify. 556 00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:41,530 He and Nina were going away for Thanksgiving. 557 00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:45,190 She was leaving you for him. Even if it were true. 558 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:47,880 I was hardly in a position to object. 559 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:52,319 Oh, you were in a position to do whatever you wanted. You were bigger 560 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,260 was. Objection. Move to strike. 561 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,300 Sustained and stricken. 562 00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,400 You were in the apartment. You had sex. She told you about Todd. 563 00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:05,020 How did you feel about her going off to Palo Alto with this rich white boy? 564 00:33:05,380 --> 00:33:06,430 Objection. 565 00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:09,620 Overruled. Look, I was a married man. She was a young girl. 566 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,520 I felt bad, okay? But I did not kill her. 567 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:15,890 I think you did. 568 00:33:15,940 --> 00:33:20,419 I think you went into a murderous rage that didn't end until she lay dead on 569 00:33:20,420 --> 00:33:24,420 that floor. I'm not capable of doing something like that. I think you are. 570 00:33:25,060 --> 00:33:29,439 You saw this pretty young girl with a will of her own. You couldn't break her 571 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,939 down, so you beat her to death. Your Honor, I ask that the prosecutor be 572 00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:36,860 instructed to stop badgering this man. Miss Flanagan, that's enough. 573 00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:39,390 Mr. Williams. 574 00:33:41,230 --> 00:33:44,949 You're now asking that all these people believe that you went to Nina's 575 00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:49,249 apartment on the day she was killed. You had sexual intercourse. She told you 576 00:33:49,250 --> 00:33:52,080 she had someone else. You kissed her goodbye and you left. 577 00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:57,689 Then a short time later, some unknown, unseen person showed up and beat her to 578 00:33:57,690 --> 00:33:59,990 death. That's exactly what happened. 579 00:34:00,190 --> 00:34:02,230 Because you're incapable of murder? Yes. 580 00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:04,310 Incapable of brute force? 581 00:34:04,730 --> 00:34:06,390 Yes. I'm not a brute. 582 00:34:06,910 --> 00:34:09,550 I am a professor of Russian literature. 583 00:34:10,670 --> 00:34:11,889 I am a learned man. 584 00:34:12,090 --> 00:34:14,630 That doesn't mean you're not a savage killer. 585 00:34:14,850 --> 00:34:16,230 Objection! I am not a savage. 586 00:34:16,389 --> 00:34:21,669 I am not a wild beast. No matter what you would like these people to believe, 587 00:34:21,670 --> 00:34:26,570 matter how you see me, I am a human being and I did not kill anyone! 588 00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:46,460 The law says that I can fold my arms and stand mute. 589 00:34:46,980 --> 00:34:52,419 And if the prosecution has not proven guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, you 590 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:54,699 to acquit this man and let him go free. 591 00:34:55,159 --> 00:35:00,740 Okay. Given that, let's look at what the prosecution has proven. 592 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,700 That the defendant and the deceased were having an affair. 593 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,700 That the defendant was in the deceased's home on the day that she was killed. 594 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,130 That's it. 595 00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:14,550 None of that. 596 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:18,720 None of it proves that the defendant committed murder. 597 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:25,199 Now, the prosecution's eyewitness made her identification in the dark when she 598 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,659 was scared out of her wits. A detective who was assigned to the case testified 599 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:34,599 that it was a thief that committed the murder. And we have the unrefuted 600 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:40,819 testimony of Jacqueline Williams that Earl was at home with her at the time 601 00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:42,200 killing occurred. occurred. 602 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,599 Wouldn't it be nice if we could all go home feeling as though this horrible 603 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,040 crime had been avenged? 604 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:53,360 It would seem to resolve this tragedy if we could ignore the lack of proof, 605 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,360 declare this man guilty, and dispatch him to his fate. 606 00:35:56,740 --> 00:36:03,699 But what distinguishes us from a lynch mob, however, is that we choose to 607 00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,340 do that which is just over that which is easy. 608 00:36:07,660 --> 00:36:09,960 I don't know who killed Nina Corey. 609 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:16,099 But I do know in my heart that this man did not. The police department and the 610 00:36:16,100 --> 00:36:20,699 district attorney's office, in their desperation to solve a crime, have 611 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:22,020 a runaway train. 612 00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:29,020 I beg you, ladies and gentlemen, I beg you to stop it. 613 00:36:46,380 --> 00:36:47,430 Earl Williams. 614 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:51,100 We know he's a liar. He lied to protect himself. 615 00:36:52,260 --> 00:36:57,799 He steadfastly denied having an affair with Nina Corey until we identified the 616 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,780 semen on her sheets as his. 617 00:37:00,060 --> 00:37:03,160 He denied being in her home at the time of the murder. 618 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,600 And his wife backed him up. 619 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,300 We produced an eyewitness who was positive she saw him leave. 620 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:14,340 Various friends and family members have testified to his gentleness. 621 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,830 Because that's... side of him they knew. 622 00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:21,430 We're here, ladies and gentlemen, because of another side. 623 00:37:21,810 --> 00:37:27,389 The side that only Nina Corey knew. The murderous side. The side that battered 624 00:37:27,390 --> 00:37:30,770 the life out of the girl simply because she wouldn't bow to his will. 625 00:37:31,150 --> 00:37:32,790 Did anyone see him do it? 626 00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:34,100 The answer's no. 627 00:37:35,290 --> 00:37:38,130 People seldom kill in the presence of others. 628 00:37:38,510 --> 00:37:41,590 Besides, Nina was willing to be alone with Earl. 629 00:37:42,190 --> 00:37:46,969 For nearly a year, she had been willing to give Earl anything he wanted. And 630 00:37:46,970 --> 00:37:48,910 this man wanted everything. 631 00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:53,050 He wanted his marriage, he wanted his job, and he wanted his affair. 632 00:37:53,370 --> 00:37:58,010 And no one was going to take that away, especially not some 20 -year -old girl. 633 00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:02,430 Who was she to cause him such pain? 634 00:38:03,150 --> 00:38:06,170 Who was she to back away from him? 635 00:38:07,690 --> 00:38:10,150 So this six -foot -one... 636 00:38:10,490 --> 00:38:16,870 A 190 -pound man took a baseball bat to a girl who stood 5 '2 and weighed 105. 637 00:38:18,130 --> 00:38:19,570 He shattered her legs. 638 00:38:20,090 --> 00:38:23,510 He pounded on her midsection until her insides burst. 639 00:38:24,250 --> 00:38:26,110 He crushed her skull. 640 00:38:29,310 --> 00:38:35,089 He did this, ladies and gentlemen. This man who sits before you did this. Find 641 00:38:35,090 --> 00:38:38,730 Earl Williams guilty and punish him for what he did. 642 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:42,500 You have all the proof you need. 643 00:38:54,800 --> 00:39:00,939 And I thought if the three of us sit down as reasonable men, we could 644 00:39:00,940 --> 00:39:04,100 Nice. Burke, imported oak. 645 00:39:07,180 --> 00:39:08,280 Mr. Clancy. 646 00:39:10,090 --> 00:39:13,650 Young attorneys sometimes fall victim to their passion. 647 00:39:13,990 --> 00:39:18,070 You and I should be more disposed to extol common sense. 648 00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:20,110 You're absolutely right, Doug. 649 00:39:20,950 --> 00:39:22,450 I'll give you $2 ,000. 650 00:39:22,650 --> 00:39:23,700 You see? 651 00:39:24,150 --> 00:39:25,950 You're a shrewd businessman, sir. 652 00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:29,730 But shrewdness is often the calling card of compromise. 653 00:39:30,170 --> 00:39:32,580 Don't start whacking me with proverbs, Dougie. 654 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:37,110 I told our little victim of passion here that I'd spot you two bills. 655 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,899 Now, since you're obviously not gonna bite, and since we both want it to go 656 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:45,480 away, I'll bring it up to, uh, 25. 657 00:39:46,300 --> 00:39:47,350 But that's all. 658 00:39:48,460 --> 00:39:49,600 Three and you got a deal. 659 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,380 Done. With a signed release today. 660 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:52,610 No. 661 00:39:52,700 --> 00:39:55,300 Jonathan. No. Her medical bills were almost 800. 662 00:39:55,301 --> 00:39:58,939 Jonathan. She's my client, Douglas. I'm not gonna let her go for this. You'll do 663 00:39:58,940 --> 00:39:59,990 what I tell you to. 664 00:40:00,380 --> 00:40:02,560 Douglas. Oh, gee, here he goes. 665 00:40:02,820 --> 00:40:03,870 You wanna see me go? 666 00:40:04,330 --> 00:40:08,509 You watch me go. Jonathan. This may cost us $10 ,000 to litigate, but it's going 667 00:40:08,510 --> 00:40:10,410 to cost you a lot more. Bluff away. 668 00:40:10,411 --> 00:40:11,469 No bluff. 669 00:40:11,470 --> 00:40:15,489 The complaint will be filed tomorrow, you son of a bitch. The interrogatories 670 00:40:15,490 --> 00:40:18,689 will be on your desk next week, and the depositions will start after that. 671 00:40:18,690 --> 00:40:22,809 Mr. Rollins. You're crazy. That's right, Mr. Clancy. You're going to war with 672 00:40:22,810 --> 00:40:26,989 the crazy man. I'm going to haul your fat ass up and down those steps three 673 00:40:26,990 --> 00:40:30,490 times a week for what's going to seem like the rest of your putrid life. 674 00:40:30,690 --> 00:40:32,430 Jonathan. Shut the hell up, Douglas. 675 00:40:32,910 --> 00:40:36,820 There's nothing you can say that'll stop me. I'm gonna bury this cheap bastard. 676 00:40:40,490 --> 00:40:41,990 You're gonna fire him, right? 677 00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:43,710 I wish I could. 678 00:40:44,190 --> 00:40:45,990 What do you mean, you wish you could? 679 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:48,410 You're a partner. He's an associate. 680 00:40:48,810 --> 00:40:49,860 Yes. 681 00:40:51,670 --> 00:40:53,250 But he's a valued associate. 682 00:40:53,790 --> 00:40:57,530 And I can't just terminate him. He just screamed at you, for God's sake. 683 00:40:57,810 --> 00:41:00,910 Are you gonna stand for that? The point is, Mr. Clancy... 684 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,640 He wins his cases. 685 00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:07,880 And if he's determined to litigate this, there's nothing I can do to stop him. 686 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,340 Did he fold? 687 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,080 Like a cheap umbrella. 688 00:41:24,060 --> 00:41:25,640 12 ,000. 689 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,840 What? I told you it would work. 690 00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:30,800 She'll have the check tomorrow. 691 00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:36,079 You're the greatest. Thank you. Well, the idea was good, but I must admit, 692 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:40,180 little performance really brought it home. It was sensational. 693 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,939 Just following your direction. Let's see, in a one -third contingency, the 694 00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:50,019 just made $4 ,000 for less than an hour's work. And a little old lady gets 695 00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:52,060 fair settlement for her pain. That, too. 696 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,240 Good work, Jonathan. 697 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,810 Hello? Oh, Diana, come in. 698 00:42:04,490 --> 00:42:08,230 I just wanted to tell you, your RICO memo is excellent. 699 00:42:09,430 --> 00:42:11,910 Thank you. You're doing excellent work, Diana. 700 00:42:12,610 --> 00:42:13,660 Keep it up. 701 00:42:15,390 --> 00:42:22,329 I don't quite get it. Around this office, you're so charitable and nice. 702 00:42:22,330 --> 00:42:27,490 in that class... Well, the jobs are different. 703 00:42:29,930 --> 00:42:32,510 In here, it's my function to cultivate loyalty. 704 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:38,249 But there, I have 50 minutes three times a week to push 65 people up a hill that 705 00:42:38,250 --> 00:42:39,670 isn't too much fun to climb. 706 00:42:40,170 --> 00:42:44,290 And I have to use everything I can, including scare tactics. 707 00:42:44,750 --> 00:42:48,570 I think I understood that until I became the victim. 708 00:42:48,970 --> 00:42:50,710 There was nothing personal, Diana. 709 00:42:51,830 --> 00:42:55,849 And about my trying to drive you out of here. I didn't mean that. I was feeling 710 00:42:55,850 --> 00:42:58,320 a little wounded, and I shouldn't have said that. 711 00:42:59,340 --> 00:43:03,659 The truth is, I am a little uncomfortable about an associate here 712 00:43:03,660 --> 00:43:04,710 clerk. 713 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:06,720 It's not a great precedent. 714 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:10,580 But do I disapprove of your relationship with Jonathan? 715 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,010 No. 716 00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,660 Would I be more comfortable if you didn't work here? 717 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:20,170 Absolutely not. 718 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,090 You're sure? 719 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:23,650 Extremely sure. 720 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,980 Now, get back to work. 721 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:31,090 Yes, sir. 722 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:33,970 Thank you. 723 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,780 I don't like the red thingy. 724 00:43:40,781 --> 00:43:44,019 How's everything else? Do the hot dogs measure up to your standards? 725 00:43:44,020 --> 00:43:44,919 They're okay. 726 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:46,739 I hope you saved some room for dessert. 727 00:43:46,740 --> 00:43:48,339 Oh, he's always got room for dessert. 728 00:43:48,340 --> 00:43:51,900 My dad takes me to a different place for hot dogs. 729 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:56,740 Does he? My dad has a better place for hot dogs. 730 00:43:57,780 --> 00:43:59,780 Well, you like Chinese food? 731 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,480 I hate it. 732 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,200 That's too bad, because I've got a special place for that. 733 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,660 You like Chinese food. No, I don't. I hate it. 734 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,240 It's news to me. 735 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,080 Are you my mom's boyfriend? 736 00:44:18,380 --> 00:44:19,500 Well, let's see. 737 00:44:21,140 --> 00:44:22,190 I'm a friend. 738 00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:24,850 I'm a boy. 739 00:44:25,770 --> 00:44:27,730 My dad said you were her boyfriend. 740 00:44:29,250 --> 00:44:30,690 Did he say that to you, honey? 741 00:44:30,790 --> 00:44:33,030 I heard him talking on the phone. 742 00:44:34,750 --> 00:44:36,510 Well... You made my dad cry. 743 00:44:38,310 --> 00:44:39,430 I didn't mean to. 744 00:44:39,870 --> 00:44:40,920 Well, you did. 745 00:44:41,430 --> 00:44:42,710 How did he do that, honey? 746 00:44:43,470 --> 00:44:47,410 When I told him Mr. Becker came to the house, he started to cry. 747 00:44:50,990 --> 00:44:53,460 Well, Mommy and Daddy both cry sometimes, Chloe. 748 00:44:53,530 --> 00:44:54,790 I cry sometimes, too. 749 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,760 May I go on the dragon now? 750 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,640 Do you want to go by yourself? 751 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:02,020 Yes. Sure? 752 00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:03,460 Yeah. Okay. 753 00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:13,560 He's got a lot of questions. 754 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:17,810 Me too. 755 00:45:18,340 --> 00:45:19,390 Oh, yeah? Like what? 756 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:26,290 What if at some point Randy decides to fight you in custody? 757 00:45:26,291 --> 00:45:30,849 A lawyer's professional judgment can't conflict with his personal feelings. 758 00:45:30,850 --> 00:45:34,220 A lawyer himself can't be made an issue on which you're vulnerable. 759 00:45:35,370 --> 00:45:40,589 A lawyer can't keep questioning himself because he's afraid he could be falling 760 00:45:40,590 --> 00:45:41,640 for his client. 761 00:45:43,630 --> 00:45:46,250 I think maybe you need another lawyer. 762 00:45:47,561 --> 00:45:49,209 Has 763 00:45:49,210 --> 00:45:55,989 the jury 764 00:45:55,990 --> 00:45:57,040 reached a verdict? 765 00:45:58,120 --> 00:45:59,180 We have, Your Honor. 766 00:46:13,380 --> 00:46:15,160 Will the defendant please rise? 767 00:46:21,460 --> 00:46:25,599 In the matter of the people versus Earl Williams, criminal complaint number 768 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,000 7341. 769 00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:33,439 We, the jury, find the defendant, Earl Williams, guilty of murder in the first 770 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:34,490 degree. 771 00:46:34,580 --> 00:46:39,439 We further find special circumstances to exist, namely that the murder involved 772 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,900 the infliction of extreme physical pain. 773 00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:43,430 Ms. Flanagan? 774 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:50,799 Your Honor, at this time, the people ask that the defendant be sentenced to 775 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:51,850 death. 776 00:46:54,180 --> 00:46:56,200 Members of the jury? 777 00:46:57,100 --> 00:47:01,179 We will reconvene in four weeks' time to commence with the penalty phase of this 778 00:47:01,180 --> 00:47:06,160 trial. The sole issue to be determined is whether this defendant, Earl 779 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:11,100 receives life imprisonment or death by the infliction of lethal gas. 780 00:47:11,150 --> 00:47:15,700 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0