1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:02,700 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,760 --> 00:00:06,640 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:08,550 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,410 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,470 --> 00:00:13,150 These are their stories. 6 00:00:16,510 --> 00:00:19,250 Good morning, Mrs. Hallenbeck. Time for us to... 7 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:21,420 Mrs. Hallenbeck? 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:22,690 Did they take my mother already? 9 00:00:22,750 --> 00:00:24,420 She wasn't supposed to go till 9:30. 10 00:00:24,490 --> 00:00:26,430 Must be down the hall somewhere. 11 00:00:26,490 --> 00:00:28,730 Isn't it your job to keep track of the patients? 12 00:00:28,790 --> 00:00:31,030 Your mother's around, darling. We'll find her. 13 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:39,810 Marjorie Hallenbeck, 53, Missus. 14 00:00:39,870 --> 00:00:43,320 There are two deep bruises on the torso, this one on her head. 15 00:00:43,370 --> 00:00:44,510 Caused by what? 16 00:00:44,570 --> 00:00:47,580 Looks like somebody punched her twice. She fell, hit her head. 17 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,050 ED: Which one's fatal? 18 00:00:49,110 --> 00:00:51,020 Head wound knocked her out. I doubt if it killed her. 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,890 Best guess now is internal bleeding. 20 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:54,360 How long would that take? 21 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:57,450 A minute, a day. I won't know till the autopsy. 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,790 Time of death? 23 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:03,270 Given the temperature and lack of rigor, within the last five hours. 24 00:01:03,430 --> 00:01:06,270 So she was lyin' here since 3:00 a.m., and nobody found her? 25 00:01:06,330 --> 00:01:08,830 She could've been lyin' here longer than that. 26 00:01:09,130 --> 00:01:11,270 We can't check every square inch of the place. 27 00:01:11,330 --> 00:01:12,400 What was she in for? 28 00:01:12,470 --> 00:01:14,640 Lymph node biopsy and some tests. 29 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:16,110 Anybody notify the family? 30 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:17,740 Father and daughter were here when we found the body. 31 00:01:17,810 --> 00:01:20,290 They're waiting in Mrs. Hallenbeck's room, 1284. 32 00:01:20,340 --> 00:01:22,410 Was anybody on patrol here last night? 33 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,510 Watkins. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary. 34 00:01:24,580 --> 00:01:25,960 What, he forget his glasses? 35 00:01:26,010 --> 00:01:27,760 We have excellent security. 36 00:01:27,820 --> 00:01:29,160 Yeah, so I see. 37 00:01:29,220 --> 00:01:30,490 You want to talk to Watkins? 38 00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:31,860 That would be nice. 39 00:01:32,550 --> 00:01:35,560 She comes in for a biopsy, and they manage to kill her? 40 00:01:35,620 --> 00:01:37,930 That's why they call it managed care. 41 00:02:27,310 --> 00:02:29,690 She checked herself in yesterday afternoon. 42 00:02:30,310 --> 00:02:32,290 My dad and I visited her last night. 43 00:02:33,050 --> 00:02:34,760 How could this have happened? 44 00:02:34,820 --> 00:02:36,120 What time did you leave? 45 00:02:36,450 --> 00:02:37,660 A little after 11:00. 46 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,220 Did you buy something from the gift shop at 7:42? 47 00:02:41,290 --> 00:02:43,290 No, we didn't get here till almost 9:00. 48 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,710 A couple of magazines and some candy. 49 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,240 Maybe your mother bought them? 50 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,930 Uh, I don't know. 51 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:51,370 You both came in together and left together? 52 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:52,500 Yes. 53 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:54,900 Mr. Hallenbeck, was you wife still in the solarium 54 00:02:54,970 --> 00:02:56,140 when you left her? 55 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:59,950 My dad's in shock. Did you find my mother's jewelry? 56 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,680 Wedding ring was on her finger. 57 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:04,120 Not that. The stuff that's missing. The cross, the earrings, 58 00:03:04,180 --> 00:03:05,990 the watch my dad gave her? 59 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,330 Beaten to death. Jewelry missing. 60 00:03:08,380 --> 00:03:11,390 One antique gold cross on a neck chain, 61 00:03:11,450 --> 00:03:14,400 expensive watch with her initials engraved on the back, 62 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,960 and a pair of diamond earrings with gold filigree. 63 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:18,700 Mrs. Hallenbeck checked in yesterday. 64 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,760 Family says nobody but them knew she was going in. 65 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:22,700 Then start with the hospital staff. 66 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,540 LaMotte's checking them for priors. 67 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,170 There's nothin' in her room except her overnight bag, 68 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,410 a couple of magazines, and a receipt from the hospital gift shop. 69 00:03:30,670 --> 00:03:31,980 Jewelry worth a lot? 70 00:03:32,210 --> 00:03:35,750 To Bill Gates, no. To a janitor makin' 1350 an hour, 71 00:03:35,810 --> 00:03:37,790 ten, 12 grand sounds pretty good. 72 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:40,790 Well, who wears 10, 12 grand in a hospital? 73 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,490 Well, the daughter says the gold cross was an heirloom. 74 00:03:43,550 --> 00:03:45,160 Mom almost never took it off. 75 00:03:45,490 --> 00:03:48,560 Why was the victim in the solarium in the middle of the night? 76 00:03:48,820 --> 00:03:49,830 Insomnia? 77 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:50,960 We don't know when it was. 78 00:03:51,030 --> 00:03:52,530 The family they left around 11:00. 79 00:03:52,590 --> 00:03:54,300 The attack could have been any time after that. 80 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,810 Well, you said she died between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. 81 00:03:56,870 --> 00:03:58,640 M.E. at the scene differentiated between 82 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:00,540 time of attack and time of death. 83 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,340 Well, nail it down. 84 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:05,180 RODGERS: Victim had a lot of superficial bruising. 85 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:06,980 Injuries looked worse than they were. 86 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,610 What looks worse than dead? 87 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,880 (SIGHS) Somebody'd found her earlier, she wouldn't be dead. 88 00:04:10,950 --> 00:04:11,980 What killed her? 89 00:04:12,050 --> 00:04:13,150 Ruptured spleen. 90 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:14,590 How long did it take her to die? 91 00:04:14,650 --> 00:04:16,190 I won't know until I determine the clotting rate. 92 00:04:16,250 --> 00:04:17,460 (PHONE RINGING) 93 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,470 Rodgers. Yeah, right here. 94 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:25,030 Your lieutenant. 95 00:04:25,430 --> 00:04:27,370 What's that on your phone, brains? 96 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:29,570 It's egg salad maybe. 97 00:04:30,430 --> 00:04:31,840 You got another phone? 98 00:04:34,470 --> 00:04:37,140 When will you know what time Mrs. Hallenbeck was attacked? 99 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:39,880 Tomorrow morning. Maybe earlier. ED: Green. 100 00:04:39,940 --> 00:04:42,290 Right now, I gotta get a javelin out of somebody's chest. 101 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,480 All right. Yeah. What made you go into this line of work? 102 00:04:45,180 --> 00:04:46,180 Free javelins. 103 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:48,420 Okay, later. 104 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,520 LaMotte got a hit on an orderly. 105 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:53,530 Two burglary priors, and he was workin' that ward last night. 106 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:58,790 ED: Vic Fazioli? 107 00:04:58,860 --> 00:05:01,530 Hey, uh, my P.O. told me to get a job, I got a job. 108 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,340 I'm clean. You got the wrong party. 109 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:04,640 You mind if we come in? 110 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:07,070 Yeah. See, I'm leavin'. I got a date. 111 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,010 You got a date? Where you takin' her, the opera? 112 00:05:09,070 --> 00:05:10,850 It's cold outside. You might need a jacket. 113 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,250 Here, or at the precinct. 114 00:05:17,780 --> 00:05:19,920 Let's work somethin' out, okay? 115 00:05:19,980 --> 00:05:21,890 I take the stuff back, you forget about it. 116 00:05:21,950 --> 00:05:23,830 I won't do it again, I swear. 117 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:26,590 Okay, show us the jewelry and we'll consider it. 118 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,400 What jewelry? 119 00:05:29,890 --> 00:05:32,670 I'm guessin' this did not come from D'Agostino's. 120 00:05:32,790 --> 00:05:34,170 This has gotta be a first. 121 00:05:34,230 --> 00:05:35,610 Somebody stealin' hospital food. 122 00:05:36,230 --> 00:05:39,110 (CHUCKLES) Imagine that. Third conviction, 20-to-life 123 00:05:39,170 --> 00:05:42,210 for 300 pounds of Very Young Early Peas. 124 00:05:42,270 --> 00:05:44,720 Not to mention the jewelry. And the murder. 125 00:05:44,770 --> 00:05:46,010 I don't know what you guys are talkin' about. 126 00:05:46,070 --> 00:05:47,450 I'm just stockin' up for the winter. 127 00:05:47,510 --> 00:05:49,550 Yeah, you and my chipmunk. 128 00:05:49,710 --> 00:05:51,920 I thought only good boys ate their peas. 129 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,720 But I'm telling you, he was tall, 130 00:05:55,780 --> 00:05:57,760 and good-looking and great hair. 131 00:05:57,820 --> 00:05:59,090 Comin' out of Room 1284? 132 00:05:59,150 --> 00:06:00,260 Yeah. At 8:30? 133 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,360 Give or take. 134 00:06:01,420 --> 00:06:02,660 How was he dressed? 135 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,500 Expensive. In a dark gray suit, 136 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,130 a real nice tie, and a gold stick pin. 137 00:06:09,530 --> 00:06:11,370 You see the patient, Mrs. Hallenbeck? 138 00:06:11,430 --> 00:06:15,010 I... I saw a woman in a nightgown, 50, 55. That her? 139 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,710 Okay, well, she was tryin' to get rid of him. 140 00:06:17,770 --> 00:06:18,880 Look like he was botherin' her? 141 00:06:18,940 --> 00:06:20,540 No, they seemed to like each other fine. 142 00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:23,520 She just wanted him to go. I mean, maybe she had to use the john or somethin. 143 00:06:23,580 --> 00:06:25,720 Yeah, it's a cute story, Vic, but let's move on. 144 00:06:25,780 --> 00:06:27,520 Where were you after 11:00? 145 00:06:27,580 --> 00:06:30,290 Not at the hospital. I left at 9:45. 146 00:06:30,350 --> 00:06:33,130 Your time card says you punched out at 11:08. 147 00:06:33,420 --> 00:06:35,660 No, no. You see, the kitchen closes at 9:15, 148 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,530 so, 9:20, I'm down there loadin' up cans in a laundry cart. 149 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:39,800 Then what? 150 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:42,870 I rolled the cart to my van, I loaded it up, I took the cart back, 151 00:06:42,930 --> 00:06:45,910 I asked the guy to punch me out at 11:00. I left at 9:45. 152 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:47,840 Who punched you out? 153 00:06:48,870 --> 00:06:50,650 Look, I don't want to get him in trouble, okay? 154 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:52,280 You or him. Take your pick. 155 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:55,580 Curtis Brown backs up Fazioli's story. 156 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,220 He says he saw him drive off at around 9:45. 157 00:06:58,310 --> 00:07:00,190 And punched him out at 11:08? 158 00:07:00,850 --> 00:07:02,350 So it wasn't Fazioli. 159 00:07:02,420 --> 00:07:03,520 Yeah. 160 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:07,860 I can't believe this. My kid's laptop. 161 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,460 The computer company from hell sent it back without repairing it. 162 00:07:11,590 --> 00:07:13,700 I told you. Those gizmos... 163 00:07:14,130 --> 00:07:15,510 I heard you the first time. 164 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:18,640 Is there any chance Fazioli was telling the truth 165 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:21,010 about the man he saw leaving Mrs. Hallenbeck's room? 166 00:07:21,070 --> 00:07:23,050 ED: Might account for the receipt from the hospital gift shop. 167 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:26,580 So what? This Mr. X left before the family showed up. 168 00:07:26,810 --> 00:07:29,080 Left her room. May not have left the hospital. 169 00:07:29,380 --> 00:07:31,320 And then what? He hung around for two and a half hours 170 00:07:31,380 --> 00:07:32,820 so he could go back up and kill her? 171 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,420 Listen, before we figure out his itinerary, 172 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,390 why don't we find out if he exists? 173 00:07:41,220 --> 00:07:44,330 Two nights ago, right before I closed up. 174 00:07:44,390 --> 00:07:46,340 Two magazines and a Kit Kat bar? 175 00:07:46,390 --> 00:07:50,210 Phillip Greitz. He gave me the flower from his lapel. 176 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,240 Told me my husband was a lucky man, 177 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:56,480 and I told him I was a widow He gave me his card. 178 00:07:57,110 --> 00:08:00,450 "Philip Greitz, Esquire. International Patent Law." 179 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:02,380 No address or phone number. 180 00:08:02,610 --> 00:08:04,420 Everything about him said window dressing. 181 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,760 I assumed the card was part of the show. 182 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:10,260 I have no idea who he is. 183 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:11,320 Michael? 184 00:08:11,420 --> 00:08:12,450 No. 185 00:08:12,590 --> 00:08:14,830 Does the name Philip Greitz mean anything? 186 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:26,640 My father's still in shock. He can't help you. 187 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:28,040 Lisa. 188 00:08:30,210 --> 00:08:31,620 Our father has Alzheimer's. 189 00:08:31,810 --> 00:08:35,310 Michael. I know all Mom's friends. 190 00:08:35,380 --> 00:08:37,720 My brother lives in Brooklyn. He's got kids. 191 00:08:37,780 --> 00:08:38,950 He's never here. 192 00:08:39,580 --> 00:08:41,320 So you were home the night your mother died? 193 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:43,490 Yeah. My wife's parents were visiting. 194 00:08:43,550 --> 00:08:46,960 With all due respect, is it possible your mother had a special friend? 195 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,900 (SCOFFS) God knows she needed one. 196 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,200 LISA: Stop it! 197 00:08:51,890 --> 00:08:52,930 What makes you say that? 198 00:08:52,990 --> 00:08:55,340 Mom wouldn't betray my father. She wouldn't. 199 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,110 This man was seen coming out of your mother's room 200 00:08:58,170 --> 00:09:00,080 shortly before you and your father got there. 201 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:01,940 And based on that, you think she was having an affair? 202 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,180 It's ridiculous. 203 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:06,850 Lisa's having a hard time accepting the situation, but she's got a point. 204 00:09:06,910 --> 00:09:08,050 How so? 205 00:09:08,110 --> 00:09:10,060 Well, between taking care of my father and keeping house, 206 00:09:10,110 --> 00:09:12,180 I don't see how my mother would have found time to have an affair. 207 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:13,620 You make her sound like such a saint. 208 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:16,290 She found time to go to that stupid support group two nights a week. 209 00:09:16,350 --> 00:09:18,390 That support group was the only thing that kept her sane, 210 00:09:18,450 --> 00:09:19,960 and you know it. 211 00:09:20,020 --> 00:09:23,430 She should have been with Dad instead of talking about him with a bunch of strangers. 212 00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:24,830 It wasn't right. 213 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:37,810 ED: Three Philip Greitzes in our database. 214 00:09:37,870 --> 00:09:39,580 One of them's too young to be our guy, 215 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,710 and the woman at the gift shop 216 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,250 didn't recognize the other two. 217 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:44,720 We found four more in the tri-state area. 218 00:09:44,780 --> 00:09:46,020 Our man's not among them. 219 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,620 What about from the other end? 220 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:50,890 Family says Mrs. Hallenbeck hasn't had much of a social life 221 00:09:50,950 --> 00:09:52,630 since her husband started goin' downhill. 222 00:09:52,690 --> 00:09:53,890 Well, she met Greitz somewhere. 223 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,430 How far gone is the husband? 224 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,670 About halfway to the vegetable patch. 225 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,970 The family's already been torn apart by Mr. Hallenbeck's condition. 226 00:10:00,030 --> 00:10:01,270 Now this. 227 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:03,500 Mrs. Hallenbeck went to an Alzheimer's support group 228 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:04,600 two evenings a week? 229 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:06,080 That's our next stop. 230 00:10:10,970 --> 00:10:12,680 Do you recognize this man? 231 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,310 Looks like Philip Greitz. He was in Marjorie's group. 232 00:10:17,380 --> 00:10:19,260 Why are you asking about him? 233 00:10:19,510 --> 00:10:20,860 Do you know where we can find him? 234 00:10:21,780 --> 00:10:24,760 You don't think he killed her? Nice man like that? 235 00:10:27,020 --> 00:10:31,560 Uh, Philip, lives at "203 East 20th Street." 236 00:10:32,660 --> 00:10:34,900 I don't think so. That's the Police Academy. 237 00:10:35,130 --> 00:10:36,470 Can we have a copy of that file? 238 00:10:37,130 --> 00:10:39,240 I suppose so. I won't be needing it anymore. 239 00:10:39,670 --> 00:10:40,670 Why not? 240 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:43,510 He dropped out about six weeks ago. Said his wife had died. 241 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:45,180 Oh. my... 242 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,880 Marjorie stopped coming to group about that same time. 243 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:53,990 Lisa Hallenbeck says her mother went out 244 00:10:54,050 --> 00:10:55,690 every Tuesday and Thursday evening, 245 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:56,850 like she was goin to the group. 246 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,520 We pulled her credit card receipts. 247 00:10:58,590 --> 00:11:01,860 The opera. Thursday night seats for the season. 1200 bucks. 248 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,570 Dinner at LeCirque 2000 every Tuesday night, six weeks in a row. 249 00:11:05,630 --> 00:11:09,340 Charges at Barneys for ties, men's dress shirts. 250 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,500 Diamond cuff links from Tiffany's. 251 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,280 Yeah, the cuff links can't be for her husband. He'd stick 'em in his ears. 252 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:15,440 These people wealthy? 253 00:11:15,500 --> 00:11:18,250 They're comfortable. Mr. Hallenbeck's on a generous pension. 254 00:11:18,310 --> 00:11:19,720 They got respectable savings. 255 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,180 Gone in 30 seconds at this rate. 256 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,660 Five weeks ago Mrs. Hallenbeck ran up $10,000 charge 257 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:29,390 to a place called Romantic Getaways. Gotta be a travel agency. 258 00:11:30,850 --> 00:11:32,960 For 10 grand, you shouldn't have to come back. 259 00:11:34,590 --> 00:11:37,230 Well, Mrs. Hallenbeck booked a luxury stateroom 260 00:11:37,290 --> 00:11:39,200 on the Queen Sophia. 261 00:11:39,330 --> 00:11:42,140 That's the flagship of the Stafford-Kensington cruise line. 262 00:11:42,230 --> 00:11:43,470 It doesn't come cheap. 263 00:11:43,530 --> 00:11:44,740 Passage for two? 264 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:45,900 She and her husband. 265 00:11:45,970 --> 00:11:47,450 Did you happen to meet Mr. Hallenbeck? 266 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:48,950 Yes, he picked up the tickets. 267 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,280 He's very friendly. We chatted. 268 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:51,480 What about? 269 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,180 Well, he saw I had on a Dolce and Gabbana, 270 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,810 so we talked about men's fashions. 271 00:11:55,740 --> 00:11:56,920 This him? 272 00:11:56,980 --> 00:11:58,010 Yes. 273 00:11:59,150 --> 00:12:00,350 What'd he do? 274 00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:02,150 You got an address for him? 275 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:04,320 Probably Gracie Mansion. 276 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,390 642 East 87th Street. 277 00:12:06,450 --> 00:12:07,800 That's the same as Mrs. Hallenbeck. 278 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,230 You want me to write that down? 279 00:12:09,290 --> 00:12:11,400 No, it's okay, we got it. Did he ever happen to come back again? 280 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:12,700 Maybe leave a phone number? 281 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:16,740 A fax. He wanted me to fax some information on the ship's activities. 282 00:12:17,530 --> 00:12:19,880 He was interested in ballroom dancing. 283 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,740 Please tell me you kept the fax number. 284 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,750 Yes, that's Mr. Greitz. He had an account here. He closed it about a week ago. 285 00:12:27,940 --> 00:12:29,110 How did he pay? 286 00:12:29,180 --> 00:12:32,590 Cash. I can't imagine why the police are looking for him. 287 00:12:32,650 --> 00:12:34,460 He is so not a criminal. 288 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,260 Did he, uh, leave you an address or a phone number? 289 00:12:38,050 --> 00:12:39,120 He was staying with a friend. 290 00:12:39,190 --> 00:12:41,830 Didn't want to tie up the phone with his personal calls. 291 00:12:41,890 --> 00:12:43,130 Very considerate of him. 292 00:12:43,190 --> 00:12:45,000 He was just the nicest man. 293 00:12:45,060 --> 00:12:47,700 So he got faxes here. Did you deliver them anywhere? 294 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:49,800 Oh, no. He picked them up. 295 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,880 He ever use your fax for outgoing? 296 00:12:52,130 --> 00:12:54,810 Uh, wouldn't that be privileged? 297 00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:56,940 Uh, no. 298 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:02,520 I don't know anyone named Philip Greitz. 299 00:13:02,580 --> 00:13:05,250 Maybe you never met him. He sent you a couple of faxes. 300 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:07,660 This looks like Eric. 301 00:13:08,820 --> 00:13:10,230 There must be some mistake. 302 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,960 What's Eric's last name? 303 00:13:12,020 --> 00:13:15,230 DeChagas. So why are you calling him Philip Greitz? 304 00:13:15,290 --> 00:13:17,330 What does Mr. DeChagas do? 305 00:13:17,860 --> 00:13:20,700 He imports antiques and fine art from Europe and Asia. 306 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,500 All right. Can you tell us how you met Mr. DeChagas? 307 00:13:23,870 --> 00:13:26,810 My husband had cancer. I went to a support group. 308 00:13:26,870 --> 00:13:30,610 And Mr. DeChagas was there because his wife was dying of cancer? 309 00:13:30,740 --> 00:13:32,480 That's right. At Sloan-Kettering. 310 00:13:33,210 --> 00:13:34,450 What is this about? 311 00:13:34,710 --> 00:13:37,020 (SIGHS) Mrs. Wynnick, we think that this man 312 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,580 preys on wealthy women in support groups. 313 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:41,590 Oh, no, that's not possible. 314 00:13:41,650 --> 00:13:45,150 You have no idea how kind Eric is, and generous. 315 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,230 Otherwise, why would he have given me this watch? 316 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:52,300 Does that watch have the initials M.H. engraved on the back? 317 00:13:52,990 --> 00:13:56,640 Why, yes. It was his mother's. Her name was Mary Helen. 318 00:13:57,500 --> 00:13:59,210 Well, I hope you've got another one, 319 00:13:59,270 --> 00:14:01,370 because that one was stolen off a corpse. 320 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,250 Lisa Hallenbeck ID'd the watch as her mother's, 321 00:14:05,310 --> 00:14:07,510 but there's no prints on it except for Mrs. Wynnick's. 322 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:08,950 And I take it there wasn't any 323 00:14:09,010 --> 00:14:10,750 Mrs. DeChagas at Sloan-Kettering? 324 00:14:10,810 --> 00:14:13,120 Big surprise. This guy's good. 325 00:14:13,310 --> 00:14:14,990 His trail's colder than dead. 326 00:14:15,150 --> 00:14:16,720 Well, there can't be more than a thousand 327 00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:19,160 support groups in New York City, gentlemen. 328 00:14:21,820 --> 00:14:25,700 Oh, yes, certainly I know him. This is Dr. Gary Kennit. 329 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:26,930 Doctor this time. 330 00:14:26,990 --> 00:14:28,940 Are you sure? Because we've talked to a lot of people 331 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,380 who think that maybe they might have seen him somewhere, sometime... 332 00:14:32,430 --> 00:14:35,780 I've never had a member so supportive of the other poor souls. 333 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,220 You don't forget a man like Gary. 334 00:14:38,270 --> 00:14:39,650 Why are you looking for him? 335 00:14:39,710 --> 00:14:41,480 The Mayor wants to give him a medal. 336 00:14:41,540 --> 00:14:42,990 What night does he come here? 337 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,220 Oh, he hasn't come for a few weeks now. 338 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:49,090 He, uh, called to tell me that his wife had passed on, 339 00:14:49,150 --> 00:14:50,890 and to thank me for my help. 340 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,160 What address did he give you? 341 00:14:52,220 --> 00:14:53,530 No address. 342 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:56,960 Any of the women members go missing in the last few weeks? 343 00:14:57,030 --> 00:14:59,700 Well, Gloria Blumberg's been absent. 344 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,470 We'll take her address. 345 00:15:02,260 --> 00:15:04,830 Guy's juggling at least three lady friends. 346 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:06,900 Must be putting somethin' extra in his tank. 347 00:15:06,970 --> 00:15:08,280 Jealous? 348 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,950 You think true love can't happen twice, but then it does. 349 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,580 It's amazing. 350 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,750 That mean you're still seeing Dr. Kennit? 351 00:15:18,810 --> 00:15:20,290 Of course. 352 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,550 What is it you want to talk to him about? 353 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:24,430 We think he has some information for us. 354 00:15:24,490 --> 00:15:25,760 Do you know where we can reach him? 355 00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:28,560 I'm afraid he's somewhere over the Atlantic right now. 356 00:15:29,290 --> 00:15:33,140 It's so tragic. First his wife dies, 357 00:15:33,190 --> 00:15:36,110 then his brother gets killed in a car accident outside of Paris. 358 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,580 I bet you paid his airfare. 359 00:15:37,630 --> 00:15:39,370 Oh, poor man. 360 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,480 He'd maxed out his credit cards. 361 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:42,710 ED: First class? 362 00:15:42,770 --> 00:15:45,010 Of course. He'll pay me back. 363 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:46,280 BRISCOE: What airline? 364 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:47,940 British Airways to Paris. 365 00:15:48,010 --> 00:15:49,180 What time was the flight? 366 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:51,790 Uh, four hours ago. 367 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:56,650 Yeah. Thank you, very much. He never got on the plane. 368 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:58,660 He's traded his ticket for one to St. Kitts. 369 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,430 Sure. No passport requirements, no extradition treaty. 370 00:16:01,490 --> 00:16:04,160 And a plane that doesn't leave for an hour and a half. 371 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:07,970 May I help you? 372 00:16:08,030 --> 00:16:09,410 We'll be discreet. 373 00:16:13,130 --> 00:16:14,240 Mr. Greitz? 374 00:16:16,070 --> 00:16:17,740 I'm sorry, I'm Dr. Kennit. 375 00:16:17,810 --> 00:16:20,220 And about 17 other people. Is this your bag? 376 00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:21,540 Yes, it is. 377 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:23,080 You mind if we look in it? 378 00:16:23,380 --> 00:16:24,650 Gary, what's this about? 379 00:16:24,710 --> 00:16:26,350 Ma'am, would you excuse us for a minute? 380 00:16:26,580 --> 00:16:27,990 Well, I... 381 00:16:28,650 --> 00:16:29,790 Did I hear a yes? 382 00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:31,330 What happens if I say no? 383 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:33,230 Pretty much the same as if you say yes. 384 00:16:33,290 --> 00:16:34,630 Then go ahead. 385 00:16:41,930 --> 00:16:43,500 My late wife's jewelry. 386 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:45,440 Uh-huh. Minus the watch. 387 00:16:45,670 --> 00:16:48,610 You're under arrest for the murder of Marjorie Hallenbeck. 388 00:16:48,670 --> 00:16:50,550 You have the right to remain silent. 389 00:16:50,610 --> 00:16:54,380 You also have the right to an attorney unless you actually are one. 390 00:17:00,550 --> 00:17:02,390 He refuses to tell us his real name, Your Honor, 391 00:17:02,450 --> 00:17:03,860 and he doesn't have an attorney. 392 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:06,100 I've had a long day, Ms. Carmichael. 393 00:17:07,290 --> 00:17:08,700 What about his fingerprints? 394 00:17:08,860 --> 00:17:10,230 Nothing came up on the computer. 395 00:17:12,190 --> 00:17:13,430 Mr. Rumer... 396 00:17:13,630 --> 00:17:15,940 Uh, sorry, Judge. Uh, I have an appointment. 397 00:17:16,260 --> 00:17:17,800 You'll be a little late. 398 00:17:19,670 --> 00:17:21,870 Met your new client, John Doe. 399 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:25,950 Mr. Doe, I'm postponing arraignment 400 00:17:26,010 --> 00:17:28,490 until the police can determine your identity. 401 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:30,450 Until such time, I'm remanding you to custody. 402 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,860 That won't be necessary, Your Honor. 403 00:17:32,910 --> 00:17:37,490 Mr. Weiss. Do I take it you're representing our Mr. Doe? 404 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,260 May I have a moment? 405 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,440 My client's name is Raymond Quinn, 406 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:51,600 and he pleads not guilty to the charges. 407 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:54,980 He's committed no crime. I ask he be ROR'd. 408 00:17:55,070 --> 00:17:56,340 CARMICHAEL: Remand, Your Honor. 409 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:58,780 Mr. Quinn was apprehended fleeing the country. 410 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,910 He was traveling on a round-trip ticket. 411 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:03,460 Which he could have cashed in once he got to St. Kitts, 412 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:06,360 and lived happily ever after with no fear of extradition. 413 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,960 Bail is set at $500,000. 414 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,530 Judge, Mr. Quinn is virtually indigent. 415 00:18:12,590 --> 00:18:15,090 Really? Who-S paying your fees? 416 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,460 Mr. Quinn has generous friends. 417 00:18:17,530 --> 00:18:19,730 Let them pony up his bail. 418 00:18:22,330 --> 00:18:23,900 Marjorie realized it was foolish 419 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:25,600 to have her jewelry at the hospital, 420 00:18:25,670 --> 00:18:27,370 and she gave it to me for safekeeping. 421 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,920 To you instead of to her family? 422 00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:31,780 How exactly did that come about? 423 00:18:32,270 --> 00:18:34,620 A husband with Alzheimer's, a grasping daughter, 424 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,950 a son who couldn't make time to help her. 425 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,390 Is it so odd she'd rather I had it? 426 00:18:39,450 --> 00:18:42,220 So you could give it to your other lady friends. 427 00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:46,490 You told the police you left Mrs. Hallenbeck's room around 8:30 that evening. 428 00:18:46,550 --> 00:18:48,360 And I had the jewelry with me at that time, 429 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:51,630 so obviously, I didn't need to come back and kill her for it. 430 00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:54,360 CARMICHAEL: Lisa Hallenbeck says her mother had the jewelry 431 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:56,100 when she and her father were there. 432 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:57,700 That was after you say you left. 433 00:18:57,970 --> 00:18:59,100 She's mistaken. 434 00:18:59,170 --> 00:19:00,670 JACK: She's mistaken? 435 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:02,180 We're supposed to take your word for it? 436 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,550 A jury is supposed to take your word that he killed her? 437 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:05,680 Where's your evidence? 438 00:19:06,170 --> 00:19:08,280 For starters, your client's bad character. 439 00:19:08,340 --> 00:19:10,450 Maybe by your narrow-minded standards. 440 00:19:12,110 --> 00:19:13,720 I'll entertain murder two. 441 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:15,220 Not a chance. 442 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,730 Mr. Quinn romances lonely women who buy him gifts. 443 00:19:18,820 --> 00:19:20,090 I have five of them so far 444 00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:22,790 who'll testify that his passions are far from violent. 445 00:19:26,890 --> 00:19:28,310 We need to dig deeper. 446 00:19:29,500 --> 00:19:30,980 Find women who are less... 447 00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:32,200 Stupid? 448 00:19:32,270 --> 00:19:33,750 Romantic. 449 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,840 It'd also be nice to find someone beside the daughter 450 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:39,720 who can say Mrs. Hallenbeck still had her jewelry after Mr. Quinn left. 451 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:45,350 No, she just had on her wedding ring, no other jewelry. 452 00:19:45,410 --> 00:19:46,620 How can you be sure? 453 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:47,820 Because I noticed her pendant, 454 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,190 and asked her about it earlier. 455 00:19:49,250 --> 00:19:51,750 She said it was her great-grandma's and got passed down. 456 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:53,960 When you saw she wasn't wearing it later, 457 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:55,500 did you ask her where it was? 458 00:19:56,020 --> 00:19:57,470 She said it was safe. 459 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,360 You're positive about the time? 460 00:19:59,430 --> 00:20:00,570 A little before 9:00, 461 00:20:00,630 --> 00:20:02,470 just before her husband and her daughter came to visit. 462 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,600 CARMICHAEL: Mr. Hallenbeck, do you remember 463 00:20:05,670 --> 00:20:08,170 when you went to visit your wife at the hospital? 464 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,380 Yes. Lisa and I went to see her. 465 00:20:13,470 --> 00:20:14,780 Then she died. 466 00:20:16,510 --> 00:20:17,920 Yes, sir, I'm sorry. 467 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:21,290 Was she wearing her jewelry when you saw her? 468 00:20:22,420 --> 00:20:24,990 The gold cross that was handed down to her? 469 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:28,760 She loved that cross, you know. 470 00:20:28,820 --> 00:20:30,530 Wore it almost all the time. 471 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:32,270 Was she wearing it that night? 472 00:20:32,330 --> 00:20:34,670 She never would have given it to just anyone. 473 00:20:35,630 --> 00:20:37,770 Did she tell you that she gave it to someone? 474 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,480 You're pretty. 475 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:46,170 Mother would look better with hair like yours. 476 00:20:47,110 --> 00:20:48,880 His mother died 20 years ago. 477 00:20:48,940 --> 00:20:52,720 Stop interrupting. I'm talking to a pretty girl. 478 00:20:53,510 --> 00:20:54,620 Mr. Hallenbeck... 479 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,060 You're pretty... 480 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,600 Mother would look better with hair like yours. 481 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,000 He's sundowning. 482 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:05,130 I'm sorry? 483 00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:08,800 It's the sundown effect. He gets worse as the day wears on. 484 00:21:08,860 --> 00:21:11,310 It's kind of like the lights slowly goin' out. 485 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,910 Would it be better if I came back in the morning? 486 00:21:13,970 --> 00:21:15,280 You could try. 487 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,440 Did you know about your mother's affair? 488 00:21:17,710 --> 00:21:20,120 No. But I did notice a change a few weeks ago. 489 00:21:20,170 --> 00:21:21,350 She seemed lighter, 490 00:21:21,410 --> 00:21:23,890 like some weight had been lifted off her shoulders. 491 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,250 Did your sister know about your mother and Mr. Quinn? 492 00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:29,120 No, I doubt it. She'd have been after me to do something about it. 493 00:21:29,580 --> 00:21:30,960 What could she expect you to do? 494 00:21:31,020 --> 00:21:33,020 Make sure that Mom didn't run off with that man. 495 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:35,090 Make sure Lisa didn't get stuck with Dad. 496 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,500 Make sure Mom didn't fritter away their savings. 497 00:21:37,790 --> 00:21:38,930 Money was a big worry? 498 00:21:38,990 --> 00:21:40,530 Yeah, sure. 499 00:21:40,590 --> 00:21:43,170 Lisa was afraid taking care of Dad would bankrupt us. 500 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,540 And now? Did your mother have life insurance? 501 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:49,010 Yeah. Why? 502 00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:55,080 Marjorie said her daughter was having a hard time 503 00:21:55,140 --> 00:21:56,920 accepting the Alzheimer's diagnosis. 504 00:21:56,980 --> 00:21:58,850 Lisa was very close to her father. 505 00:21:59,310 --> 00:22:01,020 And how did Lisa feel about her mother? 506 00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:05,290 Well, Marjorie never said anything bad about her. 507 00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:06,590 But? 508 00:22:06,650 --> 00:22:09,400 I got the impression there was some tension between them. 509 00:22:09,460 --> 00:22:10,660 What about? 510 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:12,830 It would be a guess. 511 00:22:12,890 --> 00:22:14,200 That's fine. 512 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,870 Marjorie knew the time was coming 513 00:22:15,930 --> 00:22:18,930 when she was going to have to put her husband in a facility. 514 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,480 Well, isn't there in-home care? 515 00:22:20,530 --> 00:22:23,040 It's just too hard on the family after a while. 516 00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:27,110 A 60-year-old man whose diapers need changing, 517 00:22:27,170 --> 00:22:29,650 who can't remember who you are, 518 00:22:29,710 --> 00:22:33,210 who gets angry because he thinks you stole his tricycle... 519 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,190 The man she married was disappearing before her eyes. 520 00:22:36,250 --> 00:22:38,700 And Lisa had a problem putting Mr. Hallenbeck away? 521 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,130 Marjorie thought it would become an issue. 522 00:22:43,490 --> 00:22:46,470 So this Casanova killed her for her jewelry, 523 00:22:46,530 --> 00:22:49,510 or the daughter killed her for what exactly? 524 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:50,870 CARMICHAEL: Life insurance. 525 00:22:50,930 --> 00:22:52,570 Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 526 00:22:52,630 --> 00:22:55,110 split equally between Michael and Lisa Hallenbeck. 527 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:56,550 Big policy. 528 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:59,110 She upped it after the husband was diagnosed. 529 00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:01,380 Didn't want him to bankrupt the kids if she died. 530 00:23:01,610 --> 00:23:04,250 A woman in her 50s. Stiff premium. 531 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,830 Her son said she felt it was worth it. 532 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,220 So what are we assuming here? 533 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,590 The nurse had no reason to lie. 534 00:23:10,650 --> 00:23:13,720 She says the jewelry was gone by the time the family came to visit. 535 00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:15,800 Wrong man in custody. 536 00:23:15,860 --> 00:23:19,300 We haven't been able to find anyone who's seen any violence in Mr. Quinn. 537 00:23:20,590 --> 00:23:23,630 Lisa Hallenbeck seems unstable, 538 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:26,230 extremely attached to her father, angry at her mother. 539 00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:27,680 And don't forget about the money. 540 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:29,210 Speculation. 541 00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:31,270 Enough to cast doubt on Quinn's guilt. 542 00:23:32,570 --> 00:23:34,710 Have the police talk to Lisa Hallenbeck. 543 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:38,650 Why won't you listen? She had the jewelry on. 544 00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:41,120 Somebody killed her for it after my dad and I left. 545 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,400 Lisa, there was nobody there but you and your father. 546 00:23:46,150 --> 00:23:48,500 That's not true. There were nurses and other patients. 547 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:49,630 It could have been anybody. 548 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,500 But it wasn't just anybody. It was somebody with a motive. 549 00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,070 Tell us what happened, Lisa. 550 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,650 We went to my mother's room. 551 00:24:07,910 --> 00:24:11,410 She said, "Why don't we go sit in the solarium?" So we did. 552 00:24:12,350 --> 00:24:14,490 Is that when you noticed she wasn't wearing her jewelry? 553 00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:16,020 Yes. 554 00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:18,190 Did you ask her about it? 555 00:24:18,350 --> 00:24:19,850 She said she'd taken it off and put it 556 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,630 in the nightstand drawer in her room. 557 00:24:22,590 --> 00:24:24,760 I said I was going to get it and bring it home, 558 00:24:25,890 --> 00:24:27,570 and she stopped me. 559 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,940 She said she'd given it to a friend for safekeeping. 560 00:24:32,530 --> 00:24:33,840 Did you ask what friend? 561 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,180 Yes. She said it was none of my business. 562 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,780 What happened after that? 563 00:24:39,470 --> 00:24:41,420 How many times did you hit her, Lisa? 564 00:24:42,110 --> 00:24:43,880 You did hit her, didn't you? 565 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,010 We're gonna ask your father. 566 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,390 How long you think it's gonna take us to get it out of him? 567 00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:49,660 Leave him alone! He's sick! 568 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,200 Maybe you're hopin' he forgot. 569 00:24:51,250 --> 00:24:53,030 You son of a bitch, stop it! 570 00:24:53,090 --> 00:24:55,230 We'll stop it when you tell us what happened. 571 00:24:55,290 --> 00:24:57,290 All right! I hit my mother, okay? 572 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:58,930 I didn't mean to kill her! 573 00:25:08,970 --> 00:25:10,350 What did you hit her with? 574 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,880 My fists. 575 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,560 (CRYING) She fell and hit her head. 576 00:25:18,610 --> 00:25:20,650 I didn't know she was still alive. 577 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,360 I would've... 578 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:27,260 I would've gotten help, but Dad was getting upset. 579 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,060 Why did you run? 580 00:25:29,620 --> 00:25:33,230 I thought about Dad. If I went to jail... 581 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,900 I'm all he has now. 582 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:42,940 So what's the charge? 583 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,070 Man one. 584 00:25:44,140 --> 00:25:45,240 Are you kidding? 585 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:47,580 Heat of the moment, unpremeditated crime of passion. 586 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,120 Not to mention the money. 587 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:50,780 And the strain of caring for her father. 588 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,050 If she intended to kill her mother, 589 00:25:52,110 --> 00:25:53,350 she wouldn't have used her fists. 590 00:25:53,410 --> 00:25:56,020 Maybe she didn't. Final autopsy report. 591 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,620 Center of one bruise, there's a darker impression. 592 00:25:58,690 --> 00:26:00,360 This says it's perfectly square. 593 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,160 Doesn't sound like any fist I ever saw. 594 00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:04,600 The M.E. say what it was? 595 00:26:04,660 --> 00:26:06,900 Just a square. Little over half an inch. 596 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:10,240 If Lisa Hallenbeck picked something up and used it as a weapon, 597 00:26:10,300 --> 00:26:11,970 man one's undercharging. 598 00:26:13,130 --> 00:26:15,080 RODGERS: It's not a blunt object somebody picked up... 599 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:17,170 (SIGHING) It's a ring. 600 00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:22,490 Sorry, oversights happen when you let the late shift do the finishing touches. 601 00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:24,820 Lisa Hallenbeck wears a small sapphire. 602 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:26,890 It'd have to be the Star of India. 603 00:26:32,490 --> 00:26:34,330 Can you get him to take his hands out of his pockets? 604 00:26:34,390 --> 00:26:35,490 Why? 605 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:36,730 We need to see his hands. 606 00:26:36,790 --> 00:26:38,060 Oh, my fingernails are dirty again. 607 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,770 They just keep getting dirty no matter what I do. 608 00:26:40,830 --> 00:26:42,170 Nice ring. 609 00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,870 It's my dad's. 610 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:46,600 Mr. Hallenbeck, we're going to have to take you down to the precinct. 611 00:26:46,670 --> 00:26:48,340 Whoa, whoa, whoa. What're you talking about? 612 00:26:48,670 --> 00:26:49,700 I'm gonna put these on you. 613 00:26:49,770 --> 00:26:51,250 It won't hurt. It's just routine. 614 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:55,150 You son of a bitch! No one told you you could touch me! 615 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:56,950 Dad! What makes you think you can... 616 00:26:57,010 --> 00:26:58,250 Dad, Dad! What are you doing? 617 00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:59,590 BRISCOE: My God... 618 00:26:59,650 --> 00:27:01,060 MICHAEL: Hey! Take it easy! 619 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:04,400 ED: You're under arrest for the murder of your wife. 620 00:27:04,450 --> 00:27:06,900 My dad says I have to be home before dark. 621 00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:08,290 ED: You have the right to remain silent. 622 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:11,060 Anything you say can and will be used against you... 623 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,000 Sole count is murder in the second degree. 624 00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:20,410 Can we get a plea, Counselor? 625 00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:22,380 On behalf of my client, not guilty. 626 00:27:22,970 --> 00:27:24,180 People on bail? 627 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,780 The defendant killed his wife in a jealous rage, Your Honor. 628 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,010 People ask remand. 629 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,580 PAULSEN: My client suffers from Alzheimer's. 630 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,320 He's not capable of the kind of premeditated assault 631 00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:33,880 Ms. Carmichael attributes to him. 632 00:27:34,110 --> 00:27:35,530 What is he capable of? 633 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:37,190 Well, like most Alzheimer's patients, 634 00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:38,790 he's prone to uncontrolled fits. 635 00:27:38,850 --> 00:27:40,390 He's irrational. 636 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:43,060 He reacts only to the crossed wires in his head. 637 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,570 I have an affidavit from Phelps at Johns Hopkins 638 00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:48,940 and scientific studies published in leading journals. 639 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,880 Planning to interpose mental disease as a defense, Ms. Paulsen? 640 00:27:53,030 --> 00:27:54,670 That would be premature at this time. 641 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,910 Then, save it for the trial judge. 642 00:27:57,970 --> 00:28:00,610 Until then, the defendant doesn't look like 643 00:28:00,670 --> 00:28:02,680 he's going anywhere, Ms. Carmichael. 644 00:28:03,810 --> 00:28:06,790 Bail is set at 150,000. 645 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,350 His wife was having an affair. 646 00:28:10,420 --> 00:28:12,830 She and the daughter had a tiff about it in front of him. 647 00:28:12,890 --> 00:28:14,520 Did he grasp what was going on? 648 00:28:14,590 --> 00:28:17,130 We were hoping you could tell us. 649 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,570 Where was the daughter while he was killing her mother? 650 00:28:19,790 --> 00:28:23,000 She says she went to her mother's room to look for the jewelry. 651 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,170 A nurse confirmed seeing her in the hallway. 652 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,440 How long was she gone? 653 00:28:26,500 --> 00:28:28,070 Four or five minutes. 654 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:29,610 And it was all over when she got back? 655 00:28:29,670 --> 00:28:31,150 All but the dying. 656 00:28:31,470 --> 00:28:35,110 So, for all you know, Mr. Hallenbeck thought his wife was an alien demon. 657 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,920 We're not trying to rail road him, Emil. We just need to know. 658 00:28:38,910 --> 00:28:41,390 Alzheimer's patients have good days and bad days. 659 00:28:41,450 --> 00:28:43,220 Good days, they're almost normal. 660 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:44,890 Bad days... 661 00:28:45,490 --> 00:28:46,990 What were the injuries to the victim? 662 00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:51,730 These bruises on her arms indicate he grabbed her from behind. 663 00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:54,440 Two hard punches to the solar plexus... 664 00:28:54,490 --> 00:28:56,030 So he must have spun her around. 665 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,270 She went down, hit her head on the corner of the table. 666 00:28:59,330 --> 00:29:00,470 Happened fast. 667 00:29:00,730 --> 00:29:02,580 Were there any other injuries after she was on the floor? 668 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,880 No. The attack stopped. 669 00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:05,580 So much for the uncontrolled fit. 670 00:29:06,210 --> 00:29:08,710 Maybe. What'd he do after? 671 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:10,280 Did he panic? Did he try to get help? 672 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:11,650 We don't know. 673 00:29:11,710 --> 00:29:13,020 Well, then I'm sorry, I can't help you 674 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,190 unless I can get a sit-down with Mr. Hallenbeck. 675 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:16,990 I'll talk to his lawyer and arrange it. 676 00:29:19,220 --> 00:29:20,460 (SIGHS) 677 00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:25,470 I was at the hospital. Marjorie was there. 678 00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:28,430 And your daughter? 679 00:29:29,630 --> 00:29:33,810 Lisa wanted to know about the jewelry. 680 00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:36,240 Boy, was she mad. 681 00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:38,850 What about you? Were you mad? 682 00:29:39,170 --> 00:29:42,620 She said she deserved some happiness. 683 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,120 Who did? 684 00:29:49,550 --> 00:29:52,330 Your wife was happy with somebody else. Were you jealous? 685 00:29:54,050 --> 00:29:56,000 Do you know where they'll put me? 686 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,600 I have some problems, you know. 687 00:29:59,530 --> 00:30:00,970 What kind of problems? 688 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:03,670 I keep forgetting things. 689 00:30:03,730 --> 00:30:05,070 (SIGHS) 690 00:30:05,330 --> 00:30:06,970 Does that frighten you? 691 00:30:12,870 --> 00:30:14,320 Why did you hit your wife? 692 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,720 She gave the watch to her boyfriend. 693 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,590 It was her watch, wasn't it? 694 00:30:20,810 --> 00:30:22,450 I gave her that watch! 695 00:30:23,650 --> 00:30:27,290 She gave it to some damn bastard gigolo! 696 00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:30,430 She had no right! Supposed to be with me! 697 00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:31,660 Take care of me! 698 00:30:41,370 --> 00:30:43,580 After you hit her, did you go for help? 699 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,080 No. 700 00:30:50,610 --> 00:30:51,820 (SIGHS) 701 00:30:52,580 --> 00:30:57,460 I, uh, left the room. 702 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,500 Lisa was standing in the hallway. 703 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,100 Did you ask her to go for help? 704 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,200 I didn't. 705 00:31:14,130 --> 00:31:15,940 I just told her that... 706 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:21,480 I want to go home. 707 00:31:29,450 --> 00:31:31,190 Skoda says Mr. Hallenbeck understood 708 00:31:31,250 --> 00:31:32,820 what was happening in the solarium. 709 00:31:32,890 --> 00:31:34,520 He knew his wife was seeing another man. 710 00:31:34,590 --> 00:31:36,630 So he was sane at the time of the killing. 711 00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:38,830 Is he fit to stand trial? 712 00:31:38,890 --> 00:31:42,140 In Skoda's opinion, he's in the intermediate stages of the disease. 713 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,200 It could be as much as eight to 10 years before he's incompetent. 714 00:31:45,270 --> 00:31:47,750 Jury's gonna see a pathetic old man with Alzheimer's. 715 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,040 Make a deal. 716 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,050 JACK: Man one, six-to-12. 717 00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:56,210 No jail time. 718 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,510 Misdemeanor assault? Not possible. 719 00:31:58,580 --> 00:32:00,460 It was unpremeditated. 720 00:32:00,980 --> 00:32:02,320 I talked to both the children. 721 00:32:02,380 --> 00:32:04,380 Mr. Hallenbeck was a controlling man 722 00:32:04,450 --> 00:32:06,120 long before he got Alzheimer's. 723 00:32:06,190 --> 00:32:07,390 Everything had to be done his way. 724 00:32:07,450 --> 00:32:11,130 I've talked to them, too. He was never violent, never physically abusive. 725 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,070 Did you read Dr. Skoda's report? 726 00:32:13,260 --> 00:32:14,430 There's nothing new. 727 00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:16,030 Read it again. 728 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:20,010 Skoda says Hallenbeck was capable of lucid rage, 729 00:32:20,070 --> 00:32:22,310 and was rational at the time of the attack. 730 00:32:23,540 --> 00:32:24,910 Man one, or we go to trial. 731 00:32:24,970 --> 00:32:26,920 Assume you convince a jury, 732 00:32:26,970 --> 00:32:28,180 where you going to put him? 733 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:29,410 State prison. 734 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,580 Where he'll be at the mercy of every maggot in the system. 735 00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:34,420 All prisons in the State of New York have a hospital ward. 736 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:36,830 I'll give you the benefit of the doubt 737 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,950 and assume you've never seen one. 738 00:32:39,020 --> 00:32:43,200 In the meantime, here's some, uh, light lifting. 739 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,700 What's this? 740 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,040 Motion to dismiss in the interests of justice. 741 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,700 On what basis? 742 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,140 The Eighth Amendment. 743 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,510 Putting an Alzheimer's patient in a prison hospital ward 744 00:32:53,570 --> 00:32:55,980 is tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment. 745 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,240 Seems like a stretch. 746 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,850 Well, what do they do with Alzheimer's patients in prison? 747 00:33:05,810 --> 00:33:09,190 Whatever it is, I can't see how it could be cruel or unusual. 748 00:33:10,250 --> 00:33:13,720 We're underfunded, understaffed, and overcrowded... 749 00:33:13,850 --> 00:33:15,490 We have no Alzheimer's specialists, 750 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,360 and we're not likely to get one. 751 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,100 Alzheimer's patients need to be in familiar surroundings 752 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:22,700 with people who care about them. 753 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,400 Here, they have no contact with their families, 754 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:29,380 no one who has one-on-one time for them, no privacy. 755 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,710 You have any Alzheimer's cases here now? 756 00:33:31,770 --> 00:33:33,810 Eleven, with more on the way. 757 00:33:33,870 --> 00:33:38,050 I've been trying for months to get them moved someplace more appropriate. 758 00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:41,950 Try to understand. We're really doing the best we can. 759 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,600 (PEOPLE SHOUTING) 760 00:33:46,390 --> 00:33:48,700 It's revolting, Jack. 761 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,260 You walk in, and the stench knocks you back six feet. 762 00:33:52,790 --> 00:33:55,800 There's screaming and babbling. 763 00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:58,430 It's like you've entered the fourth circle of hell. 764 00:33:59,470 --> 00:34:02,450 There are a dozen men strapped down to beds, 765 00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:05,310 wearing nothing but dirty diapers. 766 00:34:05,540 --> 00:34:09,680 Half of them are crying, and the others are spouting gibberish... 767 00:34:10,940 --> 00:34:13,820 There are two nurses and three orderlies per shift. 768 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,430 It's the most appalling place I've ever seen. 769 00:34:18,290 --> 00:34:19,560 Where are the doctors? 770 00:34:19,620 --> 00:34:22,360 A doctor comes by once a week. 771 00:34:22,420 --> 00:34:24,100 And for some kinds of emergencies, 772 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,900 a psychiatrist wanders through there once a month 773 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,130 if they're lucky. 774 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,100 What would this kind of setting do to Mr. Hallenbeck? 775 00:34:32,170 --> 00:34:35,640 Sixty-year-old man in diapers chained to his bed, 776 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:39,650 with no privacy, no dignity, nobody with time to take care of him? 777 00:34:40,140 --> 00:34:41,310 What do you think? 778 00:34:41,610 --> 00:34:43,780 And if he's found not guilty by reason of insanity? 779 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,620 Then the options improve. 780 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,590 Better facilities, more personnel. 781 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,690 More humane all around. 782 00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:52,590 Prison wards aren't deliberately inhumane. 783 00:34:52,650 --> 00:34:54,100 I'm not blaming the Department of Correction. 784 00:34:54,150 --> 00:34:57,290 Things are just marginally better on the outside. 785 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:03,970 But 20 years from now, when the baby boomers reach their golden years... 786 00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:07,570 We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg. 787 00:35:08,470 --> 00:35:09,470 Good luck. 788 00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:13,010 Thanks for the editorial. Now, how about a solution? 789 00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:15,410 Good luck. 790 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,990 We should let Hallenbeck take the insanity plea 791 00:35:20,050 --> 00:35:21,680 and send him somewhere livable. 792 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:23,790 He isn't legally insane. 793 00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:26,200 And he did commit homicide. 794 00:35:26,250 --> 00:35:27,930 Unpremeditated. 795 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:30,770 I'm not talking about letting him go. 796 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:34,030 You didn't see this place. You have no idea. 797 00:35:34,260 --> 00:35:36,800 Do I hear a soft side scratching toward the light? 798 00:35:36,860 --> 00:35:37,900 Jack... 799 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,470 I don't see a way out, Abbie. 800 00:35:41,500 --> 00:35:44,240 But if you think you can work something out, be my guest. 801 00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:50,440 CARMICHAEL: One option might be a determinate sentence 802 00:35:50,510 --> 00:35:53,290 to be served in some kind of halfway house. 803 00:35:53,550 --> 00:35:54,690 PAULSEN: How much time? 804 00:35:54,750 --> 00:35:55,890 Six years. 805 00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:57,390 A halfway house? What does that mean? 806 00:35:57,450 --> 00:35:58,900 Would he just have to sleep there? 807 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:03,860 No. He'd be subject to the same rules as if he was in prison. 808 00:36:04,190 --> 00:36:06,640 No, no. Dad has to be at home with me. 809 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,230 I told you what I want. They're not taking him away from me. 810 00:36:11,530 --> 00:36:12,530 Next option? 811 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,170 We're trying to work out a humane situation here. 812 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,250 It's already on the table. You don't oppose his insanity plea. 813 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,240 Even though he was legally sane? 814 00:36:20,410 --> 00:36:21,910 That's neither here nor there. 815 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:23,510 Incarceration is not an option. 816 00:36:23,580 --> 00:36:25,720 Why? Because he's old and pitiful? 817 00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:29,360 Send him where you send everybody else who kills people. 818 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,620 Why should he rate all this consideration? 819 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,430 Michael, Dad can hear you. 820 00:36:33,490 --> 00:36:37,800 I don't care, Lisa. I am so sick and tired of making excuses for him. 821 00:36:38,220 --> 00:36:40,930 He never gave a damn about Mom or me or you. 822 00:36:40,990 --> 00:36:44,130 And she finally takes one step away from him, and he kills her. 823 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:45,540 You never liked him. 824 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,440 You always took Mom's side. 825 00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:50,310 He didn't mean to kill her, and he had every right to be mad. 826 00:36:50,370 --> 00:36:52,710 He's a jerk, and he's never been anything but. 827 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:59,420 He deprived my kids of a grandmother that they needed and loved. 828 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,120 And you want to deprive them of a grandfather. 829 00:37:01,180 --> 00:37:02,890 Wake up, Lisa. 830 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,630 If you think I would ever let him near my kids again, you've lost your mind! 831 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:10,830 Okay, if the law says that he's sane, 832 00:37:10,890 --> 00:37:13,390 your shrink says that he's competent, 833 00:37:13,460 --> 00:37:16,460 why are we here, huh? What's the problem? 834 00:37:17,500 --> 00:37:19,770 What the hell's the matter with you people? 835 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:24,740 Compassion? 836 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,810 If he weren't sick, I'd say fry him. 837 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,780 They're all sick, one way or another. 838 00:37:30,110 --> 00:37:31,560 What makes him different? 839 00:37:31,610 --> 00:37:34,420 Well, let's see. Oh, yeah. Alzheimer's. 840 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,250 Abbie, you tried. 841 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,090 The daughter refuses to let go. 842 00:37:38,350 --> 00:37:39,920 What do you want to do? 843 00:37:40,290 --> 00:37:41,700 Sleep on it. 844 00:37:43,290 --> 00:37:45,740 Shall I tell you again what the prison ward is like? 845 00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:47,000 We'll factor it in, Abbie, 846 00:37:47,060 --> 00:37:49,400 but we're not basing our decision on that alone. 847 00:37:50,130 --> 00:37:51,940 All right, it's been a long day. 848 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:00,990 Should've gone to Sing Sing yourself. 849 00:38:06,910 --> 00:38:09,420 The conditions under which a prisoner is forced to live, 850 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,190 whether in prison or hospital, 851 00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,560 cannot violate the Constitutional ban 852 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:15,360 on cruel and unusual punishment. 853 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,560 Whether those conditions are the product of 854 00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:19,230 design or neglect doesn't matter. 855 00:38:19,290 --> 00:38:23,540 The mere existence of intolerable, inhuman circumstances 856 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,080 triggers the ban. 857 00:38:25,130 --> 00:38:28,110 If convicted, my client will be forced into a prison system 858 00:38:28,170 --> 00:38:30,310 that cannot provide the care he needs. 859 00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:34,040 Worse, once his disease fully overwhelms his faculties, 860 00:38:34,110 --> 00:38:37,280 he will be housed in such execrable conditions 861 00:38:37,340 --> 00:38:40,810 as to hasten not only his mental and physical deterioration, 862 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,950 but his death under appalling circumstances. 863 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,560 Whatever his transgressions, nobody deserves such a fate. 864 00:38:48,490 --> 00:38:50,970 There's a time for justice and a time for mercy. 865 00:38:51,890 --> 00:38:55,340 The Criminal Procedure Law provides for the dismissal of charges 866 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:59,040 even where the elements of the crime are not in dispute 867 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:02,010 in certain cases in the interest of justice. 868 00:39:03,170 --> 00:39:04,910 This is such a case. 869 00:39:11,110 --> 00:39:16,030 The Eighth Amendment does not prohibit capital punishment, 870 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,030 or solitary confinement, or hard labor. 871 00:39:20,450 --> 00:39:24,830 As long as the punishment is not meant to inflict pain for pain's sake, 872 00:39:24,890 --> 00:39:27,200 the Eighth Amendment doesn't apply. 873 00:39:27,260 --> 00:39:31,040 Mr. Hallenbeck will receive the same punishment as other prisoners. 874 00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:33,270 The same food, 875 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:36,210 he will share the same living conditions, 876 00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:38,650 and get the same level of medical care. 877 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,080 Mr. Hallenbeck is the victim of a terrible disease. 878 00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,880 He faces a grim future in prison, 879 00:39:47,350 --> 00:39:49,850 but it's a future largely of his own making. 880 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:54,130 He was sane when he killed his wife in a fit of jealous rage. 881 00:39:54,390 --> 00:39:56,390 He's responsible for his crime, 882 00:39:56,460 --> 00:39:58,800 and he's responsible for his punishment. 883 00:39:59,290 --> 00:40:04,210 Instead, he wants this court to excuse his brutal act. 884 00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:09,610 But society and the law demands punishment for murder. 885 00:40:09,870 --> 00:40:13,650 It was wrong of Mr. Hallenbeck to kill his wife 886 00:40:13,710 --> 00:40:16,120 just because he felt sorry for himself. 887 00:40:17,610 --> 00:40:22,680 And it would be wrong for this court to turn a blind eye to his crime 888 00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:25,550 just because we feel sorry for him. 889 00:40:35,860 --> 00:40:40,570 I find the application of Charles Hallenbeck for dismissal of the charge 890 00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:43,610 of murder in the second degree is not without merit. 891 00:40:44,570 --> 00:40:47,610 Mr. Hallenbeck is facing that dark night, 892 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:50,120 which in some ways is worse than death. 893 00:40:50,180 --> 00:40:53,120 By the nature of his condition, he will face it alone. 894 00:40:53,950 --> 00:40:57,090 That being said, I cannot determine that 895 00:40:57,150 --> 00:41:01,460 subjecting Mr. Hallenbeck to atrial and possible conviction 896 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:04,430 is violative of the Constitutional prohibition 897 00:41:04,490 --> 00:41:06,160 against cruel and unusual punishment. 898 00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:11,140 At this time, he is of sufficiently sound mind to assist his attorney, 899 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,840 and to understand the nature of the proceedings against him. 900 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:15,210 The motion is denied. 901 00:41:21,170 --> 00:41:22,350 McCoy. 902 00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:26,450 If Mr. Hallenbeck doesn't want to go through a trial... 903 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:29,860 I'm willing to knock it down, 904 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,360 but he has to do some prison time. 905 00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:34,790 You offered time in a halfway house. 906 00:41:34,890 --> 00:41:36,770 Yes. Six years. 907 00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:40,070 That's not fair. If he hadn't gotten sick, then... 908 00:41:40,130 --> 00:41:42,570 Lisa, please. It's all over. 909 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:49,910 (SIGHS) We'll take it. 910 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:01,360 We were at the hospital... 911 00:42:03,150 --> 00:42:09,000 My wife was, uh, was telling my daughter about the jewelry. 912 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:14,400 Mr. Hallenbeck? 913 00:42:15,530 --> 00:42:17,870 Is it August already? 914 00:42:18,700 --> 00:42:20,040 Hot in the summer. 915 00:42:21,530 --> 00:42:23,140 Will the People inquire? 916 00:42:28,070 --> 00:42:30,990 Mr. Hallenbeck, in the hospital, 917 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:35,460 did you punch your wife with your fists? 918 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:40,530 Yeah, I did that. 919 00:42:40,590 --> 00:42:41,590 Why? 920 00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:46,530 She didn't want me anymore. 921 00:42:47,990 --> 00:42:51,270 Oh, I'm a sick old man. 922 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,130 (CRYING) She didn't want me. 923 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:55,140 Is that why you killed her? 924 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,180 You were angry that she might leave you? 925 00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:02,510 She had no right. I needed her. 926 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,380 I needed her! 927 00:43:09,750 --> 00:43:12,060 The plea is satisfactory to the People. 928 00:43:12,890 --> 00:43:18,060 Mr. Hallenbeck, in accordance with the terms of your plea agreement, 929 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:22,100 you are hereby sentenced to a term of six-to-12 years 930 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,840 and remanded to the custody of the Department of Correction. 931 00:43:34,970 --> 00:43:36,680 I have to go away now. 932 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,860 Lost her father twice. Lousy deal all around. 933 00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,110 The law went as far as it could. 934 00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,670 Lisa Hallenbeck wanted all or nothing. 935 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,900 One day, we might all wish we had a kid like that.