1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,640 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:06,580 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,480 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:11,310 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,370 --> 00:00:12,820 These are their stories. 6 00:00:14,410 --> 00:00:15,680 Yeah, great. 7 00:00:15,740 --> 00:00:17,850 Hey, it's not my fault that your friends are so hung over 8 00:00:17,910 --> 00:00:19,360 they can't get up this early. 9 00:00:19,410 --> 00:00:21,290 It was your sister's party. 10 00:00:24,650 --> 00:00:28,290 See that? That's why I won't bring the car up the night before. 11 00:00:28,690 --> 00:00:29,960 Steve... 12 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,270 They popped the trunk. 13 00:00:31,330 --> 00:00:32,670 No, look. 14 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:38,740 Car's registered to a Dorothy Graham. 6-11 East 87th. 15 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:40,640 Long walk home. 16 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:43,480 Looks like they got the hood ornament. 17 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:46,080 OFFICER: Faculty sticker. I checked with the registrar. 18 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:47,620 Turns out she's a grad student. 19 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,210 She's gonna be a couple of credits shy. 20 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:50,620 What about witnesses? 21 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,420 Couple of units canvassed this morning. 22 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:53,960 No one saw anything, but a bunch of people 23 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,120 heard some car alarms going off around 11:30 last night. 24 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:57,860 I want any complaint reports on those. 25 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:58,960 You got it. Thanks. 26 00:00:59,020 --> 00:01:00,800 Looks like strangulation. 27 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:02,490 Petechial hemorrhaging around her eyes. 28 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,940 But whatever they used didn't leave much bruising around her neck. 29 00:01:04,990 --> 00:01:06,400 ED: So no sign of struggle, then? 30 00:01:06,460 --> 00:01:08,170 The hands are clean, fingernails. 31 00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:10,370 No scuff marks on the heels of her shoes. 32 00:01:10,430 --> 00:01:12,240 She was killed somewhere else. That'd be my guess. 33 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:13,640 We're thinking, what, robbery? 34 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,770 CSU OFFICER: There's no purse. Coat's gone, too. 35 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,940 You guys get a shot of this? CSU OFFICER: Yeah. 36 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:21,040 Doesn't look like they finished what they started. 37 00:01:21,110 --> 00:01:22,950 They sure finished her. 38 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:16,100 Please have Lucy call her father as soon as possible. 39 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:18,440 Dr. Graham. 40 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,770 It's very important. 41 00:02:21,970 --> 00:02:23,920 Yes, that's right. 42 00:02:24,740 --> 00:02:26,240 Thank you. 43 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:32,660 I guess I should also call my father and sister. 44 00:02:32,710 --> 00:02:34,390 We're sorry to intrude. We just need a few minutes 45 00:02:34,450 --> 00:02:36,260 to run some things down with you. 46 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,590 Of course. 47 00:02:37,650 --> 00:02:41,260 Uh, the last time you saw your wife was when? 48 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,740 Yesterday morning, before she went to class. 49 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:46,340 BRISCOE: She was a graduate student? 50 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,740 In the Sociology Department. 51 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,800 Dorothy was going for her Masters. 52 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:52,870 ED: You didn't speak with her during the day? 53 00:02:52,930 --> 00:02:55,280 No, I'm with patients until 4:00. 54 00:02:55,970 --> 00:02:58,470 On Fridays, Dorothy generally went to the library 55 00:02:58,540 --> 00:03:00,180 to work on her thesis. 56 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:02,390 Where'd you go after your last patient? 57 00:03:02,810 --> 00:03:04,650 I play racquetball on Friday evenings. 58 00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:06,820 I just came straight home. 59 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,660 ED: What time was that? 60 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:11,260 Around 7:00. 61 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:12,870 Anybody see you come in? 62 00:03:13,190 --> 00:03:15,830 The doorman was helping someone with packages. 63 00:03:16,430 --> 00:03:18,700 I just picked up our mail and came straight upstairs. 64 00:03:18,930 --> 00:03:20,100 And your wife wasn't here? 65 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,000 Look, I assumed she was at the library. 66 00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:24,840 When she didn't return home by 7:30, I got concerned. 67 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:27,140 ED: And that's when you called the precinct? 68 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,610 About an hour later. 69 00:03:29,670 --> 00:03:31,280 What about your marriage? 70 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:33,910 Things okay with you and Mrs. Graham? 71 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:35,920 Things were just fine. 72 00:03:36,510 --> 00:03:38,010 You're a psychologist? 73 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,490 Private practice. 74 00:03:39,550 --> 00:03:42,500 Any of your patients you think might be capable of something like this? 75 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,920 It's just basic family therapy. 76 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:49,030 Okay. 77 00:03:49,090 --> 00:03:52,600 We'll call you with any developments or questions we might have. 78 00:03:53,860 --> 00:03:55,140 My wife... 79 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,240 She wasn't touched? 80 00:04:01,970 --> 00:04:04,010 It doesn't look like that. 81 00:04:10,510 --> 00:04:12,510 Dorothy taught a 10:00 seminar. 82 00:04:12,580 --> 00:04:13,720 After that? 83 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:17,390 Uh, she usually had office hours for her students from 12:00 to 2:00. 84 00:04:17,450 --> 00:04:18,800 BRISCOE: Did you see her after that? 85 00:04:18,850 --> 00:04:20,160 Yes, about 2:30. 86 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:22,290 She was grabbing some coffee in the faculty lounge. 87 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,000 ED: Anybody with her? Not that I saw. 88 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:25,440 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 89 00:04:25,730 --> 00:04:27,170 Excuse me. 90 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,570 Green. 91 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:31,200 We're gonna want a list of anybody 92 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:33,340 who had office hours with her yesterday. 93 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,900 Sure. 94 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:38,210 Anything out of the ordinary with her lately? 95 00:04:38,270 --> 00:04:40,280 Well, Dorothy kept to herself mostly. 96 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:43,050 But there was never anything ordinary about her. 97 00:04:43,110 --> 00:04:44,220 What do you mean? 98 00:04:44,710 --> 00:04:48,060 Well, she had some pretty peculiar notions 99 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,120 about the role of women in today's society. 100 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:53,030 Most people would call them outdated. 101 00:04:53,090 --> 00:04:56,000 The stay-at-home mother, wife. That sort of thing. 102 00:04:56,060 --> 00:04:57,260 Thanks. 103 00:04:57,830 --> 00:04:59,900 Okay, thanks. We'll be in touch. 104 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,200 Complaints from those other trunk pops. 105 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:04,240 Another Friday night in Fun City. 106 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:05,570 Thank you. 107 00:05:06,130 --> 00:05:08,140 I was going to meet some friends in Brooklyn. 108 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,410 At midnight? 109 00:05:09,470 --> 00:05:11,110 This club doesn't open till 11:00. 110 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:14,420 The complaint you filed indicates you saw some people near your car? 111 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:17,150 When I came around the corner, 112 00:05:17,210 --> 00:05:19,720 four boys, teenagers. 113 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:22,690 One was going through my trunk, 114 00:05:22,750 --> 00:05:25,100 and the others were just sort of hanging out. 115 00:05:25,150 --> 00:05:27,290 I yelled. They ran. 116 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:28,560 Can you describe them? 117 00:05:29,660 --> 00:05:32,230 Kind of husky, a little shorter than me. 118 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:34,230 Hispanic, I think. 119 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:36,780 A woman was murdered in the neighborhood last night. 120 00:05:36,830 --> 00:05:38,310 You think it was these guys? 121 00:05:38,370 --> 00:05:39,640 Her trunk was popped. 122 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:41,510 Oh, my God. 123 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,980 I chased them. 124 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:47,210 Spray paint. Same colors. 125 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,220 I tried to wash it off. NG. 126 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:51,150 Dealership says I gotta paint the whole panel. 127 00:05:51,210 --> 00:05:52,780 Did you see who did it? No. 128 00:05:52,850 --> 00:05:54,760 Wife and I just went to dinner with our son. 129 00:05:54,820 --> 00:05:56,120 Goes to Hudson. Pre-med. 130 00:05:56,750 --> 00:05:58,420 When we came out, I could still smell the paint. 131 00:05:58,490 --> 00:05:59,520 And what time was that? 132 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:01,830 12:00,12:30. They broke the trunk, too. 133 00:06:01,890 --> 00:06:03,030 Anything missing? 134 00:06:03,090 --> 00:06:06,440 The hood ornament. A damn Buick, for crying out loud. 135 00:06:08,030 --> 00:06:09,910 Preliminary M.E.'s report. 136 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,740 She was killed Friday night some time before 9:00. 137 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,080 Strangulation. Probably used some type of cloth object under the chin. 138 00:06:17,140 --> 00:06:18,240 No surprise there. 139 00:06:18,310 --> 00:06:20,010 Well, maybe not. But her tox screen might 140 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,650 explain the absence of any sign of struggle. 141 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:24,350 Percocet. Pain killer. 142 00:06:24,410 --> 00:06:25,720 I wonder what hurt. 143 00:06:25,780 --> 00:06:28,120 Well, you said her husband was some kind of doctor, right? 144 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:30,250 Psychologist. Can't write script. 145 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,660 Hey, graffiti's probably not gang-related. 146 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:33,790 What, then? 147 00:06:33,860 --> 00:06:36,360 Gang Intel says it's most likely street art. 148 00:06:36,420 --> 00:06:38,560 Like to hear them call it that when it's on their car. 149 00:06:38,630 --> 00:06:40,700 They gave me the name of this gallery in the East Village. 150 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,540 They say the owner may be able to identify the work. 151 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:45,740 WOMAN: It's actually quite good. 152 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,040 ED: Can you tell us who the writer is? 153 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:50,870 Someone's obviously trying to bite the style of SENT 1. 154 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:52,110 Again, in English? 155 00:06:52,170 --> 00:06:54,880 SENT 1. S-E-N-T. 156 00:06:54,940 --> 00:06:57,290 SENT 1 was known for the Wild Style. 157 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:59,990 This is a mimic or a bite of that style. 158 00:07:00,050 --> 00:07:01,320 Wild Style? 159 00:07:01,380 --> 00:07:05,730 Wild Style letterforms bend and fracture into other forms. 160 00:07:05,790 --> 00:07:09,860 The result's pretty abstract, at least, to the untrained eye. 161 00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:11,100 But not to yours. 162 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:15,940 No. This writer's using symbols to substitute for letters and numbers. 163 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,480 Like here, you have an eye. That's the letter I. 164 00:07:18,530 --> 00:07:20,880 Or a snake, an S. 165 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,780 And right there, that's a blackjack hand. 166 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,610 Twenty-one. Exactly. 167 00:07:24,670 --> 00:07:26,080 IS21. 168 00:07:26,140 --> 00:07:29,850 SENT 1's rumored to have gone to public school, IS21 on the Upper West Side. 169 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:32,480 There's even a mural he painted there. 170 00:07:33,150 --> 00:07:36,250 We're looking for the person or persons who painted that picture. 171 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:37,660 It looks like our mural. 172 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,100 That's what we were thinking. 173 00:07:39,150 --> 00:07:41,230 But you're not sure it was one of our students? 174 00:07:41,290 --> 00:07:43,000 What we'd like to do is have our witness come down 175 00:07:43,060 --> 00:07:44,770 and take a look at some of the kids. 176 00:07:44,830 --> 00:07:48,330 You expect me to make my students available for line-ups at school? 177 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,270 Hey, I'd do show-ups at Carnegie Hall 178 00:07:50,330 --> 00:07:51,970 if I thought I'd find a murderer. 179 00:07:52,030 --> 00:07:53,810 I'll call the Board of Ed's lawyers 180 00:07:53,870 --> 00:07:55,750 and see if they feel the same way. 181 00:07:57,870 --> 00:08:01,950 So, what? We bring the Connor woman down here and sit outside in the car? 182 00:08:02,340 --> 00:08:04,290 No. I got a better idea. 183 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:05,650 (SCHOOL BELL RINGING) 184 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:11,330 May I help you? Yeah. 185 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:12,660 I'm trying to get a yearbook. 186 00:08:12,850 --> 00:08:14,770 Are you the parent of a student here at the school? 187 00:08:14,820 --> 00:08:16,170 No, actually it's for a friend. 188 00:08:16,220 --> 00:08:17,860 Kid's godmother down in Puerto Rico. 189 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:19,300 She doesn't get a chance to see him much, 190 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:20,770 and I thought it'd be a really nice gift. 191 00:08:20,830 --> 00:08:23,470 In that case, I think I can manage to drum one up for you. 192 00:08:23,530 --> 00:08:25,370 That'd be great. Thank you. 193 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,650 Here you go. 194 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,210 It's $25. 195 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,550 BRISCOE: The principal refused to cooperate. 196 00:08:39,610 --> 00:08:41,690 But using yearbook photos as mug shots? 197 00:08:41,750 --> 00:08:43,530 That's what Giuliani tried to do. 198 00:08:43,590 --> 00:08:46,230 I didn't think it was a bad idea then, either. 199 00:08:46,450 --> 00:08:48,730 Detective Green, may I see you? 200 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:54,000 I want you to get rid of that. 201 00:08:54,060 --> 00:08:56,840 She just picked him out. Ramon Soriano. Class of 2000. 202 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:59,840 If that ID gets tossed out in court, 203 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:03,350 you're going to be the one to explain it to the district attorney. 204 00:09:12,950 --> 00:09:14,450 Ramon Soriano? 205 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:16,390 Yeah. 206 00:09:16,450 --> 00:09:18,760 Why don't you put the soldering iron down, Ramon. 207 00:09:18,820 --> 00:09:21,630 Put your hands behind your back, kid. You're under arrest. 208 00:09:21,690 --> 00:09:22,900 What for? 209 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,340 For violating a luxury vehicle. 210 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:28,870 You have the right to remain silent. 211 00:09:28,930 --> 00:09:31,740 Anything you do, say, can and will be used against you... 212 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,440 You keep souvenirs from all the women you kill? 213 00:09:37,970 --> 00:09:39,780 My son's not a killer. 214 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,750 She sure looks dead to me. 215 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:44,290 ED: Maybe you didn't mean to hurt her. 216 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:46,360 Maybe one of the other kids did it. 217 00:09:49,620 --> 00:09:51,060 Is that what happened, Ramon? 218 00:09:51,450 --> 00:09:53,090 No, it wasn't like that. 219 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,060 We were just messing around. 220 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:57,190 If you know something, tell them. 221 00:09:58,360 --> 00:09:59,460 Uh... 222 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:03,010 That lady's car, the Mercedes. 223 00:10:03,530 --> 00:10:05,980 Uh, we'd seen it around, but never at night. 224 00:10:06,030 --> 00:10:07,140 So what happened? 225 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:10,210 We started messing with it. 226 00:10:10,740 --> 00:10:12,880 My friend, Alex, popped the trunk, 227 00:10:13,370 --> 00:10:15,620 and that's when he saw her. 228 00:10:16,410 --> 00:10:18,220 But she was already dead. 229 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,850 You just happened to pick a car that had a dead woman in it? 230 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,790 No, I told you, we seen the Benz before. 231 00:10:22,850 --> 00:10:23,990 ED: When? 232 00:10:24,050 --> 00:10:27,260 Uh, that same day. Maybe 4:00. 233 00:10:27,790 --> 00:10:30,130 The lady got in with some guy and they drove away. 234 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,100 What'd the guy look like? 235 00:10:32,330 --> 00:10:33,330 Uh... 236 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,440 White guy, a cup of coffee, 237 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:40,640 Mets cap turned around. He looked like a college dude. 238 00:10:44,970 --> 00:10:47,920 (SIGHS) So, what do you think of our struggling artist? 239 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,650 Nothing on his sheet. 240 00:10:49,710 --> 00:10:53,020 It's a long way from popping trunks to popping citizens. 241 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,860 They didn't touch the other woman. 242 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,660 Well, start with Mrs. Graham's students. 243 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,030 See if we can find that Met fan. 244 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,500 There's only four guys in our section. 245 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,010 I haven't seen any of them wearing Mets caps. 246 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:09,340 What time were you in her office? 247 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,880 Like, 1:00 to 1:30. 248 00:11:11,930 --> 00:11:13,910 She was helping me with this paper I was writing. 249 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:15,640 Well, sort of helping me. 250 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:16,840 Why sort of? 251 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:18,540 She just seemed kind of out of it. 252 00:11:18,610 --> 00:11:20,420 You notice if any of the guys had crushes on her? 253 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,890 (CHUCKLES) Mrs. Graham? 254 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:24,250 She thought flirting was, like, majorly sinful. 255 00:11:24,310 --> 00:11:26,880 What about the guys in, uh, other sections of the course? 256 00:11:26,950 --> 00:11:28,360 Any of them wear Mets caps? 257 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:29,550 Lot of guys wear hats. 258 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:31,820 Think hard, Lisa. It's pretty important. 259 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,700 There was this one guy outside in the hallway, 260 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,630 outside her office, when I came out. 261 00:11:37,690 --> 00:11:40,140 He might have been wearing a Mets cap backwards. 262 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,700 You ever seen him around before? 263 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,900 I go swimming at the gym. Sometimes I see him there. 264 00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:46,840 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 265 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,920 BRISCOE: Hey! You, out of the pool. 266 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:56,050 What's up? 267 00:11:56,110 --> 00:11:57,210 ED: You a Mets fan? 268 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,760 Is that a crime? 269 00:11:58,810 --> 00:12:00,690 BRISCOE: Depends on the season. 270 00:12:00,750 --> 00:12:02,160 You know a Dorothy Graham? 271 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:03,390 I had nothing to do with that. 272 00:12:03,450 --> 00:12:05,430 So you don't have a problem with me checking your stuff? 273 00:12:05,490 --> 00:12:06,490 Uh... 274 00:12:09,020 --> 00:12:10,400 Uh-oh. 275 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:13,200 Percocet. 276 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,370 And Ecstasy. 277 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,400 Let's go. 278 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,310 Look, I don't know what you're talking about. 279 00:12:20,370 --> 00:12:21,870 Four kids from the neighborhood 280 00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:25,440 identified you getting into her car the day she was killed. 281 00:12:25,510 --> 00:12:26,610 So I was with her. 282 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:28,420 How'd you know her? From around. 283 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,210 I audited a couple of her classes. 284 00:12:31,380 --> 00:12:33,620 And where was she taking you, on a field trip? 285 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:40,230 Possession with intent to distribute. 286 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:43,260 That's not recreational, that's correctional. 287 00:12:43,590 --> 00:12:45,130 I never sold her anything. 288 00:12:45,190 --> 00:12:47,070 There was Percocet in her blood. 289 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:49,110 I gave her the stuff once in awhile. 290 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,800 But only when she asked for it. 291 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,840 Out of the goodness of your heart, right? 292 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,910 We had a relationship. 293 00:12:55,970 --> 00:12:57,380 BRISCOE: What kind of relationship? 294 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,320 You know. Sex. 295 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,980 Look, she was messed up, man. 296 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,280 Messed up how? 297 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:08,290 I don't know. Uh, we didn't spend that much time talking. 298 00:13:08,580 --> 00:13:11,430 But, uh, she used to cry for no reason. Stuff like that. 299 00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:13,390 She do any crying that day? 300 00:13:13,450 --> 00:13:14,900 I didn't kill her. 301 00:13:15,090 --> 00:13:16,160 Her crying, being upset, 302 00:13:16,220 --> 00:13:17,860 that had nothing to do with me. 303 00:13:18,390 --> 00:13:19,900 It was about her husband, I think. 304 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:21,330 So where'd you take her? 305 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:22,470 To my place. 306 00:13:22,530 --> 00:13:23,700 When did she leave? 307 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:25,710 Around 6:45. 308 00:13:25,770 --> 00:13:27,770 She usually had to be back home by 7:00. 309 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:29,110 Where'd you go after? 310 00:13:29,170 --> 00:13:31,510 Chinese restaurant, 23rd and Ninth. 311 00:13:31,570 --> 00:13:33,280 I was there from, like, 7:00 on. 312 00:13:33,340 --> 00:13:35,750 Better hope your waiter isn't a Yankees fan. 313 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:39,850 Lover boy's alibi checks out. 314 00:13:39,910 --> 00:13:42,020 Cashier remembers him leaving around 9:00. 315 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,790 Autopsy report says she was dead by then. 316 00:13:43,850 --> 00:13:46,300 Well, the kid said she was supposed to be home by 7:00, right? 317 00:13:46,350 --> 00:13:47,730 One with mustard. 318 00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:50,070 But the husband doesn't call the precinct for over two hours. 319 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,690 That's because he knew where she was. 320 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,040 (SCOFFS) Yeah, usually we're the last to know. 321 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,670 Well, let's see if we can nail down his time line. 322 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,040 You betcha. You gonna pay for this? 323 00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,470 BRISCOE: Lance Dickinson? 324 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:04,680 Yes. 325 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:07,650 Lady at the front desk says you were playing racquetball 326 00:14:07,710 --> 00:14:09,660 with Perry Graham on Friday. 327 00:14:09,710 --> 00:14:11,950 We play every Friday. Is this about his wife? 328 00:14:12,010 --> 00:14:13,990 Last Friday, you notice anything different about him? 329 00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:15,190 Not really. 330 00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:17,350 He ever mention any family problems? 331 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:19,400 (SIGHS) I've known Perry 10 years. 332 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,530 Dorothy meant the world to him. 333 00:14:21,590 --> 00:14:23,190 I'm sure he had nothing to do with her death. 334 00:14:23,260 --> 00:14:26,200 Mmm-hmm. So did they have any problems? 335 00:14:26,260 --> 00:14:28,000 Look, I don't know. (EXHALES NERVOUSLY) 336 00:14:28,260 --> 00:14:29,760 We didn't meet them much socially. 337 00:14:29,830 --> 00:14:31,400 Why is that? 338 00:14:32,230 --> 00:14:35,510 Their relationship made my wife a little uncomfortable. 339 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,420 At restaurants, Perry would always order for her. 340 00:14:38,470 --> 00:14:40,250 That kind of thing. So he was pretty controlling? 341 00:14:40,370 --> 00:14:42,220 (SIGHS) She didn't complain. 342 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:43,980 Hey, different strokes, you know? 343 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:46,390 Yeah. So, uh, what time did you play until? 344 00:14:47,750 --> 00:14:49,230 About a quarter to 6:00. 345 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:50,990 That was a pretty short game. 346 00:14:51,050 --> 00:14:52,760 Perry had a magazine article due. 347 00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:53,890 Wanted to get it proofread. 348 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,030 And where would he go for that? 349 00:14:55,090 --> 00:14:56,690 His sister, Gwen. 350 00:14:57,990 --> 00:15:00,670 Yeah, Perry was here for about a half an hour. 351 00:15:00,730 --> 00:15:03,230 He left a paper to proofread, 352 00:15:03,660 --> 00:15:06,080 and then he... He went home. 353 00:15:06,670 --> 00:15:08,670 ED: He ever talk to you about his wife? 354 00:15:08,740 --> 00:15:11,980 Sometimes. He ever mention any marital problems? 355 00:15:12,910 --> 00:15:15,150 I don't understand what you're getting at. 356 00:15:15,210 --> 00:15:17,920 He never told you he suspected his wife of having an affair? 357 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:20,390 That's crazy. 358 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:22,350 She might have been a little troubled, 359 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:24,090 but Dorothy would never... 360 00:15:25,220 --> 00:15:29,220 You... You think Perry had something to do with Dorothy's murder? 361 00:15:29,590 --> 00:15:30,830 No, it's not possible. 362 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:32,830 If your brother was jealous... 363 00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:37,040 Extreme emotional disturbance is a defense to murder. 364 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:39,080 Now, if your brother snapped that night, 365 00:15:39,130 --> 00:15:41,340 you aren't helping him by not telling us. 366 00:15:43,340 --> 00:15:45,870 I think that I should call my father. 367 00:15:46,810 --> 00:15:50,260 Sis says hubby went back home. But nobody saw him. 368 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:52,810 He says the doorman was busy helping somebody else. 369 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,120 Which gives him two hours to do his wife, dump her, and cross home plate. 370 00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:58,760 Plenty of time, plenty of motive. 371 00:15:58,820 --> 00:16:01,200 But not enough of either for a warrant. 372 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,060 Hey, Arlen Graham just called. 373 00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:06,130 Wants us to meet with him and his son. 374 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:07,670 Get this matter straightened out. 375 00:16:07,730 --> 00:16:08,900 He's a shrink, too. 376 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:11,810 Oh, good. One for each of you. 377 00:16:13,570 --> 00:16:15,640 Perry has nothing to hide. 378 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:18,310 We're therapists. We believe in the truth. 379 00:16:18,370 --> 00:16:20,850 Yeah, so do we. But we rarely hear it. 380 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:23,580 We understand you and your wife were having problems. 381 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,720 Oh, show me a couple who doesn't. 382 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,690 Dr. Graham? 383 00:16:29,450 --> 00:16:31,760 We'd been married over 10 years. 384 00:16:31,820 --> 00:16:34,600 I can't say whether it was one thing or the other. 385 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:37,760 Sometimes she did get a little distant. 386 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,700 Did you know your wife was sleeping with a Hudson student? 387 00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:42,840 ARLEN: This is according to whom? 388 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:44,210 ED: They were seen together. 389 00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:45,640 Seen together? 390 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:49,010 Maybe she was helping him with his work. 391 00:16:49,940 --> 00:16:55,010 Look, I don't doubt many young men would want an affair with Dorothy. 392 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:56,850 She was a beautiful woman. 393 00:16:57,180 --> 00:17:01,390 But there is no way that my daughter-in-law compromised her marriage. 394 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,220 Is that right? 395 00:17:09,390 --> 00:17:11,370 Dorothy would never... 396 00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:14,700 She couldn't do anything like that. 397 00:17:15,060 --> 00:17:16,100 Couldn't? 398 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,370 What my son means, is that Dorothy was faithful. 399 00:17:19,430 --> 00:17:21,340 I'd like to hear it from your son. 400 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,110 Too bad your alibi isn't stronger. 401 00:17:23,170 --> 00:17:25,950 BRISCOE: We're going to have to check into the background of your marriage. 402 00:17:26,010 --> 00:17:28,680 Have to talk to some of your friends, acquaintances, colleagues. 403 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:30,020 Could get messy. 404 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,780 Is that really necessary? 405 00:17:31,850 --> 00:17:33,590 It is if we want to get a search warrant. 406 00:17:35,980 --> 00:17:39,090 What if my son consented to a search of his apartment? 407 00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:40,930 That would help. 408 00:17:41,420 --> 00:17:43,370 Hmm? What are they going to find? 409 00:17:43,420 --> 00:17:46,370 Let's put an end to this business, once and for all. 410 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:49,800 But I want my lawyer present. 411 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:53,440 You'll put everything back just as you found it. 412 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,950 Yeah, sure. 413 00:17:55,570 --> 00:17:56,910 What's this? 414 00:17:56,970 --> 00:17:58,350 My journal. 415 00:17:59,170 --> 00:18:00,480 No, this. 416 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:02,680 It's from my wife's datebook. 417 00:18:02,740 --> 00:18:04,220 So what's it doing in your journal? 418 00:18:07,010 --> 00:18:08,720 Look at this on top. 419 00:18:08,780 --> 00:18:13,060 "O-B-S-S. W/J." 420 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:14,790 Obsessed with John? 421 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:17,440 ED: He also circled 422B. 422 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:21,840 Your wife's boyfriend's address is 422 Broadway. 423 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,140 Meaning what? 424 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,230 ED: Meaning, we should all go down to the precinct. 425 00:18:25,430 --> 00:18:27,070 With your consent, of course. 426 00:18:32,740 --> 00:18:34,910 You lied about your wife's affair. 427 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,310 You don't need to answer. 428 00:18:37,380 --> 00:18:40,120 Right. He can take his chances with the grand jury. 429 00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:41,580 Grand jury? 430 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,930 Yeah, you know, the place where they get murder indictments? 431 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:45,190 They're bluffing, Perry. 432 00:18:45,250 --> 00:18:46,660 Yeah, listen to him. 433 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,700 He's been doing great for you so far. 434 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:51,270 Okay. 435 00:18:52,190 --> 00:18:54,370 Maybe I did suspect an affair. 436 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:56,310 ED: You tracked her to his apartment, didn't you? 437 00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:58,500 No. And then things got out of hand. 438 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,170 Look, nothing got out of hand. 439 00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:03,610 She was obsessed with a 19-year-old. That didn't upset you? 440 00:19:03,670 --> 00:19:04,810 She was confused. 441 00:19:04,870 --> 00:19:07,750 Oh, really? That's not what the kid told us. 442 00:19:07,810 --> 00:19:10,050 He said she knew exactly what she wanted. 443 00:19:10,110 --> 00:19:11,950 You have no right to talk to me that way. 444 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:14,850 Tough to imagine your wife in the arms of a young lover. 445 00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:17,560 Almost makes you want to wring her neck, doesn't it? 446 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:19,560 All right, gentlemen, we're done. 447 00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:21,600 BRISCOE: Sit tight, Counselor. 448 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:27,460 (DOOR CLOSES) 449 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,300 A lover's address and an unconfirmed alibi. 450 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,670 It's not enough to hold him. 451 00:19:31,730 --> 00:19:34,300 I thought you people could indict a ham sandwich. 452 00:19:34,370 --> 00:19:36,780 Without the statement, I'm missing the ham. 453 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,110 Have a unit sit on him. 454 00:19:38,170 --> 00:19:39,450 Okay. In the meantime, 455 00:19:39,510 --> 00:19:42,720 you guys show his photo around the boyfriend's building. 456 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:47,190 No, sorry. What's this about? 457 00:19:47,250 --> 00:19:50,320 The guy in 2B. A friend of his was murdered last week. 458 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:53,390 I was out of town, in a play. 459 00:19:53,450 --> 00:19:54,630 What was it, a break-in? 460 00:19:54,690 --> 00:19:56,790 No. A woman he was seeing got killed. 461 00:19:56,860 --> 00:19:59,630 Really? 'Cause somebody last month was asking about a woman. 462 00:19:59,690 --> 00:20:00,700 Who? 463 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,260 Some guy said that the landlord sent him 464 00:20:02,330 --> 00:20:03,570 to check for illegal sublets. 465 00:20:03,630 --> 00:20:05,800 Asked all these questions about who was living in 2B. 466 00:20:05,870 --> 00:20:08,010 Was there a woman staying there, and stuff like that. 467 00:20:08,070 --> 00:20:09,340 Said I'd get a break on the rent 468 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,080 if I called him next time I saw her around. 469 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:12,740 Is this the woman he was asking about? 470 00:20:12,810 --> 00:20:14,840 Uh, yeah, I think so. 471 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:16,810 This guy give you a phone number? 472 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,220 Uh, I don't need a break on the rent that bad. 473 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,760 But I remember where he was from. 474 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:22,920 Uh, Crane Detective Agency. 475 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,430 I was pursuing a matter for a private individual. 476 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,330 I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to identify him. 477 00:20:29,390 --> 00:20:30,730 There's no privilege here. 478 00:20:30,790 --> 00:20:33,200 You know, we're not working a jaywalking case here. 479 00:20:33,260 --> 00:20:35,670 Look, I'm sorry about the woman, but... 480 00:20:35,730 --> 00:20:38,680 I can force you to testify in front of the grand jury. 481 00:20:39,070 --> 00:20:40,570 Then force me. 482 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:42,970 Detective Green. 483 00:20:43,970 --> 00:20:46,110 On your feet. Oh, come on. 484 00:20:48,810 --> 00:20:50,220 Look, can't we work this out? 485 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,620 Sure. You can tell us who hired you. 486 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:56,920 Graham. 487 00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:58,530 Perry Graham? 488 00:20:59,650 --> 00:21:01,000 His father. 489 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,000 JACK: I thought it was the husband's job to spy on his wife. 490 00:21:08,860 --> 00:21:13,040 Maybe his father wanted to protect him in the event of a divorce. 491 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,510 Pretty extreme, collecting photographs of your daughter-in-law's affair. 492 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:19,750 You think he had a thing for her? 493 00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:23,550 Have we checked his whereabouts that night? 494 00:21:23,610 --> 00:21:26,920 Mmm-hmm. His secretary said he had to speak at some kind of dinner party. 495 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:29,850 See if he stayed for dessert. 496 00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:36,870 What time was Dr. Graham supposed to speak? 497 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:38,840 It wasn't anything formal, really. 498 00:21:38,890 --> 00:21:41,900 Just taking questions, chatting over coffee, that sort of thing. 499 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,600 About Surrendered Spouses? 500 00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:45,700 It has saved thousands of marriages. 501 00:21:45,770 --> 00:21:47,470 Including ours. 502 00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:50,280 Eric and I married young. College sweethearts. 503 00:21:50,940 --> 00:21:52,470 And then the kids came 504 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:55,710 and suddenly we weren't lovers anymore, just Mom and Dad. 505 00:21:55,780 --> 00:21:59,550 Truth is, we were at each other's throats most of the time. 506 00:22:00,010 --> 00:22:04,160 That is, until Dr. Graham taught me how to just back off, 507 00:22:04,220 --> 00:22:06,820 accept my husband's decisions. 508 00:22:07,390 --> 00:22:09,960 You know, the funny thing is, once she did that, I... 509 00:22:10,290 --> 00:22:13,600 Well, it just wasn't as important for me to be right about everything. 510 00:22:13,990 --> 00:22:15,500 You both seem pretty lucky. 511 00:22:15,660 --> 00:22:16,800 Yeah. 512 00:22:16,860 --> 00:22:19,810 Since his wife died, Dr. Graham's devoted his life 513 00:22:19,870 --> 00:22:21,470 to helping couples just like us. 514 00:22:21,970 --> 00:22:23,180 He's a widower? 515 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,340 Yes. He lost his wife to an illness several years ago. 516 00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:29,420 So when was coffee served? 517 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,720 We waited until 8:30. Dr. Graham was running late. 518 00:22:32,910 --> 00:22:35,050 When did he arrive exactly? 519 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:37,190 It was after 10:00, I think. 520 00:22:37,250 --> 00:22:40,060 He said he had a patient who'd had a crisis. 521 00:22:40,250 --> 00:22:41,760 Did he call you and tell you that? 522 00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:45,030 No, we phoned him. But his line was busy. 523 00:22:45,090 --> 00:22:46,470 Does Dr. Graham know that you're here? 524 00:22:46,530 --> 00:22:48,300 I'm not sure what Dr. Graham knows. 525 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:54,470 I don't think we should answer any more questions until we call him. 526 00:22:54,970 --> 00:22:57,180 "Never argue with your husband." 527 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,620 "If he takes the wrong exit off the freeway," 528 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:00,980 "don't correct him." 529 00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,750 Doesn't sound half-bad. 530 00:23:03,010 --> 00:23:04,390 Yes, I'll hold. 531 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,780 What about his story, he had some crisis with a patient? 532 00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:09,290 Abbie checked with his service. 533 00:23:09,350 --> 00:23:11,850 There's no record of any patient call that night. 534 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,560 We also ran his LUDs. 535 00:23:13,620 --> 00:23:14,690 And? 536 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,290 One call 537 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:19,830 to his granddaughter's boarding school at 8:25. 538 00:23:19,890 --> 00:23:22,140 To what? Tell her he murdered her mother? 539 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,940 I'm running it down now. 540 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,570 We're also getting records of his wife's death. 541 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:29,440 According to his bank statements, 542 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:31,680 Graham's made millions peddling his bunk 543 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:33,980 through the sale of books and tapes. 544 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:38,260 And he used his son's marriage as his role model. 545 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,860 So a divorce would hit him right in his pocketbook. 546 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,860 CARMICHAEL: Yes, thank you, very much. 547 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:48,330 That was the headmistress at the daughter's school. 548 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:50,560 It wasn't grandpa who called. 549 00:23:50,620 --> 00:23:52,540 It was Dorothy Graham. 550 00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,830 I've advised Perry not to answer any questions. 551 00:23:57,530 --> 00:24:00,940 I hope you also advised him, that since you were hired by his father, 552 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,610 you have a conflict of interest. 553 00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:05,310 Obviously, father and son have the same interest. 554 00:24:05,370 --> 00:24:07,050 Proving Perry's innocence. Really? 555 00:24:08,510 --> 00:24:11,490 Did you know your wife was at your father's house that night? 556 00:24:12,610 --> 00:24:14,180 What are you talking about? 557 00:24:14,250 --> 00:24:16,890 She called your daughter from there before she was strangled. 558 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:18,760 That's not possible. 559 00:24:19,050 --> 00:24:21,730 Check with the school The night operator took the call. 560 00:24:21,790 --> 00:24:23,430 Your daughter was already in bed. 561 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,370 Well, why would she call Lucy? 562 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:29,340 We're more interested in what your wife was doing at your father's house. 563 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:33,080 I don't know. 564 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:35,170 You weren't aware your father was spying on her? 565 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,720 Spying? 566 00:24:37,970 --> 00:24:41,480 These were taken by a private detective 567 00:24:41,540 --> 00:24:43,150 hired by your father. 568 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,790 He had no right. 569 00:24:52,820 --> 00:24:54,490 Why would she be at his house? 570 00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:57,970 I don't know. Sometimes she came to him for counseling. 571 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:00,540 My God. 572 00:25:00,660 --> 00:25:02,800 Talk about a conflict of interest. 573 00:25:03,030 --> 00:25:05,410 I thought my father was helping Dorothy. 574 00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:06,940 Perry. 575 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,810 JACK: When you and your wife visited your father, 576 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,880 where would you park your car? 577 00:25:12,610 --> 00:25:14,240 Kinney's on 85th. 578 00:25:16,410 --> 00:25:20,190 The Mercedes was picked up at 9:23. Paid for by credit card. 579 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:22,780 M.E.'s report says she was probably dead by then. 580 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,060 Gwen Graham. He used his daughter to help him. 581 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,160 Let's pick them both up. 582 00:25:29,460 --> 00:25:32,030 If he doesn't read, you read it to him. 583 00:25:32,090 --> 00:25:33,440 BRISCOE: Excuse me. 584 00:25:34,330 --> 00:25:35,360 ARLEN: What... 585 00:25:35,430 --> 00:25:38,070 Dr. Graham, you know why we're here. Please stand up. 586 00:25:38,130 --> 00:25:40,200 (SCOFFS) My lawyer's going to have a field day. 587 00:25:40,270 --> 00:25:43,770 Why don't you take your own advice, Doc? Surrender with love. 588 00:25:49,210 --> 00:25:52,750 I'm due in front of the grand jury, Mr. Billings. What's so urgent? 589 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,860 Dorothy Graham wasn't the victim of a murder. She killed herself. 590 00:25:58,620 --> 00:26:00,220 You're claiming it was suicide? 591 00:26:00,290 --> 00:26:02,030 This is Mrs. Graham's suicide note, 592 00:26:02,090 --> 00:26:04,190 along with an old psychiatric report. 593 00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:06,760 Details of a prior attempt by her when she was in college. 594 00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:08,330 Dorothy hung herself. 595 00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:11,730 Where did this happen? 596 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,750 In my home, Friday evening. 597 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,340 And you didn't call the police? 598 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,180 I'm a trained therapist. 599 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,480 I thought Dorothy's suicide would be too painful 600 00:26:19,540 --> 00:26:21,420 for Perry and my granddaughter to bear. 601 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,980 So you put her body in the trunk of a car? 602 00:26:25,380 --> 00:26:28,990 Look, she came to me to talk about her marriage. 603 00:26:29,050 --> 00:26:31,960 When she realized I knew about her affair, she became hysterical. 604 00:26:32,690 --> 00:26:34,130 I went upstairs to check on her. 605 00:26:34,190 --> 00:26:35,670 That's when I found her. 606 00:26:36,020 --> 00:26:37,470 In the bathroom. 607 00:26:38,490 --> 00:26:41,000 She'd used my bathrobe tie to do it. 608 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,070 My daughter knows what happened. 609 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:48,210 I saw her. 610 00:26:48,670 --> 00:26:49,840 It was terrible. 611 00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:53,980 So you see, Mr. McCoy, you can't proceed with this case. 612 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,520 Your client lied to the police. 613 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:57,180 He concealed his daughter-in-law's body. 614 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,490 I'm not about to take his word for anything. 615 00:26:59,550 --> 00:27:01,550 They'll both be arraigned on felony complaints. 616 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,290 Then you intend to proceed? 617 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:04,820 I'll hold off on the grand jury, 618 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:07,130 but that's as far as I'm willing to go. 619 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,840 The court appointed separate counsel for the daughter 620 00:27:12,890 --> 00:27:14,870 and released them on 100,000 each. 621 00:27:14,930 --> 00:27:16,170 I see. 622 00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:18,710 In other words, you're saying that the M.E. doesn't know the difference 623 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:20,680 between a strangulation and a hanging? 624 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,280 Her body was discovered within a few minutes. 625 00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:25,680 Rodgers says that time frame explains the absence 626 00:27:25,740 --> 00:27:28,280 of any stocking glove distribution of blood. 627 00:27:28,340 --> 00:27:29,480 Translation? 628 00:27:29,540 --> 00:27:31,750 Why her hands and feet weren't discolored. 629 00:27:32,610 --> 00:27:34,820 She also had a V mark under her chin, 630 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,920 but because she used a bathrobe tie, it was just a shallow furrow. 631 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:40,990 So why rule it murder in the first place? 632 00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:43,470 A woman's body is recovered from the trunk of her car 633 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,370 under the circumstance of a robbery. 634 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:47,770 What other conclusion would you have them draw? 635 00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:49,070 The right one. 636 00:27:49,130 --> 00:27:51,610 They had an expert compare her suicide note 637 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,170 to excerpts from her date book. 638 00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:55,410 They match. 639 00:27:55,470 --> 00:27:57,280 Are we sure about that suicide note? 640 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,040 Yes. She talks about being distraught over her marriage, 641 00:28:01,110 --> 00:28:03,350 angry about the situation she's in, 642 00:28:03,810 --> 00:28:05,550 fears about her daughter's future. 643 00:28:06,410 --> 00:28:10,860 There's also a prior suicide attempt when she was in college. 644 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:12,990 Pills, yeah. 645 00:28:13,250 --> 00:28:15,860 And Arlen Graham was her therapist. 646 00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:20,600 This man knew what happened, 647 00:28:20,660 --> 00:28:23,370 and he still tried to get us to call it murder. 648 00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:27,570 I wonder what the ethics are of turning a patient into your daughter-in-law? 649 00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:30,550 Forget the ethics. I want to know how he did it. 650 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,780 A suicide attempt leaves a person vulnerable, 651 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:36,410 looking for away to make sense of what happened. 652 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,650 Throw in the trust between a patient and therapist, 653 00:28:38,710 --> 00:28:41,490 and you have all the ingredients for manipulation. 654 00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:45,090 Plus, I'd say there's some surrogacy going on there, too. 655 00:28:45,150 --> 00:28:46,290 Surrogacy? 656 00:28:46,350 --> 00:28:49,800 The man lost his wife, never remarried. He's attracted to her. 657 00:28:49,860 --> 00:28:51,000 It happens. 658 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,130 So he gave her to his son. 659 00:28:54,030 --> 00:28:57,010 Ten years later, he's taking dirty pictures of her. 660 00:28:57,060 --> 00:28:58,440 He said she came to his house 661 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,640 because she wanted to talk to him about her affair. 662 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:03,770 Imagine wanting to talk to your father-in-law about your adultery. 663 00:29:04,570 --> 00:29:06,050 What then? 664 00:29:06,670 --> 00:29:09,620 The man's been telling her what to do for most of her life. 665 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,380 It's pretty clear she went for permission. 666 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,220 To commit suicide? 667 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:17,690 From her note, it's obvious she was depressed, self-medicating. 668 00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:19,420 I'd say she wanted out. 669 00:29:20,850 --> 00:29:22,700 Out of her life? 670 00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:25,860 You're saying her suicide was predictable? 671 00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:28,010 Foreseeable, definitely. 672 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:32,070 And there were indicators. I mean, what this guy did was totally irresponsible. 673 00:29:32,130 --> 00:29:34,010 What kind of indicators are we talking about? 674 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,740 Prior suicide attempt, for one. 675 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,280 Almost 20% of people who attempt suicide eventually compete it. 676 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:41,650 Graham knows that. 677 00:29:41,710 --> 00:29:44,090 He also knows the risk of using a shaming device 678 00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:45,680 with someone who's that fragile. 679 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,050 What's a shaming device? 680 00:29:47,110 --> 00:29:49,750 Those dirty pictures again. They're leverage. 681 00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:51,660 Something to make it clear to her she'd be exposed 682 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,290 if she refused to rejoin the pack. 683 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,560 Even if he didn't strangle her, 684 00:29:57,220 --> 00:29:58,900 he killed her all the same. 685 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:02,970 She's the one that tied the noose. 686 00:30:03,030 --> 00:30:04,510 Doesn't matter. Not if we can prove 687 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:07,570 he recklessly ignored the dangers of suicide 688 00:30:07,630 --> 00:30:11,310 when he threatened her with the loss of her child and career. 689 00:30:11,370 --> 00:30:12,440 Big ifs. 690 00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:14,710 Arlen Graham wanted us to think she was murdered rather than 691 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:16,620 that she killed herself. Why? 692 00:30:17,610 --> 00:30:19,590 Protect her reputation. Who knows? 693 00:30:19,650 --> 00:30:23,220 Read the note. It was his reputation he was worried about. 694 00:30:24,380 --> 00:30:27,990 "You gave me no choice." She's talking about her father-in-law. 695 00:30:28,190 --> 00:30:31,470 And being forced to live the rest of her life as a surrendered spouse. 696 00:30:31,790 --> 00:30:34,100 This man put all the ingredients together, Adam. 697 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,440 We can't just let him walk away when the bomb goes off. 698 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:38,840 Can you prove that's what happened? 699 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:40,880 We turn the daughter, he'll be forced to take the stand. 700 00:30:40,930 --> 00:30:43,140 We'll convict him with his own words. 701 00:30:48,010 --> 00:30:51,010 We both know there's no way you can prove murder, Mr. McCoy. 702 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,750 That's why we amended the indictment to man two. 703 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:56,620 Manslaughter? You're grasping at straws. 704 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,490 All the warning signs were there. 705 00:30:59,020 --> 00:31:01,730 You and your father simply chose to disregard them 706 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:05,240 in order to browbeat your sister-in-law back into the fold. 707 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:07,940 I had nothing to do with it. 708 00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:09,730 CARMICHAEL: Are you really going to sit there and tell us 709 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,500 you had no idea your sister-in-law was in trouble? 710 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:17,180 What are you offering? 711 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,910 In exchange for your client's testimony, 712 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:24,250 we are willing to dismiss the charges against her. 713 00:31:25,810 --> 00:31:27,810 Testify against my father? 714 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:29,020 Oh, I can't. 715 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,220 Can't or won't? 716 00:31:35,820 --> 00:31:38,530 Your mother died when you were very young, Gwen. 717 00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:41,170 It must have been hard for you, 718 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,060 trying to be her replacement. 719 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,040 Well, it was an accident. 720 00:31:46,570 --> 00:31:48,880 She slipped in the bath. 721 00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:54,480 You were the one who found your mother's body. 722 00:31:55,810 --> 00:31:58,190 Yeah, I came home. She was always there to greet me. 723 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,930 The autopsy report indicates that she died from loss of blood. 724 00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:06,590 There wasn't any head wound, Gwen. 725 00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:09,660 She slashed her wrists. 726 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,330 JACK: Your mother committed suicide. 727 00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:17,470 No. No. 728 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,610 Why would she be in a bath? 729 00:32:19,670 --> 00:32:22,550 You said she knew you were coming home from school. 730 00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:26,410 Your father used you to lie for him, 731 00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:28,080 just as he's using you now. 732 00:32:28,140 --> 00:32:31,090 Only this time, you have to choose between him 733 00:32:31,140 --> 00:32:34,220 and any relationship with your brother and your niece. 734 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,560 Are you really prepared to go to jail for him? 735 00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:47,760 GWEN: I called my father at about 8:30 that night. 736 00:32:47,830 --> 00:32:49,270 JACK: He was home? 737 00:32:49,330 --> 00:32:51,640 Yes. With my sister-in-law. 738 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:54,140 Did he say why she was there? 739 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,150 Objection. Hearsay. 740 00:32:56,470 --> 00:32:59,140 JACK: These are admissions, Your Honor. 741 00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:00,780 You can answer. 742 00:33:03,140 --> 00:33:07,610 He told me that he had learned some terrible things about Dorothy. 743 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:09,930 But he wouldn't tell me over the phone. 744 00:33:09,980 --> 00:33:11,790 He asked me to come right over. 745 00:33:11,850 --> 00:33:13,460 And when you arrived, what happened? 746 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,830 Dorothy was on the floor in the bathroom 747 00:33:18,890 --> 00:33:22,070 and the tie to the bathrobe was still around her neck. 748 00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:23,670 She had hanged herself. 749 00:33:24,260 --> 00:33:25,640 Did your father say why? 750 00:33:26,030 --> 00:33:30,110 He told me that Dorothy had been having an affair with a student, 751 00:33:30,570 --> 00:33:33,050 and that she'd been taking drugs. 752 00:33:34,770 --> 00:33:36,810 Then he showed me the photographs. 753 00:33:37,380 --> 00:33:40,380 He kept saying that he'd offered her a chance. 754 00:33:40,850 --> 00:33:42,220 Did he explain what he meant? 755 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,230 He'd shown her the pictures 756 00:33:44,750 --> 00:33:47,060 to make her stop the affair. 757 00:33:47,450 --> 00:33:49,630 And he told her that if she didn't, 758 00:33:49,690 --> 00:33:52,260 he would expose her to the university, 759 00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:57,140 and that he would have Perry divorce her and take custody of Lucy. 760 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,370 And she began crying. 761 00:34:02,270 --> 00:34:03,680 Begging... 762 00:34:05,470 --> 00:34:06,750 How could you, Daddy? 763 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:08,080 BILLINGS: Objection. 764 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:11,020 JUDGE: The jury will disregard. 765 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,780 JACK: Did he say what happened next? 766 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,100 He said he found her hanging in the bathroom. 767 00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:23,730 He was afraid. I've never seen my father afraid before. 768 00:34:23,790 --> 00:34:25,290 He asked me to help. 769 00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:28,140 I wanted to call the police, 770 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,470 but I got her car 771 00:34:30,730 --> 00:34:31,730 and 772 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:35,140 we drove the body to the school. 773 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,210 The plan was to make it look like a murder. 774 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:42,780 Nothing further. 775 00:34:46,580 --> 00:34:50,460 Your father was upset about Dorothy's suicide? 776 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:51,550 Yes. 777 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:54,360 So her death wasn't something he wanted? 778 00:34:56,590 --> 00:34:58,570 Well, I'm not sure anymore. 779 00:35:01,090 --> 00:35:02,730 Oh, by the way, 780 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,270 did Dorothy ever come to you for advice? 781 00:35:06,330 --> 00:35:07,970 Maybe to chat? 782 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,570 Sometimes. 783 00:35:10,300 --> 00:35:12,810 And in speaking with your sister-in-law, 784 00:35:13,510 --> 00:35:17,850 did you ever suspect suicide as a possibility? 785 00:35:22,050 --> 00:35:23,430 Well, no. 786 00:35:26,220 --> 00:35:27,530 Nothing further. 787 00:35:32,860 --> 00:35:35,200 ARLEN: I thought Dorothy's marriage to Perry would be 788 00:35:35,260 --> 00:35:37,900 a stabilizing influence in both their lives. 789 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,670 It was your son and daughter-in-law's 790 00:35:39,730 --> 00:35:41,910 own decision to marry, was it not? 791 00:35:41,970 --> 00:35:43,410 Of course. 792 00:35:43,470 --> 00:35:46,540 And your son used your Surrendered Spouse program in his marriage? 793 00:35:46,610 --> 00:35:48,350 And in his practice. 794 00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:50,880 I know it's been disparaged here, 795 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,050 but it's a very natural principle. 796 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,490 Once a man's given respect by his spouse, 797 00:35:57,550 --> 00:35:59,530 freed from her criticism, 798 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:02,230 he's then willing to assume any burden. 799 00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:05,270 And that willingness to provide for a family 800 00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:09,710 leads to a more stable, more faithful and more intimate marriage. 801 00:36:10,060 --> 00:36:11,700 Did you expect 802 00:36:12,100 --> 00:36:14,810 your daughter-in-law to kill herself that night? 803 00:36:15,170 --> 00:36:16,310 No. 804 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,950 I hoped she'd return to being the loving spouse 805 00:36:20,010 --> 00:36:22,320 she'd been through most of her marriage. 806 00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:26,060 Your witness. 807 00:36:30,580 --> 00:36:33,530 She was 19 years old, 808 00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:36,130 and you were her therapist. 809 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,300 Yes. 810 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,830 And you used this influence 811 00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:43,370 to arrange her marriage to your son. 812 00:36:44,460 --> 00:36:46,070 The decision was theirs. 813 00:36:46,130 --> 00:36:47,200 Was it? 814 00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:50,110 12 years later you were still manipulating her. 815 00:36:50,170 --> 00:36:51,380 That isn't true. 816 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,910 Why else would she come to you to discuss her adultery then? 817 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,750 For help. 818 00:36:58,010 --> 00:37:00,750 And you thought using photographs 819 00:37:00,810 --> 00:37:02,950 to shame her into submission would do the trick? 820 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,420 There are consequences to behavior. 821 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,430 Dorothy was putting her marriage in jeopardy. 822 00:37:08,490 --> 00:37:13,060 Oh, I think she was putting a lot more than that in jeopardy. 823 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,270 Reputation. 824 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,000 Fame. 825 00:37:20,230 --> 00:37:23,740 A million dollar self-help business. 826 00:37:25,770 --> 00:37:28,510 Her divorce from your son would have ended all that. 827 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,020 You can't foresee suicide. 828 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,260 Oh, come on, Dr. Graham. 829 00:37:34,250 --> 00:37:37,520 Your daughter-in-law had a prior suicide attempt. 830 00:37:37,580 --> 00:37:39,830 She was depressed, abusing drugs, 831 00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:41,870 engaged in a sexual relationship 832 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,960 that threatened her marriage and career. 833 00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:47,870 She'd just sent her only child off to boarding school. 834 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:51,160 Are you saying that you couldn't tell 835 00:37:51,530 --> 00:37:53,700 that her emotional wheels had come off? 836 00:37:53,770 --> 00:37:55,370 Dorothy made her own choice. 837 00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:58,840 I think you simply disregarded these facts 838 00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:03,250 because they challenged the very value of your program. 839 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,120 I never forced my daughter-in-law to kill herself. 840 00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:10,860 I told her the affair had to stop. 841 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,100 She refused to listen. 842 00:38:16,690 --> 00:38:19,260 I had to take matters into my own hands. 843 00:38:22,030 --> 00:38:23,840 She was in the bathroom crying. 844 00:38:25,630 --> 00:38:29,050 I came up behind her with the bathrobe tie 845 00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:34,310 and I strangled her. 846 00:38:34,570 --> 00:38:36,180 (AUDIENCE MURMURING) 847 00:38:37,540 --> 00:38:39,020 (GAVEL STRIKING) 848 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,280 I keep telling you, 849 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:46,100 you can't count on suicide. 850 00:38:50,490 --> 00:38:53,630 Who uses a murder confession as a defense to manslaughter? 851 00:38:53,690 --> 00:38:55,540 Someone with nothing to lose. 852 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,040 He figures if he can get one juror to believe it was murder, 853 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:00,840 he buys himself reasonable doubt on manslaughter. 854 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,750 You understand that if I allow this case to go to the jury on man two, 855 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:08,640 double jeopardy precludes any future prosecution for murder. 856 00:39:08,710 --> 00:39:10,240 I don't suppose there's a guilty plea 857 00:39:10,310 --> 00:39:12,290 to go along with your client's confession? 858 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:13,820 I'm afraid not. 859 00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:17,220 Well, let's call his bluff. Add a murder count. 860 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,290 If he really wants to play pin the tail on the donkey, 861 00:39:19,350 --> 00:39:21,830 then let's give the jury some place to put it. 862 00:39:21,890 --> 00:39:24,200 As satisfying as that might be, Miss Carmichael, 863 00:39:24,260 --> 00:39:27,030 I can't allow charges to be added at this point 864 00:39:27,090 --> 00:39:28,870 without defense counsel's consent. 865 00:39:29,530 --> 00:39:31,810 The People have rested their case, Your Honor. 866 00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:37,250 Of course, you could always move to dismiss this case. 867 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,350 Re-indict for manslaughter and murder, 868 00:39:41,410 --> 00:39:43,890 and take your chances with a new trial. 869 00:39:43,940 --> 00:39:45,650 Charging him on both counts only makes us look 870 00:39:45,710 --> 00:39:47,520 like we don't know what really happened. 871 00:39:47,580 --> 00:39:49,150 Mr. Billings would drive a truck 872 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,200 through the reasonable doubt that creates. 873 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:53,320 Besides, what's to prevent him from taking the stand 874 00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:56,060 in the next trial and claiming that it was suicide, 875 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,160 and he only lied here to protect himself? 876 00:39:58,630 --> 00:40:01,040 My client seems to have put you between a rock and a hard place. 877 00:40:01,090 --> 00:40:02,440 Not that hard. 878 00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:06,470 This man manipulates every situation to his advantage. 879 00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:07,670 Lies when it suits him, 880 00:40:07,730 --> 00:40:10,010 now confesses to a crime that he didn't commit 881 00:40:10,070 --> 00:40:12,410 in order to avoid conviction for one that he did. 882 00:40:12,470 --> 00:40:16,220 Only this time, I have an M.E.'s report and a suicide note. 883 00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:19,250 Tell your client we didn't bite, Counselor. 884 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,060 I have no intention of dropping this case. 885 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,620 Your client's going to jail for what he did. 886 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,500 BILLINGS: No juror's duty 887 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:30,360 may ever be as difficult 888 00:40:30,420 --> 00:40:32,990 as the one you're being asked to do today. 889 00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:37,200 But the law of a case must come from the judge. 890 00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:40,040 And your oath as a juror to follow that law 891 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,440 must overcome any urge you might have to ignore it. 892 00:40:44,770 --> 00:40:46,510 My client's confessed to murder. 893 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:51,050 Yet Her Honor will instruct you that all you are to determine 894 00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:53,520 is whether Dorothy Graham committed suicide, 895 00:40:53,850 --> 00:40:55,590 and if she did, 896 00:40:55,650 --> 00:40:58,650 whether my client was criminally responsible for it. 897 00:41:00,550 --> 00:41:02,830 A fair jury cannot 898 00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:05,440 base its decision on what it fears 899 00:41:05,490 --> 00:41:07,970 might be the outcome of an acquittal. 900 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,940 If you have any reasonable doubt 901 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,040 Dorothy Graham did not commit suicide, 902 00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:16,540 that she may have been murdered, 903 00:41:17,540 --> 00:41:20,310 your oath as a juror requires you 904 00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:23,450 to find my client not guilty. 905 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,120 It's that simple. 906 00:41:27,350 --> 00:41:30,450 You cannot put yourselves above the law. 907 00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:41,870 Only one man's tried to put himself above the law. 908 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,240 The defendant. 909 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,440 Everything in this case points to suicide. 910 00:41:48,770 --> 00:41:52,340 Her depression, her recent abuse of drugs, 911 00:41:52,410 --> 00:41:55,080 an inappropriate sexual relationship, 912 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:59,650 a desperate attempt to place her only child out of harm's way. 913 00:42:00,180 --> 00:42:03,680 And the forensic evidence tells us it was suicide. 914 00:42:04,050 --> 00:42:06,590 The telltale V mark under her chin, 915 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:10,330 described by the M.E., only caused by hanging. 916 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:14,330 Her prior suicide attempt. 917 00:42:15,130 --> 00:42:20,200 Admissions by the defendant the very night of the crime, 918 00:42:20,270 --> 00:42:23,340 where he told his daughter what had happened. 919 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,110 And finally, 920 00:42:25,610 --> 00:42:29,310 the words of the victim herself, the suicide note, 921 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,180 which describes the horror of this defendant's 922 00:42:33,410 --> 00:42:35,830 concept of marital bliss 923 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,150 and the victim's resolve to escape it, 924 00:42:39,450 --> 00:42:41,360 even if it meant death. 925 00:42:49,630 --> 00:42:52,270 Remember the power he held 926 00:42:52,330 --> 00:42:55,140 as her therapist to manipulate, 927 00:42:56,170 --> 00:42:58,780 and the special knowledge and skills 928 00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,720 his training and relationship gave him to make mischief. 929 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:05,690 Don't be fooled. 930 00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:12,490 Don't allow him to escape responsibility for a crime he did commit 931 00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:15,120 with false confession to one that he didn't. 932 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:21,270 And think about all the times Dorothy Graham's pleas for help 933 00:43:22,030 --> 00:43:23,530 went unanswered, 934 00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:27,870 and answer them now. 935 00:43:34,770 --> 00:43:37,280 Has the jury reached a verdict in this case? 936 00:43:37,340 --> 00:43:38,850 MAN: We have. Go ahead. 937 00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:41,380 We the jury in the above titled action 938 00:43:41,450 --> 00:43:44,360 on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree 939 00:43:44,420 --> 00:43:46,900 find the defendant guilty. 940 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,370 False confessions Double jeopardy. 941 00:43:58,430 --> 00:44:00,840 This guy thought he could control the entire system. 942 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,280 He underestimated 12 people no one can control. 943 00:44:04,700 --> 00:44:07,740 Maybe. But you're forgetting one little item. 944 00:44:08,610 --> 00:44:10,990 If he really did kill her, 945 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:14,180 then he just bought himself one hell of a plea bargain. 946 00:44:15,180 --> 00:44:17,320 Three years for murder.