1 00:00:00,970 --> 00:00:02,740 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,680 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:08,550 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,610 --> 00:00:11,380 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,420 These are their stories. 6 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:39,610 What's it today, Judge? Murder? Rape? 7 00:00:39,810 --> 00:00:42,480 Possession with intent. Thirteen pounds of heroin. 8 00:00:42,710 --> 00:00:44,420 Ooh. What's that get you? 9 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:46,220 A lethal injection. 10 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:50,960 I have a lunch today at 1:00. 11 00:00:51,020 --> 00:00:52,050 I got it, Judge. 12 00:00:52,490 --> 00:00:53,590 (SCREAMING) 13 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,100 That son of a bitch! 14 00:00:58,490 --> 00:00:59,700 Are you all right, Rodney? 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:00,930 I got winged. 16 00:01:00,990 --> 00:01:02,560 Get this man medical attention. 17 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,730 COURT OFFICER: Right away. Central, we need an EMS. 18 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,300 One man down. 19 00:01:06,470 --> 00:01:08,670 Judge, you better get inside. 20 00:01:11,100 --> 00:01:14,480 Detective Hill got out of his car, this guy runs right at the Judge, shooting. 21 00:01:14,540 --> 00:01:15,780 Hill's the one who got him? 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:16,910 Yeah, he took one himself. 23 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:18,050 Really? How bad? 24 00:01:18,110 --> 00:01:19,350 Paramedics said he'll be fine. 25 00:01:19,450 --> 00:01:21,520 Damn! Talk about smoking guns. 26 00:01:21,650 --> 00:01:23,390 COP: No wallet, no ID on him. 27 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:24,620 BRISCOE: And where's the Judge? 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:25,720 Court officers took her inside. 29 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:26,920 Who is she? 30 00:01:26,990 --> 00:01:28,900 Uh, Judge Linda Karlin. 31 00:01:28,990 --> 00:01:30,300 BRISCOE: Thanks. 32 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,890 Karlin's the one that put away most of the Washington Heights Cowboys a few years back. 33 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,170 Now who'd wanna see her dead? 34 00:02:28,310 --> 00:02:29,380 Hey, how's the arm? 35 00:02:29,450 --> 00:02:31,430 Not bad. Did a good job back there. 36 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:33,900 I don't know, I think maybe I let my guard down a little. 37 00:02:33,950 --> 00:02:35,860 I been on her six months, nothing's ever happened. 38 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,900 BRISCOE: Hey, don't sweat it. You saved her life. 39 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:38,960 ED: You ever see the shooter before? 40 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:40,230 Never. 41 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:43,070 How long's Karlin been getting this door-to-door service? 42 00:02:43,130 --> 00:02:46,580 Three years. I pick her up, take her to work, hand her off to the court officers. 43 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,780 Most judges take the subway. 44 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:51,750 Not Karlin. She's got someone on her 2417. 45 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,550 On account of her reputation as a high-profile hard-ass. 46 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,980 ED: Where's she now? 47 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,080 Knowing her, on the bench. 48 00:02:59,410 --> 00:03:00,860 If I don't go right back to work 49 00:03:00,910 --> 00:03:03,450 these people will think they can intimidate me. 50 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,790 Well, still, you might try taking a few extra precautions, Judge. 51 00:03:06,850 --> 00:03:08,160 We can get you a vest. 52 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:09,820 The man's dead, isn't he, detectives? 53 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,460 He might not have been working alone. 54 00:03:11,590 --> 00:03:14,570 Yes, well, a lot of dangerous people pass through my courtroom. 55 00:03:14,630 --> 00:03:16,570 Well, you recognize this one? 56 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:18,840 He's about 200 pounds, 6'3". 57 00:03:19,230 --> 00:03:21,040 No. I don't recognize him. 58 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:22,880 What about your calendar, Judge? 59 00:03:22,940 --> 00:03:25,540 Any gang members, any organized crime cases? 60 00:03:25,870 --> 00:03:27,320 Nothing out of the ordinary. 61 00:03:27,370 --> 00:03:29,440 Look, these people don't like me. 62 00:03:29,510 --> 00:03:30,680 And I don't like them. 63 00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:33,220 Okay. How about somebody other than "these people"? 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,160 Say, a defense attorney you pissed off? 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,690 Just about every defense attorney 66 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:39,360 who walks out of my courtroom is angry about something. 67 00:03:39,420 --> 00:03:41,400 BRISCOE: You're not giving us much to go on, Judge. 68 00:03:41,450 --> 00:03:42,900 I've been on the bench for 14 years. 69 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,370 I was an Assistant D.A. before that. 70 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:47,370 I made a lot of enemies. 71 00:03:47,730 --> 00:03:49,930 We got no print matches for our shooter in the system. 72 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,070 Any luck with the gun? 73 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:54,580 Serial number's gone but ballistics said they might be able to recover it. 74 00:03:54,630 --> 00:03:56,770 A run-and-shoot with a defaced .38. 75 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,040 Sounds pretty low-tech. 76 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:00,780 Hey, if it was one of the perps on her caseload, 77 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:01,840 his prints would've popped. 78 00:04:01,910 --> 00:04:04,080 Well, if we don't know the who, how about the why? 79 00:04:04,140 --> 00:04:05,710 Maybe somebody was doing a friend a favor. 80 00:04:05,780 --> 00:04:07,190 I mean, in some circles, knocking her off 81 00:04:07,250 --> 00:04:08,820 would be like doing community service. 82 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,330 You sound like she deserved it. 83 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:12,420 Well, I'm just saying this woman racks up years on people 84 00:04:12,490 --> 00:04:13,830 like Tiger racks up tournaments. 85 00:04:13,890 --> 00:04:16,920 Well, before we go culling through 10,000 case files, 86 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:19,400 let's rule out the usual suspects. 87 00:04:23,260 --> 00:04:25,260 I begged my wife to at least take the day off, 88 00:04:25,330 --> 00:04:27,330 but that's Linda. 89 00:04:27,630 --> 00:04:28,980 ED: How long you two been married? 90 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,570 Twenty-two years. 91 00:04:30,940 --> 00:04:34,410 We met at a fundraiser when she was in the D.A.'s office. 92 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:36,520 Our first conversation was a heated debate 93 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:37,750 over the death penalty. 94 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,250 Sounds romantic. 95 00:04:39,310 --> 00:04:41,660 Let me guess, she was pro, you were con. 96 00:04:42,010 --> 00:04:44,460 My wife's a woman of strong convictions. 97 00:04:45,150 --> 00:04:48,460 Can you think of anybody who might want to hurt your wife, Mr. Karlin? 98 00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:50,630 Besides the criminals she prosecutes? 99 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:52,570 Any financial problems? 100 00:04:52,630 --> 00:04:54,900 I wish we'd sold our tech portfolio a year ago. 101 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,500 You and me both. 102 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,800 Has your wife received any threats recently? 103 00:04:58,860 --> 00:05:01,900 Linda doesn't like to bring that part of the job home. 104 00:05:01,970 --> 00:05:04,410 It's all handled at the courthouse. 105 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:07,850 Well, the Karlins' private life sounds like a snooze. 106 00:05:07,910 --> 00:05:09,940 Let's go check out some of these death threats. 107 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:12,050 Needle in a haystack time. 108 00:05:15,950 --> 00:05:17,830 Threats against judges are tough to investigate 109 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,360 and most aren't serious anyway. 110 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:20,620 Karlin ever get any threats? 111 00:05:20,690 --> 00:05:21,990 She's our best customer. 112 00:05:22,050 --> 00:05:24,000 We need to see what you got. 113 00:05:24,060 --> 00:05:25,090 I was expecting you. 114 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,760 Anything recent? 115 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:30,370 We found this just last Tuesday. 116 00:05:32,230 --> 00:05:34,370 "Karlin, you stank ass bitch," 117 00:05:34,630 --> 00:05:37,110 "I'm gonna make you lick my MAC-10." 118 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:38,880 I take it the motion was denied. 119 00:05:38,940 --> 00:05:40,040 We found that on a bench, 120 00:05:40,110 --> 00:05:41,710 in one of the bull pens on the 12th floor. 121 00:05:41,770 --> 00:05:44,520 BRISCOE: How many guys went through that lock-up the day you found it? 122 00:05:44,580 --> 00:05:46,960 I'm not sure. Cell capacity's about 100. I can get you a list. 123 00:05:47,310 --> 00:05:48,310 You ever pursue it? 124 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:51,260 Even if we found this guy, it's probably protected by the First Amendment 125 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,820 and there's nothing we could prosecute on. 126 00:05:52,950 --> 00:05:54,430 There is now. 127 00:05:56,820 --> 00:05:57,960 Court's in recess. 128 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:00,000 Judge Karlin's not back till 2:15. 129 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:01,660 Actually we need to speak to you. 130 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,340 Any of these guys have a case here last Tuesday? 131 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:05,910 I wouldn't recognize the names. 132 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,640 Tuesday's the Judge's calendar day. 133 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,080 BRISCOE: You got a copy of the calendar? 134 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:11,980 Hey, this isn't Yankee Stadium, huh? 135 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,310 Hats off. 136 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,350 Yeah. Right here. 137 00:06:18,010 --> 00:06:19,010 Thanks. 138 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,150 Is there any way somebody could smuggle a weapon in here? 139 00:06:21,210 --> 00:06:24,160 I have two guys hand-scanning everyone who walks through here. 140 00:06:24,220 --> 00:06:27,160 And that's after they go through the metal detector downstairs. 141 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:28,700 Is that standard procedure? 142 00:06:28,750 --> 00:06:30,060 Standard for Judge Karlin. 143 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,230 ED: I got a match. 144 00:06:33,430 --> 00:06:34,670 Evan Bruce. 145 00:06:34,730 --> 00:06:35,870 Kidnap two. 146 00:06:35,930 --> 00:06:37,370 I remember that case. 147 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,570 It was an a.m. call. 148 00:06:38,660 --> 00:06:41,370 We brought the guy in from the Tombs next door. 149 00:06:41,430 --> 00:06:42,970 BRISCOE: We're looking for an inmate. 150 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,670 Right place. You got a name? 151 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:46,110 Evan Bruce. 152 00:06:46,170 --> 00:06:47,710 Forget to read him his rights? 153 00:06:47,810 --> 00:06:51,760 No, we're here to collect on his pledge to the Police Athletic League. 154 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:53,190 Evan Bruce. 155 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,750 Checked in in September. 156 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:57,290 AW problems? 157 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,160 Problems? 158 00:06:59,250 --> 00:07:01,860 Yeah, you know, disciplinary infractions? 159 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,730 CLERK: Nothing. How about psych work-ups? 160 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,660 That information's confidential. I wouldn't have access. 161 00:07:06,730 --> 00:07:09,070 BRISCOE: Well, we need to talk to him. 162 00:07:09,130 --> 00:07:11,840 Too late. He was released three days ago. 163 00:07:12,830 --> 00:07:14,310 Now why I gotta come down here? 164 00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:16,680 You realize threatening a judge is a felony? 165 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:18,610 I didn't threaten no judge That's crazy, man. 166 00:07:18,670 --> 00:07:20,080 More like stupid. 167 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:22,950 Somebody sent Judge Karlin this little love letter. 168 00:07:23,010 --> 00:07:25,650 Whoever wrote it called her a stank ass bitch. 169 00:07:25,710 --> 00:07:26,710 Wasn't me. 170 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:28,020 ED: We want you to write it for us. 171 00:07:28,810 --> 00:07:30,850 Write it. Stank ass bitch. 172 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:45,200 Look, Lennie. He misspelled bitch. 173 00:07:46,970 --> 00:07:48,140 Again. 174 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,480 All right. Look, I was just letting go of my anger 175 00:07:51,540 --> 00:07:53,020 from being in there so long. 176 00:07:53,070 --> 00:07:56,140 Is that what you call taking three shots at a judge? 177 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:57,450 Is this guy a friend of yours? 178 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:58,980 Does he look like a friend of mine? 179 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,220 ED: Man, we don't know who you keep company with. 180 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,850 Look, half the people that walked out of that courtroom wanted that bitch... 181 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:07,290 I mean, that Judge, dead. 182 00:08:07,350 --> 00:08:10,270 Yeah, but most of them didn't write her a threatening note. 183 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,900 But why I'm gonna kill her? 184 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,440 My lawyer beat the case on a speedy trial motion. 185 00:08:14,490 --> 00:08:15,840 Ain't nothing she can do to me now. 186 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:17,070 (DOOR OPENING) 187 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:18,670 BRISCOE: Well, maybe you better hang on to that lawyer 188 00:08:19,130 --> 00:08:22,910 'cause we're gonna send this to the D.A. and see if they want to prosecute. 189 00:08:22,970 --> 00:08:24,610 Just got this from ballistics. 190 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:26,980 They recovered the serial number from the gun. 191 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,320 It traced to the Lodi, New Jersey police department. 192 00:08:33,950 --> 00:08:35,950 So what brings you to Lodi, detectives? 193 00:08:36,020 --> 00:08:39,120 We're investigating an attempted murder in Manhattan. 194 00:08:39,180 --> 00:08:40,460 You know this guy? 195 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,730 No. You said "attempted murder." 196 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:45,530 Yeah. He was killed in a shoot-out with the NYPD. 197 00:08:45,620 --> 00:08:47,300 His .38 traced to your department. 198 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,170 Well, we don't use .38's anymore. 199 00:08:49,230 --> 00:08:52,070 We went to 9 millimeter automatics two years ago. 200 00:08:52,130 --> 00:08:54,110 Yeah, so did most of us. 201 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,110 Could it be that one of your guys kept one as a back-up? 202 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:59,880 We traded them all in to knock the price down on our new weapons. 203 00:09:00,070 --> 00:09:02,140 You mean there are police-issue guns on the street? 204 00:09:02,210 --> 00:09:04,210 This is a small department with a tight budget. 205 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,880 We can't afford to melt them down. 206 00:09:06,010 --> 00:09:08,620 This gun was used to shoot at a judge. 207 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,090 (SIGHS) 208 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:15,730 Look, if a dealer sold the gun legally, it should show up on the state's database. 209 00:09:21,290 --> 00:09:22,530 Excuse me. 210 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,970 You Vince Ellis? 211 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:25,300 Far as I know. 212 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,870 We got your name off the state handgun registry. 213 00:09:27,930 --> 00:09:30,040 You bought a .38 about a year ago? 214 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,050 Yeah, but I don't got it no more. 215 00:09:32,100 --> 00:09:33,480 It was stolen. 216 00:09:33,610 --> 00:09:34,910 ED: When was that? 217 00:09:34,970 --> 00:09:37,050 Noticed it missing about two weeks ago. 218 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,060 BRISCOE: You report it to the police? 219 00:09:39,110 --> 00:09:40,110 Didn't get around to it yet. 220 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:43,690 You heard about this judge who got shot at in the city? 221 00:09:43,780 --> 00:09:44,780 One where the shooter got killed? 222 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:46,490 What about it? 223 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,730 They found your gun in the shooter's hand. 224 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,200 Oh, God. 225 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,660 ED: Who is it? 226 00:09:55,130 --> 00:09:58,470 You know, we could charge you right now as an accomplice, Mr. Ellis. 227 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:02,110 It's my nephew, Frankie. 228 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:04,180 Frank Morris. 229 00:10:05,370 --> 00:10:06,370 Where's he live? 230 00:10:07,110 --> 00:10:08,740 Over in Paterson. 231 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,790 He was in here a few nights last week. 232 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,820 Asked if he could use my .38. 233 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:13,910 And you let him? 234 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:16,860 Said he'd give me 200 just to borrow it. I told him no way. 235 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,120 Next night I come in and it's gone. 236 00:10:19,550 --> 00:10:21,500 That's a pretty convenient explanation. 237 00:10:21,550 --> 00:10:23,090 It's the truth. 238 00:10:23,260 --> 00:10:24,630 Look, $200? 239 00:10:25,190 --> 00:10:26,790 I knew something real bad was going down. 240 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,700 I ain't risking my place here for that kind of money. 241 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,260 So why'd you file down the serial number? 242 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:31,430 I didn't. 243 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:34,670 Frankie must have done it so it couldn't get back to me. 244 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,010 He couldn't even get that right. 245 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,040 So where is this in Paterson? 246 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,580 How long are you guys gonna be here? 247 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:43,680 Couple more hours. 248 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:45,450 And then who's gonna move out his stuff? 249 00:10:45,510 --> 00:10:47,050 We'll get back to you on that. 250 00:10:47,110 --> 00:10:50,120 Well, if Morris got paid, it isn't here. 251 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:51,590 Got some nice magazines. 252 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:53,320 Hot Lace, Rough and Ready. 253 00:10:53,390 --> 00:10:55,370 Are you gonna need those? 254 00:10:59,090 --> 00:11:02,830 Here's a driver's license with the name John Sheppard on it. 255 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:05,500 Yeah, and Morris's picture. 256 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:07,270 Standard issue for a swindler that old. 257 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:09,240 Hey, did Morris have a car? 258 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,470 Uh, yeah. The Camaro out front. 259 00:11:11,540 --> 00:11:13,210 It's worth a look. 260 00:11:13,910 --> 00:11:15,720 We're not breaking any laws here, are we, Detective? 261 00:11:15,770 --> 00:11:19,620 Hey, the guy's dead. It's not like he's gonna be filing a suppression motion. 262 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:22,220 These 85's are a little tougher than the 86's. 263 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,390 Anything before '82's cake. 264 00:11:24,580 --> 00:11:25,620 Got it. 265 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:28,530 Could have used one of these on prom night. 266 00:11:28,650 --> 00:11:30,790 Ed, you wanna pop the trunk? 267 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:38,140 Nothing back here, Ed. 268 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,300 I got nothing here, either. 269 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,310 So what do you want to do with it? 270 00:11:42,370 --> 00:11:43,370 Can you tow it? 271 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:44,880 Sure. What was the owner's name? 272 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:46,080 Frank Morris. 273 00:11:46,370 --> 00:11:47,850 Morris? Morris? Wait a second. 274 00:11:47,910 --> 00:11:50,350 I think the staties were looking at a guy with that name. 275 00:11:50,410 --> 00:11:52,390 Looking at him for what? 276 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:53,850 Murder. 277 00:11:55,450 --> 00:11:57,690 Chief witness in a narcotics case got killed. 278 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,160 Morris was our only suspect. 279 00:11:59,220 --> 00:12:00,530 Who was the defendant? 280 00:12:00,590 --> 00:12:02,690 Major heroin dealer down in Camden. 281 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,100 We flipped one of his clockers. 282 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,140 He got dead three days before the trial started. 283 00:12:06,190 --> 00:12:07,470 Shooting? 284 00:12:07,630 --> 00:12:08,630 Middle of the day, 285 00:12:08,690 --> 00:12:10,670 two pops while he's killing a brew on the front porch. 286 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:11,830 Nobody saw a thing. 287 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:13,430 What's this dealer's connection to Morris? 288 00:12:13,500 --> 00:12:15,780 No prior relationship we could make out. 289 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,410 It's the best we could figure Morris is a small-time low-life 290 00:12:18,470 --> 00:12:19,710 who's trying to make his bones. 291 00:12:19,770 --> 00:12:21,340 BRISCOE: Yeah. His sheet was clean. 292 00:12:21,410 --> 00:12:23,080 Yeah, kid had a great future ahead of him. 293 00:12:23,140 --> 00:12:25,380 So, I take it you just didn't have much evidence. 294 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:26,750 Nothing we could make stick. 295 00:12:26,810 --> 00:12:28,450 But we could put him in the informant's neighborhood 296 00:12:28,510 --> 00:12:29,520 the day of the murder. 297 00:12:29,580 --> 00:12:32,620 And he visited the defendant in Rahway prison a week before. 298 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:34,990 A hit man who makes house calls. 299 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:38,360 Karlin's a Manhattan judge, 300 00:12:38,620 --> 00:12:42,570 so anybody she puts in pending trial is either in Rikers or the Tombs. 301 00:12:42,630 --> 00:12:45,130 So we pulled the visitors log from the last three weeks. 302 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,770 You find Morris? 303 00:12:46,830 --> 00:12:49,400 John Sheppard. Now that's the name that was on the fake ID 304 00:12:49,470 --> 00:12:51,070 we found in Morris's apartment. 305 00:12:51,140 --> 00:12:53,780 So Sheppard visited an inmate at Rikers 306 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:55,920 named Randall Wylie on March 7th. 307 00:12:55,970 --> 00:12:58,250 Yeah. They spent 25 minutes together, 308 00:12:58,310 --> 00:12:59,980 eight days before the hit. 309 00:13:00,050 --> 00:13:02,180 Well, what charge was this Wylie in for? 310 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:03,820 It's a paper case. The guy's a CPA. 311 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,260 Now here's the kicker. Wylie's case is currently before Judge Karlin. 312 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:12,630 (BUZZER BUZZING) 313 00:13:12,690 --> 00:13:14,430 Have you guys spoken to my lawyer? 314 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:17,670 We're not here about your current case, Mr. Wylie. 315 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:19,870 Oh, then what's this about? 316 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:21,810 According to the prison log, 317 00:13:21,870 --> 00:13:24,540 a John Sheppard visited you on March 7th. 318 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:26,210 John Sheppard? 319 00:13:26,270 --> 00:13:27,720 BRISCOE: Yeah. You know him? 320 00:13:27,770 --> 00:13:28,810 No. 321 00:13:28,970 --> 00:13:31,010 ED: Then why'd he come and visit you? 322 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:35,020 An officer came by and said someone was here for me in the visiting area. 323 00:13:35,410 --> 00:13:38,090 When I came out, it was this guy, Sheppard. 324 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:40,700 I asked him who he was. 325 00:13:41,350 --> 00:13:43,390 He told me my lawyer had sent him. 326 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:45,130 Sent him about what? 327 00:13:45,790 --> 00:13:49,200 He said he was assisting her on my case. 328 00:13:49,290 --> 00:13:50,930 Assisting her how? 329 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:52,710 WYLIE: That's what I was thinking. 330 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,070 After a couple minutes it became clear 331 00:13:54,130 --> 00:13:56,440 he didn't know anything about my case either. 332 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:57,540 Sol left. 333 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,280 You didn't find this strange, Mr. Wylie? 334 00:14:00,070 --> 00:14:02,710 A lot of strange things happen in here. 335 00:14:03,940 --> 00:14:07,410 I figured somebody must have just written down the wrong inmate number or something. 336 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,960 But he knew who you were? 337 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,030 Look. Look, what does this have to do with me? 338 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,690 A week after he visited you, John Sheppard tried to kill Judge Karlin. 339 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:18,860 You know who Judge Karlin is, don't you? 340 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,700 I had nothing to do with that. 341 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,670 So it's just a coincidence that he comes to visit you out of the blue 342 00:14:24,730 --> 00:14:28,010 and then a week later he takes a shot at your judge. 343 00:14:29,740 --> 00:14:33,480 I don't think my lawyer would want me talking to you anymore. 344 00:14:34,810 --> 00:14:37,450 This guy's about as menacing as Jeff van Gundy. 345 00:14:37,510 --> 00:14:39,510 And it doesn't even look like he's facing much time. 346 00:14:39,580 --> 00:14:40,850 Why risk killing a judge? 347 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:43,790 Hey, he lied about how much time he spent with Morris that day. 348 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,350 Let's see if the Lou can pull some strings in the frauds department. 349 00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:48,630 Thanks. 350 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,100 Thanks for coming down, Detective. 351 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,190 Sure. 352 00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:55,240 So what's up with my old buddy, Randall Wylie? 353 00:14:55,290 --> 00:14:56,570 We're just trying to figure out 354 00:14:56,630 --> 00:14:59,230 if he's capable of more than just securities violations. 355 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:00,440 As in Judge Karlin? 356 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:01,770 That's what we're thinking. 357 00:15:01,830 --> 00:15:04,440 Wylie's a CFO of a small investment bank. 358 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,420 Wife, two little girls, plush house in Westchester. 359 00:15:07,470 --> 00:15:10,920 Got a little greedy, he took some stock from a company he was consulting. 360 00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:12,010 He unloaded the shares, 361 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,890 racked up almost half a million dollars in profit. 362 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,420 But what's your gut, though? 363 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:19,530 Was he desperate enough to hire a hit man? 364 00:15:19,850 --> 00:15:21,730 The indictment turned his world upside down, 365 00:15:21,790 --> 00:15:23,320 and he was fired by his firm. 366 00:15:23,390 --> 00:15:25,230 We took him out of his office in handcuffs. 367 00:15:25,290 --> 00:15:27,200 That had to be tough on his ego. 368 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:28,260 And his wallet. 369 00:15:28,330 --> 00:15:29,830 D.A. froze most of his accounts, 370 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:32,140 except for what his family needed to pay his bills. 371 00:15:32,430 --> 00:15:34,170 So your answer is yes. 372 00:15:35,030 --> 00:15:37,270 My answer is who the hell knows what anybody's capable of, 373 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:38,610 push come to shove. 374 00:15:38,670 --> 00:15:40,910 Here are the financials you wanted. 375 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,320 Wylie's got more accounts than I got dollars. 376 00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:46,880 Brokerage accounts, 377 00:15:46,950 --> 00:15:49,220 money markets, four checking accounts. 378 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,590 Yeah, but he ain't got nothing in them, $300, $400, 379 00:15:51,650 --> 00:15:53,390 and all I'm seeing here are mortgage payments, 380 00:15:53,450 --> 00:15:55,060 car payments, credit card bills. 381 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:56,760 Yeah. He couldn't afford to buy a gun, 382 00:15:56,820 --> 00:15:58,320 much less hire a killer. 383 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:01,890 And there are no major withdrawals, even before the freeze. 384 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,670 And here's his tax returns. 385 00:16:05,260 --> 00:16:08,340 Gross income, 246 grand. 386 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,270 Wow. Maybe he put some of that money in his mattress. 387 00:16:11,940 --> 00:16:13,420 Here's his schedule A. 388 00:16:13,470 --> 00:16:16,720 You know, Wylie's got a New York State college tuition account? 389 00:16:17,940 --> 00:16:20,450 I thought his two girls were little. 390 00:16:24,220 --> 00:16:26,990 The college tuition program's about three years old. 391 00:16:27,050 --> 00:16:29,090 It helps people save for their kids' education. 392 00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:30,600 Can anybody open an account here? 393 00:16:30,660 --> 00:16:32,790 Yeah, if you live in New York and have a kid. 394 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:34,130 How old's the kid have to be? 395 00:16:34,190 --> 00:16:37,700 Well, you can open an account the same day you give birth. 396 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,140 And does the money go directly to the kid's college? 397 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,010 You can withdraw from the account, 398 00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:45,880 but you incur a tax penalty if it's not used for tuition. 399 00:16:46,510 --> 00:16:50,750 Does a Randall Wylie still have an account here? 400 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:52,150 Let's see. 401 00:16:52,210 --> 00:16:54,120 Randall Wylie. 402 00:16:54,780 --> 00:16:56,560 Yeah, the account's still active. 403 00:16:56,620 --> 00:16:57,990 Any withdrawals recently? 404 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:02,230 (SIGHING) There's one on March 12th. 405 00:17:02,490 --> 00:17:04,060 That's three days before the shooting. 406 00:17:04,120 --> 00:17:05,290 For how much? 407 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:06,670 Practically the whole account. 408 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:08,770 $100,000. 409 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,600 I guess he wasn't worried about a tax penalty. 410 00:17:16,870 --> 00:17:20,340 We pulled the IUDs from the phone Wylie had access to at Rikers. 411 00:17:20,410 --> 00:17:21,580 A week before the shooting 412 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,310 there was a call to the bar where Morris got the gun. 413 00:17:24,580 --> 00:17:25,780 Can we put Morris on the call? 414 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:26,880 He was at the bar. 415 00:17:27,350 --> 00:17:31,350 The next day he spent 25 minutes with Wylie in the visitors' area. 416 00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:32,930 Money change hands? 417 00:17:32,990 --> 00:17:35,660 Well, there was a $100,000 withdrawal 418 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,830 from Wylie's daughters' tuition account. 419 00:17:38,020 --> 00:17:39,430 Any evidence it went to Morris? 420 00:17:39,490 --> 00:17:41,030 Nothing so far. 421 00:17:42,490 --> 00:17:45,410 Wylie's not some Colombian drug lord, Anita. 422 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:48,070 I'm having trouble imagining some milquetoast CPA 423 00:17:48,130 --> 00:17:49,480 ordered a hit on a judge. 424 00:17:49,530 --> 00:17:52,570 Yeah, we're having some problems buying into it ourselves. 425 00:17:53,510 --> 00:17:56,320 Okay, well Jack and I will talk to the A.D.A. in our Frauds Bureau 426 00:17:56,370 --> 00:17:59,410 who was handling Wylie's case. We'll, see how serious his situation was. 427 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:00,580 Okay. 428 00:18:00,910 --> 00:18:02,590 You really think he went after Karlin? 429 00:18:02,650 --> 00:18:03,960 You tell us. 430 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:05,220 I guess anything's possible. 431 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:06,490 Did you offer Wylie a plea? 432 00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:07,760 Yeah, two-to-six. 433 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:08,920 And he wasn't interested? 434 00:18:08,990 --> 00:18:10,060 Never got that far. 435 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,470 Karlin wouldn't agree to the deal. She thought it was too lenient. 436 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,730 Was it? 437 00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:16,460 It was nothing different than what Wylie could've gotten next door. 438 00:18:16,530 --> 00:18:19,440 But Karlin wanted top count, no promise on sentence. 439 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:21,500 On the next adjourn date, she put him in Rikers. 440 00:18:21,570 --> 00:18:22,840 With no priors. 441 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:26,010 She found out that Wylie's wife went to the Cayman islands. 442 00:18:26,070 --> 00:18:27,210 Off-shore bank accounts? 443 00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:28,720 She flew in and out the same day. 444 00:18:28,770 --> 00:18:30,410 Well, she's not there for the snorkeling. 445 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,580 Karlin remanded him as a flight risk. 446 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,210 How did Wylie react? 447 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,520 He was pretty shaken up. 448 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:37,250 When the court officers came in to cuff him, 449 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,130 they had to drag his wife out kicking and screaming. 450 00:18:40,190 --> 00:18:41,290 I'm late for an arraignment. 451 00:18:41,350 --> 00:18:43,060 So if there's anything else, I'll be in my office later. 452 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,600 Okay, thanks. 453 00:18:45,790 --> 00:18:48,200 Sounds like Wylie had a reason to want Karlin dead. 454 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,330 And if one reason wasn't enough, she gave him another. 455 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,140 You think what she did was inappropriate? 456 00:18:54,470 --> 00:18:57,380 I respect her right to turn down a plea if she thought it was too lenient. 457 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,880 But it forces Wylie to go to trial. 458 00:19:00,070 --> 00:19:03,020 How many judges would balk at a chance to dispose of a case? 459 00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:04,990 She treats her job as more than a numbers game. 460 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,520 More power to her. 461 00:19:06,580 --> 00:19:08,790 A woman after your own heart. 462 00:19:09,210 --> 00:19:11,820 The voters re-elected her twice, Jack. 463 00:19:12,550 --> 00:19:14,290 We know that Wylie's wife was pretty angry. 464 00:19:14,350 --> 00:19:17,600 It wouldn't be the first time that a family member went too far. 465 00:19:17,660 --> 00:19:19,400 Well, I have a meeting with her in Westchester. 466 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:22,170 I'm gonna drive up there this afternoon. 467 00:19:22,530 --> 00:19:26,300 I'm sorry, but you wasted your time coming all the way up here. 468 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:29,350 Actually, I was hoping you could clarify a few things for me, Mrs. Wylie. 469 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:33,410 If you're not clear, why are you prosecuting my husband? 470 00:19:33,710 --> 00:19:36,350 At this point, we haven't made any formal decision. 471 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:37,710 No, 472 00:19:37,780 --> 00:19:39,810 but you've made up your mind already, haven't you? 473 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,420 He did meet with the man who shot at Judge Karlin. 474 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,690 Believe what you want. 475 00:19:45,750 --> 00:19:48,590 My husband is an accountant, Ms. Carmichael. 476 00:19:48,650 --> 00:19:50,060 Not a killer. 477 00:19:51,060 --> 00:19:53,160 We found the money, Mrs. Wylie. 478 00:19:54,330 --> 00:19:55,700 What money? 479 00:19:56,090 --> 00:19:58,010 The money from your daughters' college tuition. 480 00:19:59,430 --> 00:20:01,430 I also know about the trip to the Caymans. 481 00:20:02,900 --> 00:20:04,780 First this Judge and now you. 482 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,050 I thought people were supposed to be presumed innocent? 483 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:10,380 If you assisted your husband in procuring money 484 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,480 to hire this man... 485 00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:12,820 Are you threatening me? 486 00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:18,890 I think what I'm doing is offering you a chance to save what's left of your family. 487 00:20:18,980 --> 00:20:21,790 That money was used to pay our legal fees. 488 00:20:22,190 --> 00:20:24,530 Now get the hell out of my house. 489 00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:33,230 (DOOR OPENING) 490 00:20:36,170 --> 00:20:39,610 Please. You expect me to help you put away my own client? 491 00:20:39,670 --> 00:20:41,650 We could always subpoena your account records. 492 00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:43,310 And I can always refuse to comply. 493 00:20:43,380 --> 00:20:45,910 Somehow I don't see you in prison stripes, Danielle. 494 00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:48,390 Well, you're gonna see me a lot more in pin stripes, Jack, 495 00:20:48,450 --> 00:20:49,450 because as of yesterday, 496 00:20:49,510 --> 00:20:52,620 I represent Randall Wylie in the attempted murder case. 497 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,630 Here's my notice of appearance. 498 00:20:54,690 --> 00:20:56,100 Well, that's a convenient way to shield yourself 499 00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:57,900 from being called as a witness at his trial. 500 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,830 There are ways around that, Danielle, if that's what this is. 501 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,700 You wouldn't do that to me, would you, Jack? 502 00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:04,870 In a New York minute. 503 00:21:07,370 --> 00:21:10,110 The minute Karlin blocked a plea bargain, 504 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,010 my trial fee kicked in. 505 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:14,050 Here's the deposit slip. 506 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,220 $100,000 cash. 507 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:20,050 You took your money up front. 508 00:21:20,110 --> 00:21:23,090 And I so wanted to sandbag you with it at trial. 509 00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:26,430 It's just too bad that Janice opened her big mouth. 510 00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:31,830 LEWIN: It's a good thing Melnick came clean. 511 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:36,100 You'd have spent your summation wiping the shoe polish off your mouth. 512 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,730 Meanwhile, we have no proof 513 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,830 Wylie actually paid Morris. 514 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:41,670 Could have been COD. 515 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:45,080 His hitman trusted him more than his lawyer did. 516 00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:46,910 So without connecting him to a payment, 517 00:21:46,970 --> 00:21:48,510 do we even have a case? 518 00:21:48,570 --> 00:21:50,140 Wylie met with Morris face to face 519 00:21:50,210 --> 00:21:52,190 about a week before the murder attempt. 520 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,660 I seriously doubt it was a conversation about tax advice. 521 00:21:55,710 --> 00:21:58,460 Why would a man like Wylie stoop to something like this? 522 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,050 'Cause he stole half a million dollars. 523 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:04,260 Well, there's a small difference between greed and murdering a judge. 524 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,360 Well, how about a judge who wouldn't cut him a deal 525 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:07,490 and threw him in jail? 526 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,130 Frauds Bureau was ready to take a plea, 527 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:11,230 Karlin put the kibosh on it. 528 00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:15,270 One would think our people knew more about the case than she did. 529 00:22:15,370 --> 00:22:17,370 I've had a half-dozen cases with her. 530 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,880 She listens to our recommendations, but she tends to make up her own mind. 531 00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:24,810 How did Wylie find Morris? 532 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,950 It's hard to imagine his firm has a murder-for-hire consultant. 533 00:22:29,650 --> 00:22:32,960 Maybe he started hanging out with the wrong element. 534 00:22:39,690 --> 00:22:43,870 Randall Wylie was remanded without bail by Judge Karlin on March 4th. 535 00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:46,540 Assigned C-17, lower tier 3. 536 00:22:47,030 --> 00:22:48,270 That a dorm or a cell? 537 00:22:48,330 --> 00:22:50,140 That's a single inmate unit. 538 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,110 He was on suicide watch. 539 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,200 Did he make an attempt? 540 00:22:53,710 --> 00:22:54,810 Not that we know of. 541 00:22:54,870 --> 00:22:57,820 In this case the suicide watch was requested by his own lawyer. 542 00:22:58,180 --> 00:23:00,020 Did Wylie have contact with any other inmates? 543 00:23:00,610 --> 00:23:03,390 We have SOA's patrolling the areas, making sure nobody hangs up. 544 00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:04,480 JACK: SOA's? 545 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:05,890 Suicide Observation Aides. 546 00:23:06,580 --> 00:23:07,720 Staff or inmates? 547 00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:10,590 Inmates. As long as they're not charged with murder. 548 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,460 To avoid any conflict of interest. 549 00:23:14,660 --> 00:23:17,160 CARMICHAEL: Who was on Wylie's tier? 550 00:23:17,660 --> 00:23:19,610 MCGOWAN: Randall was wound up pretty tight when he got here. 551 00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:21,700 Never been in jail before. 552 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:24,640 JACK: Did he ever talk about killing himself? 553 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:26,110 Seemed okay to me. 554 00:23:26,170 --> 00:23:29,050 Took his belt and shoelaces away, just in case. 555 00:23:29,270 --> 00:23:31,380 Gave him a pass by every five, 10 minutes. 556 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:32,480 Did you spend anytime with him? 557 00:23:32,910 --> 00:23:34,620 Yeah, we talked a little bit. 558 00:23:34,750 --> 00:23:35,950 Mostly about his case. 559 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:39,650 Did Wylie ever say anything about Judge Karlin? 560 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:47,060 Oh, I probably shouldn't be talking to you guys. 561 00:23:48,130 --> 00:23:50,970 CARMICHAEL: What's the problem, Mr. McGowan? 562 00:23:51,100 --> 00:23:52,100 Nothing. 563 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:55,740 You know we can always notify the A.D.A. who's prosecuting you 564 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,470 that you're obstructing our investigation. 565 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,880 They got their own set of rules in here, you know that. 566 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,420 JACK: Honor among thieves. 567 00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:04,080 Don't snitch on nobody. 568 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:06,350 Unless it pays off. 569 00:24:08,850 --> 00:24:10,520 You got something for me? 570 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:13,760 If you have something for us. 571 00:24:16,550 --> 00:24:19,300 I'm looking at 25 years on an arson two rap. 572 00:24:19,690 --> 00:24:21,030 What exactly did you burn down? 573 00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:23,570 A store and nobody got hurt. 574 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:26,740 If you plead to a C felony, we can try and get you minimum. 575 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,400 Provided you're straight with us. 576 00:24:28,670 --> 00:24:31,340 And the D.A. prosecuting me's gonna go along with this? 577 00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:33,170 Our case has priority. 578 00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:38,410 Then I guess we got a deal. 579 00:24:40,650 --> 00:24:44,320 According to McGowan, Wylie was in a rage about Judge Karlin from day one. 580 00:24:44,380 --> 00:24:46,830 He was obsessed about finding away to get back at her 581 00:24:46,890 --> 00:24:50,060 for putting "someone like him" into that hell-hole. 582 00:24:51,090 --> 00:24:53,330 That's pretty tough talk from a CPA. 583 00:24:53,790 --> 00:24:55,700 He was looking down the teeth of atrial 584 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,970 and a long sentence. He had nothing but bad choices. 585 00:24:58,030 --> 00:25:01,100 And his only way out was the ultimate in judge-shopping. 586 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,680 So you actually believe this McGowan? 587 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:05,180 We found him, Nora. 588 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,280 McGowan only corroborated what we already suspected. 589 00:25:08,740 --> 00:25:10,950 I'm sure you two cut him a pretty good deal. 590 00:25:11,340 --> 00:25:15,220 It wasn't like our pool of potential witnesses was the boys tabernacle choir. 591 00:25:15,450 --> 00:25:18,520 But we still can't connect him and Morris with a payment. 592 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,400 Our forensic accountants have been all over the paperwork. 593 00:25:21,450 --> 00:25:22,490 So far, no luck. 594 00:25:22,550 --> 00:25:25,560 It's a pretty solid circumstantial case, even without the money. 595 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:29,430 So some schlep goes to Rikers for a few months 596 00:25:29,490 --> 00:25:31,700 and we manage to turn him into a cold blooded killer. 597 00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:37,180 Pick him up. 598 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:42,510 Randall Wylie, we need you to come with us. 599 00:25:42,770 --> 00:25:44,310 Can't you see I'm with my wife? 600 00:25:44,380 --> 00:25:46,250 Stand up, Mr. Wylie. You're under arrest. 601 00:25:46,310 --> 00:25:48,590 Course I'm under arrest. What else would I be doing here? 602 00:25:48,650 --> 00:25:50,420 Yeah, only this time it's for attempted murder. 603 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,550 Randall, what's going on? 604 00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:53,190 I'm already in jail, for God's sake. 605 00:25:53,250 --> 00:25:55,060 Tell it to the judge. 606 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:00,930 I knew I was right about Wylie. 607 00:26:01,630 --> 00:26:03,400 Right about him in what way, Judge? 608 00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:04,570 You sit on the bench long enough, 609 00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:07,040 you get a feel for guys like that. 610 00:26:08,130 --> 00:26:10,540 He's a businessman with no priors. 611 00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:12,740 Are you saying you knew he was dangerous? 612 00:26:14,340 --> 00:26:16,750 I thought you came here to prep me for the trial. 613 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:17,810 I did. 614 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,350 You're gonna be cross examined on the appearance of bias. 615 00:26:21,410 --> 00:26:24,520 And I'm sure you'll be able to lay that misconception to rest. 616 00:26:24,580 --> 00:26:27,390 They'll say you threw Wylie in jail because of what his wife did. 617 00:26:27,450 --> 00:26:28,990 That was hardly bias. 618 00:26:29,450 --> 00:26:32,030 And when our office proposed a plea bargain 619 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,660 you refused to go along with it. 620 00:26:33,730 --> 00:26:38,940 I wasn't satisfied your office was sending the right message to white collar defendants. 621 00:26:39,330 --> 00:26:40,870 Are you second-guessing me? 622 00:26:40,930 --> 00:26:43,880 The defense'll paint all this as being Draconian. 623 00:26:43,940 --> 00:26:46,540 Wylie was going to run. I stopped him. 624 00:26:47,270 --> 00:26:50,280 Danielle Melnick made nice to some young A.D.A. 625 00:26:50,380 --> 00:26:53,450 who'll probably end up working at her law firm someday. 626 00:26:53,510 --> 00:26:56,050 Only you didn't propose any alternative. 627 00:26:56,110 --> 00:26:58,420 The constitution does that, Jack. 628 00:26:58,580 --> 00:26:59,930 It's called atrial. 629 00:27:03,150 --> 00:27:04,360 (SIGHS) 630 00:27:05,060 --> 00:27:07,900 I've given you your motive evidence wrapped in a ribbon. 631 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:10,200 And that's why we're calling you, Judge. 632 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,800 Only don't underestimate a jury's sympathy. 633 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,400 I don't. 634 00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:17,210 That's why I prefer bench trials. 635 00:27:21,370 --> 00:27:24,010 KARLIN: Randall Wylie was before me on a fraud indictment. 636 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,850 I was assigned to preside over all pre-trial proceedings, 637 00:27:26,910 --> 00:27:27,950 then the trial. 638 00:27:28,010 --> 00:27:31,760 How much time was the defendant facing if convicted of all charges against him? 639 00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:33,660 There were three separate frauds, 640 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,720 for which he could be sentenced consecutively. 641 00:27:36,790 --> 00:27:38,530 Forty-five years was the aggregate. 642 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:41,500 JACK: I turn your attention to January 17th. 643 00:27:41,690 --> 00:27:45,070 What, if anything, happened with regard to Mr. Wylie's case? 644 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,040 The defense motion was on my calendar. 645 00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:49,140 When the case was called, Ms. Benedict, 646 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,510 the A.D.A. from your Frauds Bureau, 647 00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:54,110 told the court that Mrs. Wylie 648 00:27:54,170 --> 00:27:57,050 took a flight to the Cayman islands and returned the same evening. 649 00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:59,650 JACK: What did you do upon learning this information? 650 00:27:59,710 --> 00:28:03,560 Mrs. Wylie was in the courtroom that day, so I asked her if it was true. 651 00:28:03,620 --> 00:28:05,460 JACK: What did she say? 652 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,830 That it was none of my business. 653 00:28:07,890 --> 00:28:09,300 JACK: What happened next? 654 00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:11,490 KARLIN: I remanded the defendant as a flight risk. 655 00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:14,370 JACK: And what transpired in the courtroom? 656 00:28:14,430 --> 00:28:17,410 My court officers placed handcuffs on Mr. Wylie 657 00:28:17,460 --> 00:28:18,870 and led him into the pens. 658 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:21,500 At that point Mrs. Wylie began throwing a tantrum. 659 00:28:21,570 --> 00:28:23,710 She said her husband didn't belong in Rikers Island 660 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:25,580 that I was out to get him. 661 00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:28,710 JACK: Now, in the days preceding this incident, 662 00:28:28,910 --> 00:28:33,150 did you take any other action with regard to Mr. Wylie's case? 663 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,950 A plea bargain was brought to me, I rejected it. 664 00:28:37,020 --> 00:28:39,120 How much time was involved? 665 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,490 Two years. 666 00:28:40,550 --> 00:28:42,550 Not the 45 year aggregate? 667 00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:43,870 KARLIN: Far from it. 668 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:48,130 And when this plea bargain was refused how did Mr. Wylie react? 669 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,930 He was incensed. 670 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,400 Nothing further. 671 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,480 What's your reputation on the bench, Judge Karlin? 672 00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:02,880 I like to think it's tough, but fair. 673 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:06,680 But you routinely mete out prison sentences in the hundreds of years. 674 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:08,690 I wouldn't say routinely. 675 00:29:08,750 --> 00:29:10,750 But you do impose three-digit sentences 676 00:29:10,820 --> 00:29:13,460 when you know that the absolute maximum a defendant can serve 677 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:17,230 for a non-capital case is 50-years-to-life? Is that right? 678 00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:19,470 I do it to make a point. 679 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,100 What's that? 680 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,800 To enrage the people you sentence? 681 00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:26,200 That predators, who are brought to justice in my courtroom, 682 00:29:26,260 --> 00:29:27,740 will not be coddled. 683 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,140 MELNICK: So I take it you've remanded hundreds of defendants 684 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,910 the way you remanded Mr. Wylie? 685 00:29:32,370 --> 00:29:33,440 Yes. 686 00:29:33,570 --> 00:29:36,180 MELNICK: And I'm sure that Mrs. Wylie is not the first relative 687 00:29:36,370 --> 00:29:39,820 of a defendant to express disapproval with you? 688 00:29:39,940 --> 00:29:41,620 Most people behave in my courtroom. 689 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,920 Why is that? 690 00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:44,620 Because they're scared to death of you? 691 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,190 A healthy respect for authority goes a long way, Ms. Melnick, 692 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:49,820 especially these days. 693 00:29:50,590 --> 00:29:53,000 Judge, I'd like you to take a look 694 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,940 at defense exhibit four. 695 00:29:57,260 --> 00:30:01,440 Is this your likeness, on a glassine envelope used to package heroin, 696 00:30:01,570 --> 00:30:03,480 with the brand name Judge Dread? 697 00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:05,880 I've seen this before. 698 00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:09,410 I don't like it, but I'm not sure it's such a bad thing. 699 00:30:09,770 --> 00:30:12,410 At least the dealers will know what's in store for them 700 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,520 when they're caught selling this poison to our children. 701 00:30:15,650 --> 00:30:17,920 MELNICK: Before you were appointed to the bench, 702 00:30:17,980 --> 00:30:20,860 you prosecuted thousands of defendants as an Assistant D.A., 703 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,420 is that right? Yes. 704 00:30:22,690 --> 00:30:25,500 And you've probably sent an equal number of defendants 705 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,040 to state prison 706 00:30:27,090 --> 00:30:29,040 as a Supreme Court judge, am I right? 707 00:30:29,290 --> 00:30:30,530 Close to it, yes. 708 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,580 So would it be fair to say 709 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:34,900 that you were hated by virtually everyone 710 00:30:34,970 --> 00:30:36,570 over whom you have presided? 711 00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:37,640 Objection. 712 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:39,480 No, I want to answer that. 713 00:30:39,740 --> 00:30:42,050 This isn't a popularity contest. 714 00:30:42,670 --> 00:30:45,210 If these defendants liked me, Ms. Melnick, 715 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,310 I wouldn't be doing my job. 716 00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:50,390 Right. 717 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,730 I met Randall Wylie on his first night at Rikers. 718 00:31:00,790 --> 00:31:04,330 I was on duty on his tier as a Suicide Observation Aide. 719 00:31:04,700 --> 00:31:05,970 Was he suicidal? 720 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:07,410 He was mad. 721 00:31:07,670 --> 00:31:09,080 Mad at whom? 722 00:31:09,170 --> 00:31:10,580 The judge who put him in there. 723 00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:13,670 JACK: What, specifically, did he say? 724 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:15,950 Well, at first he was just trash talking about how, 725 00:31:16,010 --> 00:31:17,780 you know, she was trying to screw him over. 726 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,380 JACK: And then? 727 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,690 And then after awhile, he started talking about how he was gonna take her out. 728 00:31:23,350 --> 00:31:24,760 Killing her? 729 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,590 Yeah. 730 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:30,730 JACK: When exactly did this happen? 731 00:31:30,790 --> 00:31:33,390 I remember one day he said that he was... 732 00:31:33,460 --> 00:31:36,870 He was getting out and I probably wouldn't see him again. 733 00:31:36,930 --> 00:31:39,840 Anyway, later that night, he was right back on the rock. 734 00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:42,240 But that's when he started talking about it seriously. 735 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:43,800 What do you mean? 736 00:31:43,870 --> 00:31:46,850 Well, he said nobody could screw him and get away with it, 737 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:49,410 and he was gonna find someone on the outside 738 00:31:49,470 --> 00:31:52,010 who would take care of the situation once and for all. 739 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,990 JACK: Did you have any further conversations with him of this nature? 740 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,860 I remember about a week before the Judge was shot at, 741 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,260 I came by, Randall was downstairs for a visit. 742 00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,160 Later I asked him if it was his wife 743 00:32:02,220 --> 00:32:05,460 and he said it was someone he was doing business with. 744 00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:09,030 Nothing further. 745 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,910 Let's see, Mr. McGowan, 746 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,880 you were previously convicted of grand larceny? 747 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:18,070 Yeah. 748 00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:20,920 And then you set a fire in a store? 749 00:32:22,610 --> 00:32:24,520 I pled guilty to that, yeah. 750 00:32:24,580 --> 00:32:26,780 MELNICK: Well, did you do it, Mr. McGowan? 751 00:32:27,140 --> 00:32:28,250 Yes, I did. 752 00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:29,310 MELNICK: Why? 753 00:32:30,580 --> 00:32:32,320 Was it an accident? 754 00:32:35,050 --> 00:32:37,000 I had a problem with somebody who worked there. 755 00:32:37,050 --> 00:32:39,060 I made a mistake and I'm serving my time for it. 756 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:41,160 Well, you made a deal 757 00:32:41,230 --> 00:32:44,230 for the minimum allowable sentence in exchange for this testimony, right? 758 00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:46,400 Pretty much. 759 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:47,740 And you testified 760 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,380 that you spoke with Mr. Wylie on several occasions about Judge Karlin? 761 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:52,840 Yes, I did. 762 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:55,540 MELNICK: Did you also speak to my client on other occasions 763 00:32:55,610 --> 00:32:57,450 when Judge Karlin's name did not come up? 764 00:32:57,510 --> 00:32:58,510 Sure. 765 00:32:58,580 --> 00:32:59,990 So would it be fair to say 766 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:01,110 that over the course of several months, 767 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:04,460 you developed a personal relationship with Mr. Wylie? 768 00:33:06,180 --> 00:33:08,030 Yeah, I guess you could say that. 769 00:33:08,090 --> 00:33:10,900 Right. You befriended him because, why? 770 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:12,900 You're just a hell of a nice guy? 771 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,870 Objection. JUDGE: Sustained. 772 00:33:16,530 --> 00:33:18,130 Nothing further. 773 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,580 When Judge Karlin remanded me that day, I was stunned. 774 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,480 I couldn't believe she would put me in jail 775 00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:32,350 for something my wife did. 776 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:34,550 What happened when you got to Rikers? 777 00:33:34,610 --> 00:33:37,820 Well, even before I got there, something happened. 778 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,190 This inmate on the bus punched me in the face 779 00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:42,490 and made me give him my wristwatch. 780 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:46,230 So what was your emotional condition when you arrived? 781 00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:48,870 Scared out of my mind. 782 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,470 It was the worst day of my life. 783 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:53,070 Mr. Wylie. 784 00:33:53,130 --> 00:33:55,740 When did you first meet Jimmy McGowan? 785 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:58,070 WYLIE: I think it was the next day. 786 00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:01,340 He asked what a guy like me was doing there, 787 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,880 and basically, I told him what happened with Judge Karlin. 788 00:34:04,940 --> 00:34:06,750 MELNICK: And were you angry about that? 789 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:07,810 Of course. 790 00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:10,320 So what did Mr. McGowan say? 791 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:12,730 Jimmy seemed to know all about Judge Karlin. 792 00:34:12,780 --> 00:34:14,660 A lot more than I did. 793 00:34:14,750 --> 00:34:16,600 He told me these stories that 794 00:34:16,890 --> 00:34:18,370 scared the hell out of me. 795 00:34:18,420 --> 00:34:20,370 MELNICK: What kind of stories, Mr. Wylie? 796 00:34:22,430 --> 00:34:27,710 Well, about how she'd put away guys for hundreds of years for selling a few bags of coke. 797 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,070 That in her eyes you were guilty before you were proven innocent. 798 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:34,310 And if the prosecutor couldn't make a case, 799 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:36,510 she would do it for them. 800 00:34:36,570 --> 00:34:40,580 MELNICK: How many times did Mr. McGowan talk to you about Judge Karlin? 801 00:34:40,810 --> 00:34:43,520 Just about every time he had the chance. 802 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:47,860 He said that if I didn't figure out some way to get out from under her, 803 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,730 my case was hopeless. 804 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,930 She'd send me upstate 805 00:34:52,620 --> 00:34:54,760 and my wife would divorce me. 806 00:34:54,890 --> 00:34:57,030 I'd never see my kids again. 807 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:00,740 MELNICK: So what happened next? 808 00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:03,880 Jimmy offered to help. 809 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,780 Really? What was his offer? 810 00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:10,180 He said he can put me in touch with someone 811 00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:13,150 who could take care of the situation for me. 812 00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:15,320 I asked him what he meant. 813 00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:16,790 He said, "What do you think I mean?" 814 00:35:17,150 --> 00:35:19,820 And what did you think he meant, Mr. Wylie? 815 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,400 A professional killer. 816 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,460 What happened next? 817 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,730 Well, he mentioned this uh... 818 00:35:28,890 --> 00:35:32,740 Three or four times, and I would say "No, no" 819 00:35:33,630 --> 00:35:34,740 And then one day out of the blue 820 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,080 he said there was a guy coming to the visiting room to meet me. 821 00:35:38,140 --> 00:35:39,880 I should at least hear what he had to say. 822 00:35:39,940 --> 00:35:43,080 So you actually had a face-to-face meeting with Frank Morris? 823 00:35:43,140 --> 00:35:46,420 I know how it sounds, but I just needed to get Jimmy off my back. 824 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,090 So, I went down for the meeting... 825 00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:52,320 Where Frank Morris was waiting for you? 826 00:35:52,380 --> 00:35:55,130 And I started to tell him that I didn't want to go through with it 827 00:35:57,090 --> 00:36:00,540 and then he mentioned that he knew where my house was. 828 00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:04,100 Where my kids went to school. 829 00:36:04,730 --> 00:36:06,830 MELNICK: So what did you do? 830 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:08,770 I went back to my cell 831 00:36:09,770 --> 00:36:11,750 and I thought to myself, 832 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:18,180 "This is absolutely insane! I can't believe I got myself involved with these people." 833 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:21,980 So the next time I saw Jimmy, I told him 834 00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:25,380 that I was just going to take my chances with Judge Karlin. 835 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,660 And how did Mr. McGowan react? 836 00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:31,800 He said, "Hey, it's your life going down the drain." 837 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:35,240 And that was the last time we talked about it. 838 00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:38,500 About a week later, I found out what happened. 839 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,240 I couldn't believe it. 840 00:36:42,070 --> 00:36:43,370 Mr. Wylie. 841 00:36:43,430 --> 00:36:46,440 Did you ever hire Frank Morris to kill Judge Karlin? 842 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:47,570 Absolutely not. 843 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,020 Did you ever pay him or anyone else any money to do that? 844 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:52,820 Not a cent. 845 00:36:53,540 --> 00:36:54,890 Thank you. 846 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,130 Did we get duped? 847 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:09,540 Either that or Wylie gave an award-winning performance. 848 00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:12,270 Jack? Hard to say. 849 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,440 But Wylie's a scam artist. 850 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,710 That's why they threw him in prison in the first place. 851 00:37:16,770 --> 00:37:20,110 But he was in jail because Judge Karlin threw him in there. 852 00:37:20,170 --> 00:37:21,840 Well, we throw people in jail every day. 853 00:37:21,910 --> 00:37:24,650 How many of them end up by discussing pay-back with a hired killer? 854 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,580 Only if McGowan were a cop, 855 00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,780 they'd be arguing entrapment. 856 00:37:28,850 --> 00:37:31,090 That Wylie was induced to commit a crime he never would have 857 00:37:31,150 --> 00:37:32,560 committed otherwise. 858 00:37:32,620 --> 00:37:34,460 He'd probably walk away from this. 859 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,290 Only McGowan wasn't a cop. 860 00:37:36,450 --> 00:37:40,960 No. I know exactly who he was He was an arsonist who got the minimum. 861 00:37:41,430 --> 00:37:43,910 It'd mean he planned this from the start, 862 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,700 that he knew we were gonna come looking for him. 863 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,470 He set himself up to be the hero. 864 00:37:48,530 --> 00:37:50,210 Who's playing us, Nora? 865 00:37:50,270 --> 00:37:51,750 A guy who sets fires 866 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:56,510 or a guy who mined the loopholes in the Security Act of 1934? 867 00:37:56,570 --> 00:37:58,490 We bet on the wrong horse, that's all. 868 00:37:58,540 --> 00:38:00,180 Desperate people do desperate things. 869 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,190 It doesn't matter what company they keep. 870 00:38:02,250 --> 00:38:04,730 Why do you always believe the worst in people, Jack? 871 00:38:05,820 --> 00:38:06,990 Who, me? 872 00:38:07,050 --> 00:38:10,160 Spend a few more years in this place, you'll be right there with us. 873 00:38:11,060 --> 00:38:13,590 I like to think I can do this job without becoming a cynic. 874 00:38:14,590 --> 00:38:16,200 I'm not a cynic. 875 00:38:16,430 --> 00:38:19,430 I get up every morning hoping to find an honest man. 876 00:38:19,500 --> 00:38:22,070 Then let's make sure the punishment fits the crime. 877 00:38:22,830 --> 00:38:24,540 If McGowan got three to six 878 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,410 and there's the least chance he pushed Wylie into this, 879 00:38:27,470 --> 00:38:29,470 then Wylie shouldn't do 25-to-life. 880 00:38:30,270 --> 00:38:31,880 You're the boss. 881 00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:39,420 (BUZZER BUZZING) 882 00:38:40,780 --> 00:38:43,920 Asking to meet with a defendant the night before you cross-examine him? 883 00:38:43,990 --> 00:38:45,730 This is a first, even for you, Jack. 884 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,860 We have an offer. 885 00:38:50,590 --> 00:38:53,400 Like I said, this is a first. 886 00:38:54,130 --> 00:38:55,130 What is it? 887 00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:57,300 Twelve-and-a-half- to-25. 888 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,940 (STAMMERING) Years? 889 00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:02,940 CARMICHAEL: You tried to kill a judge. 890 00:39:05,140 --> 00:39:06,990 Don't you understand how it happened? 891 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,250 JACK: We heard what you tried to sell to the jury. 892 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:14,050 After everything McGowan supposedly said to you, 893 00:39:14,450 --> 00:39:17,300 there's no way you expected him to call it off. 894 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:20,230 Whatever pressures you were under, Mr. Wylie, 895 00:39:20,290 --> 00:39:21,700 they don't excuse your actions. 896 00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:24,870 I'm assuming we have blanket immunity in here. 897 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,400 Queen for a day. 898 00:39:33,470 --> 00:39:34,880 They were threatening me. 899 00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:37,480 I didn't know what else to do. 900 00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:40,850 CARMICHAEL: How about reporting it to the authorities? 901 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,360 The authorities can't protect you in here. 902 00:39:44,420 --> 00:39:46,660 You could have told someone you had a change of heart. 903 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:48,990 Or you could have tried to stop it. 904 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:51,630 I was scared. 905 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,560 Too scared to tell your own lawyer? 906 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,940 If he testifies he told you, Danielle, 907 00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:05,610 we'll call you to corroborate it. 908 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,780 CARMICHAEL: You made no effort to openly repudiate the crime, Mr. Wylie. 909 00:40:10,170 --> 00:40:11,810 The law's clear on renunciation, 910 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,220 you can't make it out. 911 00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:16,050 I think my lawyer's doing pretty well. 912 00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:18,090 JACK: All she's done is create some sympathy. 913 00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:20,150 Once I cross examine you, 914 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:23,250 the jury won't have much of it left. 915 00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:30,700 You'll spend the rest of your life in prison. 916 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,340 If you're so confident, Jack, why the offer? 917 00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:44,480 In our minds there's a sliver of doubt that if Jimmy McGowan 918 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,090 hadn't been assigned to your client's tier, we wouldn't be here today. 919 00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,960 You made some foolish decisions, Mr. Wylie. 920 00:40:56,490 --> 00:40:58,400 Don't make another one. 921 00:41:03,030 --> 00:41:04,840 I heard you're cutting a deal with Wylie. 922 00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:06,910 That's right. 923 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,240 What's he getting? 924 00:41:08,300 --> 00:41:09,680 Twelve-and-a-half- to-25. 925 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:11,840 That's outrageous. 926 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:14,210 I have given out more time for narcotics possession. 927 00:41:15,240 --> 00:41:16,650 That's well known. 928 00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:18,520 When Wylie took a shot at me, 929 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:22,080 he took a shot at every judge in the courthouse. 930 00:41:23,310 --> 00:41:25,220 They'll be coming after prosecutors next. 931 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,090 You know, no matter how much time Wylie gets, 932 00:41:27,150 --> 00:41:29,460 I don't think it's going to deter the next maniac. 933 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,130 And I also don't think it's appropriate for you to be here 934 00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:33,630 putting in your two cents. 935 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,960 I am the victim in this case. I should have been consulted. 936 00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:39,840 Your feelings toward this defendant have been duly noted. 937 00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:43,070 Are you questioning my impartiality, Nora? 938 00:41:43,130 --> 00:41:45,640 Everyone here respects your courage. 939 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:48,840 All the sacrifices that you and your family have made. 940 00:41:48,910 --> 00:41:51,010 We just come from two different places. 941 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,350 I try to enforce the law, you try to compromise it. 942 00:41:54,580 --> 00:41:57,250 It's called prosecutorial discretion. 943 00:41:57,380 --> 00:41:59,330 So you make a bargain with Jimmy McGowan, 944 00:41:59,380 --> 00:42:01,860 then it backfires and you have to cut a deal with Wylie. 945 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,190 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 946 00:42:03,250 --> 00:42:05,390 I'm not happy about McGowan. 947 00:42:05,820 --> 00:42:10,290 But any judge who reflexively imposes the maximum in every case 948 00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:12,800 just forces the hard decisions on the rest of us. 949 00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:14,640 I changed this city! 950 00:42:15,830 --> 00:42:19,250 In case you hadn't noticed it, you can walk down the streets these days 951 00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:21,810 without having to kick a crack vial out of your way 952 00:42:21,870 --> 00:42:24,010 to the sound of gunfire in the background. 953 00:42:24,170 --> 00:42:26,710 That'll make a great sound bite one day. 954 00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:29,420 I'm still not changing my decision about Wylie. 955 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,690 Do whatever you want. 956 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:34,830 I still have him in front of me on securities fraud. 957 00:42:35,450 --> 00:42:37,690 That indictment was covered by the plea bargain. 958 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,600 How can you possibly think that's appropriate? 959 00:42:40,660 --> 00:42:42,070 It's my job. 960 00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:46,370 Until someone else is sitting in this chair, 961 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:49,440 I'll continue to do what I think is right. 962 00:43:03,010 --> 00:43:04,790 Judge Karlin called. 963 00:43:04,850 --> 00:43:08,800 She wants to make a victim impact statement at Wylie's sentencing. 964 00:43:08,850 --> 00:43:10,660 Oh, that's her right. 965 00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:15,230 So, all things being equal, is Wylie a killer? 966 00:43:15,730 --> 00:43:16,930 CARMICHAEL: That's a tough question. 967 00:43:16,990 --> 00:43:19,840 Does the man make Rikers or does Rikers make the man? 968 00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:22,240 I think Judge Karlin had something to do with it. 969 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:23,570 JACK: Funny thing is, 970 00:43:23,630 --> 00:43:24,840 Wylie got away from her. 971 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,780 That's what he's been trying to do all along.