1 00:00:02,603 --> 00:00:05,869 Narrator: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented 2 00:00:05,906 --> 00:00:08,307 by two separate yet equally important groups... 3 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:10,208 The police who investigate crime, 4 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:13,214 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:15,307 These are their stories. 6 00:00:18,385 --> 00:00:21,116 I want the slides first, then we show them the stills. 7 00:00:21,154 --> 00:00:23,714 The miniatures are the knockout punch. 8 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:25,749 Damn! 9 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:28,626 We're already late, and the traffic... I'd better call. 10 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:30,790 Peter, pull the car around and meet me at the gate. 11 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:39,335 Ah, damn. 12 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:44,074 Four quarters, please. I'm not supposed to give change. 13 00:00:44,111 --> 00:00:46,103 Look, I'm in a rush. 14 00:01:04,498 --> 00:01:07,935 Yeah, it's Moskowitz. Tell him 15 minutes. 15 00:01:07,968 --> 00:01:09,960 I know. 16 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:12,268 15 minutes, guaranteed. 17 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:20,571 (tires screeching) 18 00:01:31,224 --> 00:01:33,250 - You okay? - Yeah. 19 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:36,653 (coins jingle) 20 00:01:49,009 --> 00:01:50,807 (screams) 21 00:01:52,779 --> 00:01:54,805 (radio chatter) 22 00:01:54,848 --> 00:01:57,010 Ms. Moskowitz? 23 00:01:57,050 --> 00:02:00,145 (mask hisses) 24 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:03,816 Uh, I'm okay. Take your time. 25 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:06,417 Uh... 26 00:02:06,460 --> 00:02:08,122 I'd just hung up on the phone, 27 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,687 and... I didn't see the car. 28 00:02:10,731 --> 00:02:13,428 I told Peter and Craig to bring it around. 29 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:16,130 So I went looking. 30 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:22,699 There was this van... Nearly clipped me on the way out. 31 00:02:22,743 --> 00:02:24,609 What color was the van? 32 00:02:24,645 --> 00:02:27,444 Uh, gray or maybe silver. 33 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:29,541 Big. 34 00:02:29,583 --> 00:02:31,814 How about the driver? Did you get a look at him? 35 00:02:31,852 --> 00:02:34,583 Barely... a white guy. 36 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:36,647 I don't know. 37 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:39,990 And then I found them... (sobbing) 38 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:42,724 You said there was a woman? A brunette? 39 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:44,959 Uh-huh, I don't know where she went. 40 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:55,238 Dude was doing at least 35. He busted through the gate. 41 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:58,404 Mr. Rozakis got a partial on the plates. The APB's already out. 42 00:02:58,445 --> 00:03:00,846 - Would you recognize him? - No, I never saw him. 43 00:03:00,881 --> 00:03:04,318 The machine gives a ticket on the way in, you're supposed to pay on the way out. 44 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:06,752 He's probably halfway to Canada by now. 45 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:10,083 Sure... the plates were Canadian. 46 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:12,115 I told them that. 47 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:14,151 "Je me souviens." 48 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:16,186 I remember. 49 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:19,427 The motto on the Quebec plates. There's a lot of Greeks in Canada. 50 00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:22,959 I got uncles, cousins in Montreal, Toronto. 51 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:25,097 Oh... um... 52 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:28,802 on the van, the bumper, there's a... 53 00:03:28,842 --> 00:03:31,437 a sticker that says "Tilford Rentals." 54 00:03:31,478 --> 00:03:34,141 They're like the Hertz of Canada. 55 00:03:34,181 --> 00:03:36,207 That's it? 56 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:38,241 Yeah. 57 00:03:38,285 --> 00:03:40,277 Listen, you remember anything else, 58 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,312 - give us a buzz. - Sure. 59 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:46,418 - Logan: So Sammy, tell us. - It's two shots each to the heart. 60 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:48,656 - No exit wound. - Cerreta: What'd they take? 61 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:51,995 Nothing, wallet's intact. One of them's got a $1,000 Piaget on his wrist. 62 00:03:52,032 --> 00:03:54,661 No powder burns, no defensive wounds. 63 00:03:54,701 --> 00:03:57,762 I figure they got it from 10, 15 feet at least. 64 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:02,532 Four shots, probably silenced, right through the heart. 65 00:04:02,576 --> 00:04:05,705 - A marksman. - A pro. 66 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:11,541 (theme music plays) 67 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:32,565 Fellas, you're telling me 68 00:05:32,599 --> 00:05:36,536 that a pro rents a van in Montreal, drives 500 miles, 69 00:05:36,570 --> 00:05:39,096 then in the open guns down two ad men? 70 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:41,131 - Disgruntled client, maybe. - Witnesses? 71 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:43,166 Nothing we can use. 72 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:45,372 We got a hit on the APB here. 73 00:05:45,412 --> 00:05:49,008 Traffic towed a gray van, Canadian plates, corner of 33rd and 8th. 74 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:52,383 That's a post office. He's going to mail himself back to Canada? 75 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:54,979 I'm thinking he'd be more comfortable on the train. 76 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:56,785 The station! 77 00:05:56,823 --> 00:06:00,123 No backup! If he even smells a uniform, he's gone. 78 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,188 P.A.: 11:30 train leaving for Trenton, New Jersey on track 3. 79 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:08,100 Stopping in Newark, and Metropark, Westfield, Plainfield, 80 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:11,730 Princeton... final destination, Trenton, New Jersey, now boarding. 81 00:06:11,771 --> 00:06:14,502 Hey! Montreal train, what track? 82 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:17,204 Track 8, departs in 15. 83 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:21,044 (train whistle blows) 84 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:23,073 (bell rings) 85 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:44,327 Six down, two to go. 86 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,534 There you go. 87 00:06:56,983 --> 00:06:59,111 Going to Montreal? 88 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:01,519 Excuse me, sir, are you going to Montreal? 89 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:03,580 - Yes. - Can I see your ticket, please? 90 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:05,649 Vacation? 91 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:07,786 Don't you guys have anything bet... 92 00:07:07,827 --> 00:07:10,353 Look, just tell her I already mailed the check. 93 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,492 My friend! 94 00:07:15,535 --> 00:07:19,404 Hey! Forget something? 95 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:21,670 Thanks, I had a little too much coffee today. 96 00:07:21,708 --> 00:07:24,268 It'll keep. You mind if we look in here? 97 00:07:24,311 --> 00:07:26,871 Can I stop you? We could always get a warrant. 98 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:29,075 But then you wouldn't want to miss your train. 99 00:07:34,254 --> 00:07:37,053 Put your hands right on top of your head. 100 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:40,216 Down! 101 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:44,095 You're under arrest. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 102 00:07:49,102 --> 00:07:51,380 (Logan sighs) How many times are we gonna go through this? 103 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:53,703 Mr. Kemp, what do you say we call your lawyer? 104 00:07:53,740 --> 00:07:56,437 No reason to call a lawyer. I didn't do anything. 105 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:58,945 You had a semi-automatic with a fully loaded clip. 106 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,971 So I had a piece. 107 00:08:01,014 --> 00:08:03,415 So I was a naughty boy. I'll pay the two bucks. 108 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:07,217 I'm thinking it wasn't just a piece, Frank, I'm thinking it was a murder weapon. 109 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:10,052 I'm happy for you. Okay if I smoke? 110 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:13,356 Cerreta: Mike? Mike! 111 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:18,262 Want some coffee? What do you say we have some coffee? 112 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:22,266 Yeah. 113 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:27,233 Man: Cream, no sugar. 114 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:33,437 (sighs) 115 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,973 We're doing all the talking. A little leverage wouldn't hurt. 116 00:08:37,017 --> 00:08:39,953 We hit on ballistics, it's all over. 117 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:42,683 Did you check his yellows? Yeah, six arrests... 118 00:08:42,722 --> 00:08:44,782 From gun possession to attempt. 119 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:47,316 No convictions. 120 00:08:48,795 --> 00:08:51,560 A van rented in your name was spotted at the scene, 121 00:08:51,598 --> 00:08:55,262 then it was found three blocks from the train station where we found you. 122 00:08:55,301 --> 00:08:57,293 I told you the van was stolen. 123 00:08:57,337 --> 00:09:00,068 I stopped for breakfast at some diner on 46th and Lex. 124 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:02,132 It was not there when I came out. 125 00:09:02,175 --> 00:09:04,007 - You reported it? - Mm-hmm. 126 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:07,071 To who? The police, the rental company? 127 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,105 All of the above. 128 00:09:09,182 --> 00:09:11,981 What's the big deal? This the first car stolen in the city? 129 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,016 Mr. Kemp, you live in Plattsburgh, upstate New York. 130 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:19,424 What's that, about an hour outside of Montreal? 131 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:23,021 - 45 minutes. - You went that far to rent a van? 132 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:26,056 I'm not rolling in the bucks like you guys. 133 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:28,762 Exchange rate, no per mile, I save a bundle. 134 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:30,964 Why did you need a van to come down here? 135 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,397 My mother. 136 00:09:34,441 --> 00:09:36,433 She owns this great old clock, 137 00:09:36,476 --> 00:09:39,537 a Seth Thomas. Some dealer on the West Side 138 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:41,673 offered me five grand for it. 139 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:45,207 The dealer's name? In the van. 140 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:47,652 With the clock? 141 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:50,816 And you always take a semi-automatic 142 00:09:50,857 --> 00:09:52,587 and an eight-inch blade on a trip? 143 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:55,288 What do you want? It's New York. 144 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:57,628 Yeah. 145 00:09:59,065 --> 00:10:01,466 - Mike, labs you ordered. - And...? 146 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:04,494 Negative. The gun in his bag didn't kill our guys. 147 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,529 The bastard knew it all along. 148 00:10:06,573 --> 00:10:08,599 A different story on the knife, though. 149 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:10,906 Minute traces of human blood of recent origin. 150 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,675 Wait a minute, I thought these guys were shot? 151 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,944 They were. Great. That's great. 152 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:19,475 So we got two stiffs with no murder weapon and a bloody knife with no victim. 153 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:21,511 That's great! 154 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:24,914 Standard "pop and hop." 155 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,018 Effective, but impacts the resale value. 156 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,325 So Kemp makes like someone took his van. 157 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:32,389 He knows how to throw a few curves. And he's a consummate pro. 158 00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:36,164 This is the address of an antique dealer on the West Side. 159 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:39,536 Yeah, he's good. Covers all the bases, establishes an alibi. 160 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:41,734 If he's so good, why not ditch the knife? 161 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:44,471 You can't match a knife like you can a bullet. Why toss it? 162 00:10:44,511 --> 00:10:47,345 "Waste not, want not." Everyone gets hit by the recession. 163 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:51,545 We got pretty recent gunpowder residue here. I'll bring it over to the lab. 164 00:10:51,584 --> 00:10:53,576 At least we know we got the right van, 165 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,612 but that doesn't put Kemp in the driver's seat. 166 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:57,647 Feel like a doughnut? 167 00:10:57,690 --> 00:10:59,522 Yeah. 168 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,223 Cook: BLT down. 150 bagels a day, 169 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:06,097 all with cream cheese, and this turnip wants peanut butter. 170 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:07,964 Was that yesterday? 171 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:10,232 Sits there doing the puzzle for an hour. 172 00:11:10,270 --> 00:11:12,262 I live on tips, little he cares. 173 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:15,139 - But what goes around, comes around. - What do you mean? 174 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:17,542 He leaves, comes running back five minutes later 175 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:19,944 looking for a phone... Someone stole his car. 176 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:24,144 Serves him right! 177 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:26,380 You ever work a counter? No. 178 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:29,150 Michelle Pfeiffer could be sitting there, you wouldn't know. 179 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,249 They don't look at their faces. 180 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:34,523 A waitress in a place like this probably serves 100 breakfasts a day. 181 00:11:34,561 --> 00:11:37,030 But she remembered him. Because he wanted her to. 182 00:11:37,063 --> 00:11:40,693 - The guy's good. - So how come our two guys rate such a pro? 183 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:43,795 Were they involved in something? 184 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:46,328 That's what we're trying to find out, Ms. Moskowitz. 185 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:49,308 Can you tell us anything about their lives outside the office? 186 00:11:49,342 --> 00:11:51,106 Friends, relatives? 187 00:11:52,412 --> 00:11:54,404 Craig Hovis was like a plowhorse. 188 00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:56,643 As far as I knew, he was here all the time. 189 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:59,312 - What about the family? - From Phoenix. 190 00:11:59,352 --> 00:12:02,254 - No family in town. - And Coyle? 191 00:12:02,288 --> 00:12:03,984 (chuckles) 192 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:06,754 Peter was a different story. 193 00:12:06,793 --> 00:12:09,627 Freelanced until I convinced him to come aboard. 194 00:12:09,662 --> 00:12:13,497 To Peter, corporate America was up there with root canal. 195 00:12:13,533 --> 00:12:15,468 But you turned him around? 196 00:12:16,970 --> 00:12:20,873 Well, money can't buy love, but it helps. 197 00:12:21,941 --> 00:12:24,934 Coyle, was he all work as well? 198 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:29,474 Peter was an artist. 199 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:33,247 He breathed life into every frame. 200 00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:37,313 I'd finally convinced him to show his portraits. 201 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:39,849 I have a friend who has a gallery in Soho. 202 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:42,691 So I take it that you 203 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:45,221 talked to Peter about things other than work? 204 00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:49,902 We'd just started seeing each other. 205 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:51,928 Dating. 206 00:12:53,573 --> 00:12:56,372 Was he the one? 207 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:08,782 It looks like Coyle had a more interesting life than the plowhorse. 208 00:13:08,821 --> 00:13:10,813 Nobody had a piece of this guy. 209 00:13:10,857 --> 00:13:12,849 63 Gs in a money market, 210 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:15,225 another 50 and change in a retirement fund. 211 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:17,753 Hardly worth killing for. 212 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,995 "Esquire," "Hockey News." 213 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:25,868 Tax deductibles... Greenpeace, 214 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:29,273 United Way, "Jerry's Kids." 215 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:32,541 Huh... a card from Moskowitz. 216 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,843 These guys look like boy scouts. 217 00:13:34,881 --> 00:13:37,851 Yeah, with shadow lives. 218 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:41,480 Somebody paid good money to get them dead. 219 00:13:41,521 --> 00:13:44,252 Dig deep enough, something pops out of the shadows. 220 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:47,260 None of the usuals play. Mob, drugs, 221 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,455 who else hires a hitter? 222 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:52,226 Jealous husband. Both of them? 223 00:13:52,265 --> 00:13:56,361 Maybe "Mr. Plowhorse" was dunking his doughnut in somebody else's coffee. 224 00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:58,735 Husband gets a whiff, doesn't like the smell. 225 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:01,434 And Coyle? Wrong place, wrong time. 226 00:14:01,474 --> 00:14:03,739 Innocent bystander- slash-witness. 227 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:07,511 Hold it! 228 00:14:07,547 --> 00:14:09,140 What if they both had bad timing? 229 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:11,481 - Phil, I was kidding. - Hear me out. 230 00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,919 The guy in the lot and Moskowitz both said there was another woman. 231 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:16,980 She got there before Hovis and Coyle. 232 00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:19,492 The brunette. 233 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:22,427 She went in but no one saw her go out. 234 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:24,761 And Kemp has a bloody knife in his bag. 235 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:26,959 So Kemp's doing the brunette with the knife, 236 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:30,458 Coyle and Hovis see him en flagrante, 237 00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:31,845 - it's "bang, bang." 238 00:14:31,869 --> 00:14:34,941 - She went to the lot... why? To get her car. 239 00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:36,772 Which has still got to be there. 240 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:40,710 My boss says nobody stays long term. 241 00:14:40,747 --> 00:14:43,148 - But you're a nice guy, right? - Ah, live and let live. 242 00:14:43,182 --> 00:14:45,947 Besides I can use the extra cash... a new VCR. 243 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:47,977 This is Mr. Simmons, a lawyer. 244 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,319 Friday he says, "I'm going away for six days. 245 00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,348 Anybody wants to take it, let them. It's insured." 246 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,486 Next. 247 00:14:54,527 --> 00:14:56,587 This one's been here a few days. 248 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:58,825 After 48 hours, I'm supposed to have them towed, 249 00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:00,959 but I figure what the hell, she's a nice lady. 250 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,401 - She say she would be out of town? - Attendant: Not to me. 251 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:05,871 - This lady have a name? - Not that I know of. 252 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,374 She's in here all the time, though. She's nice-looking. 253 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,400 Mike? 254 00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:13,880 Look. Paint scratched down to the bare metal. 255 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,939 Someone wanted to get in there real bad, huh? 256 00:15:15,982 --> 00:15:17,974 Looks like someone else wanted it that way. 257 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:20,816 See, there's a toothpick, or a matchstick stuck in there. 258 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:25,324 Okay... 259 00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:48,542 Janet Torrens, 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York, 27 years old. 260 00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:51,913 Does that say "Ms." or "Mrs."? 261 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,977 I was just thinking maybe next time 262 00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:56,353 I'd take her to see the Knicks or something. 263 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:58,381 I wouldn't hold my breath. 264 00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:06,159 Man: Janet was out of work for a couple of months. 265 00:16:06,199 --> 00:16:09,363 I told her, "Why waste the money? Your old room's empty." 266 00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:12,270 Last month, she started looking for her own apartment. 267 00:16:12,305 --> 00:16:14,774 When did you see her last? 268 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:18,437 What was it? Tuesday morning? Before she left for the city. 269 00:16:18,478 --> 00:16:20,413 So you haven't seen her for two days? 270 00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:24,781 Janet's a grown woman. She lived here, but we don't keep tabs on her. 271 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,719 She was under a lot of stress. 272 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:30,917 Mr. Torrens, does Janet drive a red BMW? 273 00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:35,520 Yeah, she bought it used when she started working in Manhattan. 274 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:38,360 We found her car in a parking lot. 275 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:40,093 It's been there for 48 hours. 276 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:44,035 - Oh God! - It doesn't necessarily mean... 277 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:46,510 I told her, "You keep your mouth shut. It's not your problem." 278 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:49,168 - Jack, they told us not to. - Excuse me? 279 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,268 The FBI. Jack! 280 00:16:51,310 --> 00:16:54,109 What the hell does it matter now? 281 00:16:54,146 --> 00:16:57,844 They're investigating that bum she used to work for... 282 00:16:57,884 --> 00:17:02,185 Charles Martine... For legal contracts or something. 283 00:17:02,221 --> 00:17:04,486 - Janet was helping them? - Yeah. 284 00:17:04,524 --> 00:17:07,358 - Cerreta: Do you have a name, an agent? - Mr. Torrens: Blanchard. 285 00:17:07,393 --> 00:17:10,761 We called him last night. He told us not to worry. 286 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:14,233 She's done this before... left the city for a couple of days without telling us. 287 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:18,136 Why would she leave her car in the city if she went to the island? 288 00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:25,968 All off the record, right? 289 00:17:26,012 --> 00:17:28,641 Charles Martine, as in "The United States versus..." 290 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:30,673 Any bells going off? 291 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:32,708 Military contractor, 292 00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:34,914 built Martine Aeronautics from the ground up, 293 00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:37,924 sells the Air Force on a sophisticated guidance system. 294 00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:40,791 - A million bucks a plane. - A scam? 295 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:44,263 Underbids everybody, delivers substandard goods. 296 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:46,289 US Attorney calls it fraud. 297 00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:48,824 Maybe some flyboy's widow calls it murder. 298 00:17:48,868 --> 00:17:54,068 Mr. Martine is currently awaiting trial in the "no-bail suite" at MCC. 299 00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:57,167 Indictment's got more counts than Nixon had plumbers. 300 00:17:57,209 --> 00:17:59,041 What about Janet Torrens? 301 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:01,604 Ms. Torrens was Martine's bookkeeper for five years. 302 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,310 The past seven months, confidential government informant. 303 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:06,683 You have something on her? She came to us. 304 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:10,417 The young lady has guts... the kind you don't see much anymore. 305 00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:13,620 I really hope you guys are wrong about this. 306 00:18:13,659 --> 00:18:15,855 I like this one. 307 00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:18,797 You'll let me know, huh? 308 00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:26,102 I never heard of Janet Torrens. 309 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:28,801 The blood on your knife was type O, same as Janet Torrens'. 310 00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:30,833 The same as me. 311 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:33,277 Does the name "Charles Martine" mean anything to you? 312 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:35,645 I never heard of him. Look, what's the deal here? 313 00:18:35,681 --> 00:18:38,116 Are you going to walk me through the whole phone book? 314 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:41,643 (speaker clicks) 315 00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:43,898 Janet Torrens was working mornings as a temp 316 00:18:43,922 --> 00:18:45,954 two blocks from where the car was found. 317 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:48,393 Her co-workers said she had been there three weeks. 318 00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:51,591 She was about to blow the whistle on Martine. He doesn't like the music, 319 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:53,896 he hires Kemp. Hovis and Coyle got in the way. 320 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:56,266 Without the girl's body, it's a stretch. 321 00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,828 Come on, Paul, the bottom line is 322 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,806 she's been missing since Tuesday. 323 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,674 Her car was 10 feet from where Hovis and Coyle took a bath, 324 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,905 and Kemp's van was spotted at the scene! 325 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,643 The real bottom line is we can't put any of them in the same place at the same time. 326 00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:11,913 You need some physical evidence to connect it all. 327 00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:14,182 We got a team searching his place right now. 328 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:16,382 Give us a couple of days. Something will pop. 329 00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:18,891 Kemp's lawyer is screaming his head off about the delay. 330 00:19:18,924 --> 00:19:21,484 Buy us a couple, Paul. We will make the connection. 331 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:23,519 Martine's in a federal pen. 332 00:19:23,562 --> 00:19:26,157 It's gonna take a day to get through the red tape to see him. 333 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:31,297 We ought to be able to get some mileage out of the gun. 334 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:33,533 Possession three, he'll walk before lunch. 335 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:36,770 Ben broke his wrist this morning playing tennis. 336 00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:39,244 Maybe I can use that to postpone the arraignment. 337 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:41,076 He what? 338 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:44,083 He dove for a lob. 339 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:46,108 He finally beat you, huh? 340 00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:50,021 He was up, 5-4. 341 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,596 Some subcontractor deals me a faulty board, 342 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,896 I pass it on to the Air Force. It's not my fault. 343 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:04,836 Mr. Martine's dealings with the federal government were strictly legitimate. 344 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:08,432 - It will all come out in the trial. - What about Janet Torrens? 345 00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:11,410 - She was my bookkeeper. - Was? 346 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:14,642 The feds start investigating, people nose around, 347 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,945 production stops... No books to keep. 348 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,974 Come on. Your bookkeeper goes bye-bye, 349 00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:21,487 and two guys are found dead next to her car the same day. 350 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,512 Makes you wonder. 351 00:20:23,556 --> 00:20:25,957 Are you accusing Mr. Martine of murder? 352 00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:28,051 In case you haven't noticed, Detective, 353 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:30,461 I've been indisposed for the last seven months. 354 00:20:30,496 --> 00:20:33,364 Your pal Frank Kemp tells a different story. 355 00:20:33,399 --> 00:20:35,834 I never heard of him. 356 00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:39,202 If we find out you did, you'll be more than "indisposed" 357 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:41,639 for the next 25 years, I promise you that. 358 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,803 Attorney: Check his visitors list if you like. It's public record. 359 00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:48,076 If you want, I'll even open his phone logs to you. 360 00:20:49,715 --> 00:20:52,344 Martine swears he never heard of Frank Kemp. 361 00:20:52,384 --> 00:20:55,786 - Oh, I know I believe him. - As far as visitors go, 362 00:20:55,821 --> 00:20:59,258 nothing in the last seven months except his attorney Teasdale, and his wife. 363 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:02,125 Ditto with the phone traffic. The only calls made were to Teasdale 364 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:04,289 and the wife. He never called Frank Kemp. 365 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:06,322 How about we take it from the other end? 366 00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:09,199 I'm sure our friends at New York Telephone would be happy 367 00:21:09,235 --> 00:21:11,295 to supply us with Mr. Kemp's usage details. 368 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:17,407 No, thank you. Frank likes Chinese food. 369 00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:20,743 674 prefix... what is that, the East Village? 370 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:23,215 Yeah. Frankie's got a friend there. 371 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:26,014 Five calls last week, same number. 372 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:30,618 What did people do before they had answering machines? 373 00:21:31,891 --> 00:21:34,360 Cute voice... Maybe the girlfriend. 374 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,794 Even hitters have a life. 375 00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:40,055 Reverse directory, I get the address. 376 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:43,365 Yes. Is he in? 377 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:46,566 No, it's personal. No message. 378 00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:49,165 The day before the shootings, 379 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:52,201 Frank Kemp chats with a lawyer, 27 minutes. 380 00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:54,770 The lawyer's name... Larry Teasdale. 381 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:57,113 As in Martine's mouthpiece. 382 00:22:00,886 --> 00:22:03,378 So he called here. Doesn't mean I talked to him. 383 00:22:03,422 --> 00:22:05,015 Maybe he's seeing my secretary. 384 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:07,686 Does your secretary happen to live in the Village? 385 00:22:07,726 --> 00:22:09,671 - Teasdale: Rockaways. - Logan: Mr. Kemp calls here 386 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:12,597 the day before the key witness against your client disappears. 387 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,965 The world's getting smaller every day, Mr. Teasdale. 388 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,802 Look... I'm really backed up today. 389 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:22,138 Maybe we could continue this some other time? 390 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:24,734 You're also a suspect. Accessory to murder, three counts. 391 00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:28,179 Fine. Then if you want to speak to me again, 392 00:22:28,214 --> 00:22:30,979 hit my lawyer with a subpoena. 393 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,487 Law degree... It's a license to lie. 394 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,615 Even if we get a subpoena, he's going to hide behind privilege. 395 00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:40,683 Not if Kemp told him beforehand he was going to commit a crime. 396 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:43,525 - I'll call Robinette. - Let's stop in the Village first. 397 00:22:43,562 --> 00:22:46,031 Could be that Kemp's honey doesn't have a law degree. 398 00:22:46,065 --> 00:22:49,229 I don't know any Frank Kemp. He called you five times last week. 399 00:22:49,268 --> 00:22:51,260 That doesn't mean I talked to him. 400 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:54,239 Ms. McManus, Frank Kemp is suspected in the murder of three people. 401 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:55,837 If you have any information... 402 00:22:55,861 --> 00:22:58,540 I told you I don't know him! Listen, I'm in a hurry. 403 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:04,473 Get this right. You're not going anywhere until you talk to us. 404 00:23:09,455 --> 00:23:12,391 I went out with the guy a couple of times, okay? 405 00:23:12,424 --> 00:23:14,416 Now the jerk won't leave me alone. 406 00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:21,428 What's the matter? You don't like to pick up your messages? 407 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:24,164 Cerreta: We don't mind. 408 00:23:24,203 --> 00:23:26,263 Go ahead. 409 00:23:26,305 --> 00:23:28,865 Here, let me... Let me help you out. 410 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:37,539 Recording: It's Larry Teasdale. If you're listening, pick up. 411 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:41,543 Call me as soon as possible. I'll be at the office. 412 00:23:41,587 --> 00:23:44,614 - And don't talk to anyone! - (beeps) 413 00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:48,287 Larry Teasdale... everybody's favorite middleman. 414 00:23:52,331 --> 00:23:56,132 - Logan: Teasdale called. What did he want? - How should I know?! 415 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:59,036 Frankie must have given him my number. That's who he's looking for. 416 00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:01,905 Come on, Bettina. The dial went off the meter an hour ago. 417 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:03,933 Kemp is in jail. Teasdale knows it. 418 00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:05,945 He was looking for you, Ms. McManus. 419 00:24:05,978 --> 00:24:08,004 I don't know anything about it! 420 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:11,945 - I want to get out of here. - You're not under arrest. 421 00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:13,953 You can leave here any time you want. 422 00:24:13,986 --> 00:24:16,114 Next time Teasdale calls, 423 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:18,852 ask him how much he charges to draw up a will. 424 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:24,490 - (sobs) - Cragen: I hope she brought a change of underwear. 425 00:24:24,530 --> 00:24:27,125 Cerreta: Scared is good. Give it a minute. 426 00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:29,397 She doesn't look like a player. 427 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:32,701 I doubt she is, but she knows everybody involved. 428 00:24:36,608 --> 00:24:38,600 I just met him. 429 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,978 - Teasdale? - Kemp. 430 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:45,109 A couple of months ago, at a club. 431 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:48,518 Downtown. The guy wore a suit. 432 00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:52,884 We got lit in the ladies' room. He was rolling in it. 433 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:55,394 Cocaine? 434 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,521 You ever ask him where he got the money? 435 00:25:00,032 --> 00:25:03,059 All right, look, let me be straight with you, okay? 436 00:25:03,102 --> 00:25:05,697 There's a woman named Janet Torrens, 437 00:25:05,738 --> 00:25:08,264 she's missing. 438 00:25:08,307 --> 00:25:10,435 She's probably dead. 439 00:25:10,476 --> 00:25:12,536 You see where I'm going here? 440 00:25:15,047 --> 00:25:17,539 You want to join her? Be my guest. 441 00:25:18,951 --> 00:25:22,285 Okay! I thought he was dealing, but that's all! 442 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:24,449 I had no idea he killed people. 443 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:26,618 Did he say he killed Janet Torrens? 444 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:28,786 I never heard of Janet Torrens until today. 445 00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:30,887 What about Charles Martine? 446 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:34,195 Alls I know is I get a call from some lawyer... 447 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:37,362 - Teasdale? - He says Frankie's "knee-deep." 448 00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:40,703 He says 25 grand is mine if I cover for him, 449 00:25:40,739 --> 00:25:44,039 say we were together and that I dropped him at the train station. 450 00:25:44,076 --> 00:25:46,910 - And you said? - I said, "Sure." 451 00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:49,210 But then I thought... 452 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:53,618 "I don't know these guys. Why should I step in it for them?" 453 00:25:55,821 --> 00:25:57,813 Martine ordered the hit, 454 00:25:57,856 --> 00:25:59,882 Teasdale gave the contract to Kemp. 455 00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:02,156 Conspiracy to commit murder, three counts. 456 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,220 Good. Get it on tape. 457 00:26:04,263 --> 00:26:07,131 And you... stay off those courts. 458 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:19,878 - Bettina: Frankie's okay? - Teasdale: Fine. 459 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:21,904 Getting better with your help. 460 00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:24,781 He really messed up, didn't he? 461 00:26:24,817 --> 00:26:28,310 All you need to know is that you will be helping Frank out of a jam. 462 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,487 If Frankie's done something wrong... 463 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:34,550 I don't know... 464 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:36,892 I don't really like this. 465 00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,662 This should help ease the pain. 466 00:26:46,405 --> 00:26:48,704 25 Gs? That's a hell of an aspirin. 467 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,936 This guy ought to reread the ethics code. 468 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:52,808 After he reads the criminal code. 469 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:55,110 Teasdale: You and Kemp spent the day together... 470 00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:58,743 you had a drink, you hopped in the sack, you took care of business. 471 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:01,845 And then you went with him to the train station. 472 00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:06,121 I'm not very good at this. 473 00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:09,026 For 25 thou, you better be. 474 00:27:15,834 --> 00:27:19,032 Shall we? Be my guest. 475 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:31,507 Is English a second language? 476 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:33,985 I thought I made it clear. We have nothing to discuss. 477 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,182 No discussion here. We talk, you listen. 478 00:27:37,222 --> 00:27:39,248 Larry Teasdale, you're under arrest for bribery, 479 00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:41,283 tampering with a witness, and murder. 480 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:43,727 I think the good counselor knows his rights. 481 00:27:44,730 --> 00:27:47,757 Case number 26747, 482 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,961 "People against Franklin Kemp, 483 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:53,302 Larry Teasdale and Charles Martine." 484 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:56,706 Charges are murder in the second degree, three counts, 485 00:27:56,742 --> 00:27:59,735 conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree, 486 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:02,009 bribery, witness tampering. 487 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,346 Have we got any pleas? 488 00:28:04,383 --> 00:28:07,251 - Not guilty. - Not guilty. 489 00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:09,846 - Not guilty. - So far, so good. 490 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:11,880 Mr. Gold knows how I don't like surprises. 491 00:28:11,924 --> 00:28:13,893 Keep me happy, Paul. 492 00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:16,191 Jail status continued on Mr. Martine. 493 00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:19,130 $500,000 bail on Mr. Teasdale and Mr. Kemp. 494 00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:21,565 - So ordered. - W-wait! Your Honor! 495 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,593 Uh, uh, uh! I'd love to stand around and chat, Mr. Gold, 496 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:27,538 but I have a very full plate. Have a nice day. 497 00:28:27,573 --> 00:28:30,975 - Keep them coming. - Bailiff: Case number 26748... 498 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:36,041 We're in for a long trip. 499 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:39,313 At the arraignment, Martine was represented by Arthur Gold. 500 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:43,218 His MO's legendary, he'll bury us in paper. 501 00:28:43,255 --> 00:28:46,123 Arthur Gold... He's all fizz and no gin. 502 00:28:46,158 --> 00:28:50,186 - Sometimes fizz works. - If you're referring to the Jacobs case, 503 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:52,824 that was six years ago. We were understaffed, 504 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:56,801 Arthur Gold's laundry list of frivolous motions was abusive. 505 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:59,047 It was also good enough to get the murder weapon suppressed. 506 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,165 Good enough to beat you. 507 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,933 He wore out the judge. 508 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:09,379 His last article for "The Journal" was called 509 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:11,383 "The Rule of M's: 510 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:14,079 Mountains of Motions Multiply Mistakes." 511 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:17,749 - He said no prosecutor could survive. - We don't give him a chance. 512 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:21,157 You cock enough triggers, one of the pistols has to go off. 513 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:24,857 So between Kemp and Teasdale, one of them will roll. 514 00:29:24,896 --> 00:29:27,525 And they'll all go away for a very long time. 515 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:30,195 Maybe not. 516 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:34,195 Teasdale and Kemp are represented by Gold's shadows... Styger and Werner. 517 00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:39,041 So? Schedule Werner at 2:00 and Styger at 4:00. 518 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,513 (gate bangs) 519 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:50,120 The case against your client is stronger than it appears. 520 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:52,624 The van, the knife and the tape... 521 00:29:52,658 --> 00:29:55,218 Should paint a pretty clear picture for a jury. 522 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:57,729 So what is this, a courtesy update? 523 00:29:57,763 --> 00:30:00,528 I want the man who hired your client. 524 00:30:00,565 --> 00:30:02,932 You give me Charles Martine... 525 00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:04,732 And you'll give me a medal? 526 00:30:04,770 --> 00:30:06,705 No, man one, one count. 527 00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:10,800 15 minimum? I'd rather roll the dice. 528 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:14,210 That's fine, but they'll come up murder two, three counts. 529 00:30:14,246 --> 00:30:16,841 - 25 to life on each. - Attorney: Come on, guys. 530 00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:19,716 Teasdale's tape has nothing to do with Mr. Kemp. 531 00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,743 The van was reported stolen, 532 00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,390 the blood on the knife matches that of 533 00:30:23,414 --> 00:30:25,383 what... four million people in New York alone? 534 00:30:25,424 --> 00:30:27,689 Including Janet Torrens. 535 00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:30,093 And you can't produce a body. 536 00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:31,994 You rest your case, 537 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:34,056 I move to dismiss. 538 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:38,736 My client would have surrendered, Mr. Stone. 539 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:41,706 The humiliation of a public arrest was hardly called for. 540 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:45,802 I'm sorry, I missed the "Emily Post" chapter on the "etiquette of arrest." 541 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:48,040 Ben, I thought we were friends. 542 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,447 Once a year we co-chair 543 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:52,974 a Bar Association committee. Friends, I don't think so. 544 00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:55,010 You're serious about this? 545 00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:58,421 - About the bribery? Yes, I am. - Alleged bribery. 546 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:02,360 And the murder of Janet Torrens, Craig Hovis and Peter Coyle. 547 00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:05,330 You're going away for a long time, Larry. 548 00:31:05,364 --> 00:31:08,596 Don't be stupid twice. Don't go down alone. 549 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:11,193 Give me Charles Martine. 550 00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:13,137 We'll work something out. 551 00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:16,738 Dealing's a two-way street, Mr. Stone. 552 00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:18,641 There's nothing you can give me. 553 00:31:18,677 --> 00:31:20,703 You'll never make a case against my client. 554 00:31:20,746 --> 00:31:24,114 It's all on tape, Ms. Styger. I've got witnesses. 555 00:31:24,149 --> 00:31:26,641 You've got "Hammad" problems up to your dimples. 556 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:29,120 Ms. McManus was acting as an agent of the police 557 00:31:29,154 --> 00:31:30,952 when she spoke with my client. 558 00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:34,687 - So? - So the last time he spoke with your men in blue, 559 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,423 Cerreta and Logan, 560 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:39,454 he told them in the future 561 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:41,490 they should speak with his lawyer. 562 00:31:41,533 --> 00:31:44,264 I assure you, I got no calls. 563 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:46,999 Your precious tape? It doesn't get near a jury. 564 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:50,270 Without it, you've got diddly. 565 00:31:50,308 --> 00:31:52,334 She's got a point. 566 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:55,870 Under the "Hammad" decision, if Teasdale asked for an attorney, 567 00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:57,906 it wouldn't make any difference if he confessed 568 00:31:57,949 --> 00:32:02,410 to shooting 22 people in a Houston automat. The tape is worthless. 569 00:32:02,454 --> 00:32:04,582 Gold's orchestrating their joint defense. 570 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:06,683 Nobody talks, everybody walks. 571 00:32:06,725 --> 00:32:09,003 We've still got McManus. She can testify without the tape. 572 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:11,087 Is she credible? 573 00:32:11,129 --> 00:32:13,428 It can go either way. 574 00:32:13,465 --> 00:32:16,560 I wouldn't bet heavy... A cross by Arthur Gold... 575 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:19,366 Arthur Gold doesn't leap tall buildings in a single bound. 576 00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:22,670 You know as well as I do that nine out of 10 cases 577 00:32:22,707 --> 00:32:25,074 are won without an eyewitness, and Martine and Kemp 578 00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,410 and Teasdale in the courtroom... the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. 579 00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:31,383 Well, that'll get you to the door, but it's a toss-up 580 00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:33,112 if it'll get you inside. 581 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:35,586 Have you tried dealing with all three? 582 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,612 Charles Martine started the whole ball rolling. 583 00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:40,820 Three people are dead. There's no way I'd even consider dealing with that man. 584 00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:43,055 But if you made it worth his while? 585 00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:45,120 Say... one count man one, 586 00:32:45,163 --> 00:32:48,156 with a sentence to run concurrently with his federal time? 587 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,533 He's got nothing to lose. He'll have to talk. 588 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:52,504 It's worth it if you get Kemp and Teasdale. 589 00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,564 Without Janet Torrens' body, Martine might not even 590 00:32:55,607 --> 00:32:57,940 do federal time, and he's the most culpable. 591 00:32:57,976 --> 00:32:59,968 It's not the duty of this office 592 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:03,345 to determine relative culpability. Martine rolls, all three go to jail. 593 00:33:03,381 --> 00:33:04,906 But not for murder. 594 00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:07,613 Ben, is it that you don't want to deal with Martine 595 00:33:07,652 --> 00:33:09,644 or is it Gold? 596 00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:11,816 Gold's got nothing to do with it. 597 00:33:11,857 --> 00:33:14,326 All right, then you'll talk to him. 598 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:19,290 Is that an order? 599 00:33:23,935 --> 00:33:27,337 Man one?! Don't insult me, Ben. 600 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:30,968 All right. If Charles Martine gives us Kemp and Teasdale, 601 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:35,913 one count man two, his sentence runs concurrently with his federal time. 602 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:39,008 Come on, Counselor. Janet Torrens is nowhere to be found. 603 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:42,350 I strongly doubt that there's going to be a federal sentence. 604 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:44,447 You're showing your hand, Ben, 605 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:47,118 and a four flush doesn't beat a pair of treys. 606 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,320 A woman agrees to testify against your client 607 00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,296 in a federal fraud case and ends up dead! 608 00:33:51,329 --> 00:33:54,356 - You got a death certificate? - I don't need one! I have motive. 609 00:33:54,399 --> 00:33:57,130 And Teasdale's bribe attempt is corroboration in my book. 610 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:59,569 Well, you're on the wrong page, Ben. 611 00:33:59,604 --> 00:34:02,267 (laughs) Hell, you're in the wrong volume. 612 00:34:02,307 --> 00:34:04,299 Teasdale called Kemp. 613 00:34:04,342 --> 00:34:06,538 Maybe Teasdale is the one with motive. 614 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:09,878 Maybe Janet Torrens was about to sing his song. 615 00:34:09,915 --> 00:34:12,908 Martine had nothing to do with any murders. 616 00:34:12,951 --> 00:34:14,977 That's a crock and you know it! 617 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:19,719 It's also reasonable doubt. I'll take my chance with the jury, 618 00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:21,750 if you've got the stamina to get that far. 619 00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:24,888 Now... a clean slate for Martine, 620 00:34:24,930 --> 00:34:27,058 and maybe then he'll talk. 621 00:34:27,098 --> 00:34:28,896 Don't be ridiculous! 622 00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:31,995 You're still swimming upstream, Ben. 623 00:34:32,037 --> 00:34:35,735 (laughs) Open those baby blues... you can't beat me! 624 00:34:35,774 --> 00:34:37,970 A jury sees a knife, hears that tape... 625 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:41,309 You don't really think I'm gonna let that happen, do you? 626 00:34:42,514 --> 00:34:44,813 I'll see you in court, Ben. 627 00:34:53,792 --> 00:34:55,920 Hot off the presses. 628 00:34:55,961 --> 00:34:57,987 Gold's suppression motion. 629 00:34:58,029 --> 00:35:00,021 - The tape? - And the knife. 630 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,091 Claims they were both obtained illegally. 631 00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:04,193 And? The knife's no problem. 632 00:35:04,235 --> 00:35:06,602 The Supreme Court's said at least a half dozen times 633 00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:09,540 that consensual searches do not invoke Fourth Amendment protection. 634 00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:12,043 - It's clearly admissible. - You talked to Cerreta? 635 00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:13,875 He'll testify tomorrow. 636 00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:16,541 Kemp agreed to let them search his duffle bag. 637 00:35:16,581 --> 00:35:18,812 The tape's another story. 638 00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,547 Cerreta confirmed Styger's claim. 639 00:35:21,586 --> 00:35:24,920 Teasdale did tell them to talk to him through his lawyer. 640 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:27,016 The police cannot do through an agent 641 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:29,152 what they couldn't do themselves. It's "blackletter." 642 00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:32,790 Judge Jenklaw is a practical man. He likes to do the right thing. 643 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:34,925 Maybe he'll overlook the letter of the law. 644 00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:40,501 If I weren't bound by oath 645 00:35:40,538 --> 00:35:42,530 to give every litigant their day in court, 646 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:44,736 I'd enter sanctions against each and every one of you. 647 00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:46,802 Mr. Gold... 648 00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:49,724 I suggest you read the opinions of the Supreme Court on consensual searches, 649 00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:54,049 beginning with the latest sermon from the mount, "Florida v. Bostwick." 650 00:35:54,085 --> 00:35:57,647 If the police can randomly search passengers on a bus, 651 00:35:57,689 --> 00:36:00,318 then no possible stretch of logic can mandate 652 00:36:00,358 --> 00:36:03,021 the inadmissibility of a consensual search of a train. 653 00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:05,690 Your Honor, the case law in this circuit... 654 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:07,995 Highlights the frivolity of your motion. 655 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:10,366 And... Mr. Stone... 656 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:13,895 unless the "Hammad" case and its progeny 657 00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:16,169 have been overruled while I was napping, 658 00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:20,167 the tape is as dirty as last week's laundry. 659 00:36:21,546 --> 00:36:24,675 All right, the knife is in, the tape is out. 660 00:36:24,716 --> 00:36:26,708 Can we set this down for trial? 661 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,017 A professor I had in law school said for enough money, 662 00:36:32,057 --> 00:36:35,027 he could keep any defendant out of jail for up to three years. 663 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,858 Martine's got the bucks. 664 00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:39,262 In a perfect world, we wouldn't have discovery. 665 00:36:39,297 --> 00:36:41,198 We wouldn't have pre-trial motions. 666 00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:43,861 Just go to trial and let the chips fall where they may. 667 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:46,736 In a perfect world, people wouldn't get shot in the parking lot. 668 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:49,036 Round two from Gold. 669 00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:51,066 This one's for change of venue. 670 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:53,669 "Excessive publicity in this county." 671 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:56,876 I assume the return date is Monday? 672 00:36:56,915 --> 00:36:58,941 Yep. 673 00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:03,182 You've really outdone yourself, Arthur... 674 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,486 "Adverse publicity." Really? 675 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:08,118 The New York papers have already convicted my client. 676 00:37:08,159 --> 00:37:12,096 I think I'd be doing myself a favor by transferring this to another court. 677 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:15,760 - Your Honor... - I know you're opposed, Ben. 678 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,167 Look, Arthur, if you insist on going through with this, 679 00:37:18,203 --> 00:37:21,731 and I waste the whole weekend reading your papers, 680 00:37:21,773 --> 00:37:26,143 I promise you, I'm going to make the rest of your trip very difficult. 681 00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:27,941 In light of Your Honor's predisposition... 682 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:30,778 Can the histrionics, Arthur! We're off the record. 683 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:33,284 - I will agree to withdraw the motion. - Thank you. 684 00:37:33,318 --> 00:37:36,311 However, Your Honor, some new information has come to my attention 685 00:37:36,354 --> 00:37:39,119 which could certainly bear on the outcome of this trial. 686 00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:41,149 Now, since we're all here, 687 00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:43,855 I move that Mr. Stone be disqualified 688 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:46,729 - as prosecutor on this case. - What? 689 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,110 Your Honor, for the last two years, Mr. Stone and Larry Teasdale 690 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:52,036 have co-chaired a Bar Association committee. 691 00:37:52,070 --> 00:37:54,699 There is no relevance... 692 00:37:54,739 --> 00:37:57,504 Any favoritism that Mr. Stone might show Mr. Teasdale 693 00:37:57,542 --> 00:38:00,273 because of said... "personal relationship" 694 00:38:00,311 --> 00:38:02,439 could certainly prejudice my client. 695 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,678 Three hours... once a year. 696 00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:08,243 I never so much as had a cup of coffee with the man. 697 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,278 How can I be sure of that? 698 00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:12,552 Your Honor, the defendants are being tried together, 699 00:38:12,590 --> 00:38:15,458 they should certainly be on a level playing ground. 700 00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:19,089 I'm sure the District Attorney's office can spare another assistant... 701 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:22,532 to prosecute this case. 702 00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:25,366 He's got a valid point, Ben. 703 00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:28,630 I move to sever. 704 00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:32,166 Paul Robinette will try Mr. Teasdale separately, 705 00:38:32,210 --> 00:38:34,975 and I'll continue with Mr. Kemp and Mr. Martine. 706 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:36,641 You sure, Ben? 707 00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:39,276 Yes, Your Honor, I am. 708 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:43,479 Anybody here opposed? 709 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,451 No, Judge. 710 00:38:46,491 --> 00:38:48,892 As a matter of fact, I would consider it an honor 711 00:38:48,927 --> 00:38:51,761 to have the opportunity to clash swords with Mr. Stone. 712 00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:57,666 Am I missing something? The severance hurts the case. 713 00:38:57,702 --> 00:38:59,694 Remove Teasdale and the jury sees 714 00:38:59,737 --> 00:39:02,229 no connection whatsoever between Martine and Kemp. 715 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:04,139 They could all walk, Ben. 716 00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,542 Teasdale is the weak link. 717 00:39:06,578 --> 00:39:09,605 Now that he's on his own, he'll roll. 718 00:39:09,647 --> 00:39:11,309 Why should he? 719 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,875 Without the tape, he's got no incentive. 720 00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:19,355 If Gold had made the motion to sever, what would you have done? 721 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:22,326 You would have hit the ceiling. 722 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,386 He wanted the severance. He knew you'd oppose 723 00:39:24,429 --> 00:39:27,729 so he conned you into making the motion for him by asking to have you removed. 724 00:39:27,765 --> 00:39:30,234 Gold knew you wanted another shot at him in court. 725 00:39:30,268 --> 00:39:33,067 He led you to water and you dove in head first. 726 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:41,502 No excuses, you screwed up! 727 00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:44,141 - I thought that... - Brains were not involved here. 728 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:47,016 You tried to out-flex him and it backfired. 729 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,044 - Adam... - A personal agenda should be kept on the street! 730 00:39:50,088 --> 00:39:54,025 Not dragged into a courtroom... Where real people get hurt. 731 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,527 Wait a minute! You insisted I deal with the man. 732 00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:59,326 What would you have me do now? Back away from severance? 733 00:40:00,331 --> 00:40:02,232 - Where do we stand? - We don't! 734 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:04,292 What do you suggest? 735 00:40:04,335 --> 00:40:08,602 Find a way to make the tape magically admissible? 736 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,235 The tape is inadmissible against Teasdale... 737 00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:13,643 Paul is trying him separately... 738 00:40:13,678 --> 00:40:17,115 You think the judge would let it in against Martine and Kemp? 739 00:40:18,716 --> 00:40:21,880 I think you ought to get them thinking about it. 740 00:40:25,323 --> 00:40:26,700 Bettina on recording: I don't really like this. 741 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,717 Teasdale on recording: This should help ease the pain. 742 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:32,925 You and Kemp spent the day together, 743 00:40:32,964 --> 00:40:35,331 you cooked a meal, 744 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:38,859 you had a drink, you hopped in the sack, you took care of business, 745 00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:42,670 and then you went with him to the train station. 746 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,536 I'm not very good at this. 747 00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:49,376 For 25 thou, you better be. 748 00:40:51,149 --> 00:40:53,584 (player clicks off) 749 00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:57,077 So what? It wasn't admissible then, it's not admissible now. 750 00:40:57,121 --> 00:41:00,091 The tape was inadmissible against Mr. Teasdale. 751 00:41:00,124 --> 00:41:02,116 The cases have been severed. 752 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,152 Teasdale is being tried separately. 753 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:07,859 So as to Mr. Kemp here, it's a whole new ballgame. 754 00:41:07,899 --> 00:41:12,269 I have already submitted motion papers for a re-hearing. 755 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:15,671 Now, if you still want to roll the dice, Mr. Kemp, 756 00:41:15,707 --> 00:41:17,505 be my guest. 757 00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:21,536 But the rest of your life is a very long time. 758 00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:26,348 What are you putting in your coffee, Stone? 759 00:41:26,384 --> 00:41:28,319 You're high if you think... 760 00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:31,187 I think this offer is open for another 10 seconds. 761 00:41:33,925 --> 00:41:35,917 Next stop, Mr. Martine. 762 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,191 I doubt if he's willing to take the chance 763 00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:40,255 to let that tape into evidence. 764 00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:44,659 Man two, one count. He serves five. 765 00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,898 Murder two, 25. 766 00:41:49,674 --> 00:41:53,236 Man one... five to 15, 767 00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:55,303 and you got a deal. 768 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:57,645 And you serve the max. 769 00:42:01,486 --> 00:42:03,614 (sighs) 770 00:42:05,223 --> 00:42:08,193 I told him the parking lot would be a bust. 771 00:42:08,226 --> 00:42:10,491 Martine? 772 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:12,895 I never talked to him. 773 00:42:12,930 --> 00:42:15,365 My contact was Teasdale. 774 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:19,167 I should know better than to listen to a lawyer. 775 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:21,638 He wanted me to do her with a knife, 776 00:42:21,672 --> 00:42:24,437 leave her in the parking lot like a mugging. 777 00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:27,001 But Hovis and Coyle crashed the party? 778 00:42:27,045 --> 00:42:29,708 Everybody knows this city's "nuts-to-butts." 779 00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:32,581 If it hadn't been the suits, it would have been somebody else. 780 00:42:32,617 --> 00:42:35,382 You should have seen their faces. 781 00:42:35,420 --> 00:42:37,412 And Janet Torrens? 782 00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:41,358 What? I'm gonna leave her there with the dead guys? 783 00:42:42,527 --> 00:42:45,087 I want to know exactly where she is. 784 00:42:51,636 --> 00:42:55,004 The rats got to her. Another week, there'd be nothing left but bones. 785 00:42:55,039 --> 00:42:57,440 So much for "sleeps with the fishes." 786 00:42:57,475 --> 00:43:00,274 East River, we'd be lucky to have the bones. 787 00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:08,747 Six inches right across the neck. 788 00:43:08,786 --> 00:43:12,279 - Robinette: I'll call her parents. - Cragen: I hope they all rot in hell. 789 00:43:12,323 --> 00:43:14,417 One more stop and they will. 790 00:43:23,301 --> 00:43:25,202 It's man two or it's nothing. 791 00:43:25,236 --> 00:43:28,434 Mr. Teasdale is directly responsible for three deaths. 792 00:43:28,473 --> 00:43:30,271 Which you have no way of proving. 793 00:43:30,308 --> 00:43:33,642 You had nothing when he was in charge. Things don't change that quickly. 794 00:43:33,678 --> 00:43:35,670 Yes, they do, Ms. Styger. 795 00:43:35,713 --> 00:43:38,012 Frank Kemp has agreed to testify against your client. 796 00:43:38,049 --> 00:43:40,917 Man one, one count. You serve 15. 797 00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:43,285 It's the same as we gave Kemp. 798 00:43:45,256 --> 00:43:47,282 We're better off going the distance. 799 00:43:47,325 --> 00:43:51,057 The "distance" is three terms, 25 to life on each. 800 00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:53,587 Think about it. 801 00:43:56,134 --> 00:43:58,126 Ben... 802 00:44:00,805 --> 00:44:03,274 There's nothing you can do? 803 00:44:11,883 --> 00:44:14,011 We'll take the 15. 804 00:44:17,955 --> 00:44:20,254 In light of the fact that my client has withdrawn 805 00:44:20,291 --> 00:44:23,056 his plea of "not guilty" and entered a plea of "guilty," 806 00:44:23,094 --> 00:44:26,223 and thereby saved this court the time and expense 807 00:44:26,264 --> 00:44:28,290 of what surely would have been a lengthy trial, 808 00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:31,496 I respectfully request that Your Honor show lenience 809 00:44:31,536 --> 00:44:35,940 and sentence Mr. Martine to the mandatory minimum sentence of 15 to life. 810 00:44:35,973 --> 00:44:37,965 May I remind the court 811 00:44:38,009 --> 00:44:40,569 that Mr. Martine has a wife and children? 812 00:44:40,611 --> 00:44:43,012 He should have thought of them before he ordered a murder. 813 00:44:43,047 --> 00:44:45,141 Please rise, Mr. Martine. 814 00:44:45,183 --> 00:44:48,085 You have anything to say before I pronounce sentence? 815 00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:50,145 No, Your Honor. 816 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:54,859 Charles Martine, having plead guilty to the murder of Janet Torrens, 817 00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:57,361 Craig Hovis and Peter Coyle, 818 00:44:57,395 --> 00:45:01,332 I sentence you to three terms each of 25 years to life 819 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:06,099 to be served consecutively in the State Correctional Facility in Ossining. 820 00:45:06,137 --> 00:45:08,129 And just be thankful 821 00:45:08,172 --> 00:45:10,641 that that is the most severe sentence the law allows. 822 00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:13,571 (gavel bangs) 823 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,109 Silver platters... I handed it to you, Ben. 824 00:45:19,150 --> 00:45:21,381 You would never have thought to sever those cases 825 00:45:21,419 --> 00:45:23,445 had I not moved to have you disqualified. 826 00:45:23,487 --> 00:45:26,355 I was going to use that tape, severance was the only way. 827 00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:28,655 You're not that smart. You never were. 828 00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:32,420 Call me for lunch. 829 00:45:33,497 --> 00:45:36,092 You'd actually eat lunch with him? 830 00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:38,659 Only if he orders crow. 831 00:45:44,642 --> 00:45:49,273 (theme music plays)