1 00:00:03,130 --> 00:00:07,100 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups- 2 00:00:07,170 --> 00:00:09,050 the police, who investigate crime, 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,480 and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:11,540 --> 00:00:13,450 These are their stories. 5 00:00:14,980 --> 00:00:16,080 [Spanish] 6 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:18,890 English, okay? I saw them kiss after the game. 7 00:00:18,950 --> 00:00:20,890 On television? No, the queen of England, 8 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:23,400 she called and asked me to go with her to the World Series. 9 00:00:23,450 --> 00:00:26,460 I just asked a question. It was dumb. 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:30,230 Almost as dumb as Pudge kissing that pitcher- what's-his-name-- on national TV. 11 00:00:30,290 --> 00:00:32,830 Pudge is not a fruitcake. I know that, and you know that. 12 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:35,670 But the gringos, they don't understand. He's got a World Series ring. 13 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:37,680 He doesn't care what gringos think. 14 00:00:37,730 --> 00:00:39,770 See, that's the attitude that's gonna keep us down. 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,610 In America, we have to act like Americans. 16 00:00:44,540 --> 00:00:47,150 [Spanish] 17 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,780 This guy must have had some party. 18 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:52,860 It's good to be the boss. 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,960 No. No, it's not. 20 00:00:57,020 --> 00:00:59,020 Señor Zachary. 21 00:00:59,090 --> 00:01:01,090 Borracho? 22 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:04,860 Muerto. 23 00:01:05,730 --> 00:01:09,270 Two maids found the head honcho on the floor in his office. 24 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:11,940 Arnold Zachary. “A” to "Z" Get it? 25 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,950 Yeah, that's clever, man. You want some coffee? 26 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 We got a kid running down the block. Yeah. Black's good. 27 00:01:16,070 --> 00:01:18,050 I'm fine. Call Gruber, add another black. 28 00:01:18,110 --> 00:01:20,050 You want a bear claw? This Greek guy-- 29 00:01:20,110 --> 00:01:21,780 Let me tell you-- Guy's gotta eat. 30 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,350 Two more claws. None for me, man. 31 00:01:23,410 --> 00:01:26,120 One bite-- to die. Speaking of which-- 32 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:29,650 Arnold Zachary, 55. Owns the joint. 33 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,200 Looks like he went hand-to-hand with the Fifth Cavalry. 34 00:01:32,250 --> 00:01:34,290 Anything taken? This mess, who can tell? 35 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,600 There's a safe over there. It's all locked up. 36 00:01:36,660 --> 00:01:39,500 Jewelry, watch, and whatnot are still on the body. 37 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,570 So is a pocket full of hundreds. A grand, give or take. 38 00:01:42,630 --> 00:01:44,580 We've got massive cranial trauma. 39 00:01:44,630 --> 00:01:46,640 Mandible's busted. [Green] What's this? 40 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:49,380 Looks like coke, but these days, I ain't doing a taste test. 41 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,750 You'll get it over to the lab? Already done. 42 00:01:51,810 --> 00:01:54,550 From temp and lividity, I put death between 8:00 and 9:00. 43 00:01:54,610 --> 00:01:57,780 And what about the peanut gallery? Stitchers. Night shift. Downstairs. 44 00:01:57,850 --> 00:02:00,190 They couldn't hear anything with the machines. Cause of death? 45 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:03,750 Unofficially, crap kicked out of him. [Green] And officially? 46 00:02:03,820 --> 00:02:06,960 Cardiac arrest caused by massive physical trauma. 47 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:09,020 Yeah, but his shirt held up. 48 00:02:59,540 --> 00:03:02,680 It's a terrible, terrible thing. Mr. Zachary was a good boss. 49 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:05,990 “Good boss." Those are two words you don't usually hear in the same sentence. 50 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:08,320 No, he's strict. We have to be here on time. 51 00:03:08,380 --> 00:03:11,020 Still, he has a cake on birthdays. 52 00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:13,620 Good sick time. He cares. 53 00:03:13,690 --> 00:03:17,970 Maria had a baby, and he sent her flowers with a basket of food. 54 00:03:18,030 --> 00:03:20,400 What time do you work? I'm on the 4:00-to-12:00 shift. 55 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:24,670 I go to school days. Mr. Zachary wrote me a letter of recommendation. 56 00:03:24,730 --> 00:03:26,770 You didn't hear anything from the office? 57 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:31,480 With these machines? I didn't know nothing happened until I saw the police. 58 00:03:31,540 --> 00:03:33,490 How does this compare to other factories? 59 00:03:33,540 --> 00:03:35,780 So you want to know if this is a sweatshop? 60 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,120 Is it? We got air conditioning, 61 00:03:38,180 --> 00:03:40,820 soda machines with ice, good heat in the winter, 62 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,120 and we get paid what everybody else gets paid for an eight-hour shift. 63 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:45,670 How's that? You got any openings? 64 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,670 Are you Detective Briscoe? Uh, close enough. 65 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:52,140 - Mrs. Zachary's upstairs. - You're gonna have fun with that one. 66 00:03:52,190 --> 00:03:54,730 This is crazy. He can't be dead. 67 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,610 I'm sorry, Mrs. Zachary. I'm 26. 68 00:03:57,670 --> 00:04:00,340 How can I be a widow? I don't know what to do. 69 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,540 Mrs. Zachary, was your husband always at the office this late? 70 00:04:04,610 --> 00:04:08,520 The shop goes 24-6. He liked to show his face during every shift. 71 00:04:08,580 --> 00:04:12,020 From what I can tell, his employees liked him. 72 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,530 What's not to like? He's big, cuddly 73 00:04:17,020 --> 00:04:19,020 I called him Bear. 74 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:24,140 You know, some union guys have been bothering him recently. 75 00:04:24,190 --> 00:04:26,640 We'll check it out. [Man] They had a security camera... 76 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:28,640 around the back entrance to the building. 77 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:31,510 - I rewound it. - You wouldn't believe the theft in this business. 78 00:04:31,570 --> 00:04:33,640 Shirts? Designs. 79 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:36,380 Arnie was a genius at making quality for half the price. 80 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,540 Here we go. 81 00:04:38,610 --> 00:04:40,810 [Briscoe] He's camera shy 82 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,690 He knew exactly where the camera was. 83 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,350 [Briscoe] Who uses that entrance? Nobody. 84 00:04:46,410 --> 00:04:48,520 The security guards are around front. 85 00:04:51,220 --> 00:04:53,890 [Briscoe] He's in and out in less than half an hour. 86 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,730 - [ Green ] Any guesses, Mrs. Zachary? - Sorry. 87 00:04:57,790 --> 00:05:01,400 Get this to the lab. Get a copy. Make sure that everybody that works here sees it. 88 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:05,040 Mrs. Zachary, was everything okay on the home front? 89 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:06,600 Excuse me? 90 00:05:06,670 --> 00:05:11,280 I've heard about what a wonderful designer your husband was, what a great boss, 91 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:14,880 but I haven't heard about what a great husband he was. 92 00:05:14,940 --> 00:05:17,950 I'm not an emotional person, okay? 93 00:05:18,010 --> 00:05:21,430 My shrink tells me someday I'll explode. 94 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,430 Arnie was my husband. 95 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:25,430 I loved him very much. 96 00:05:25,490 --> 00:05:27,490 Does that answer your question? 97 00:05:31,490 --> 00:05:34,570 Okay, stop. Blow it up. 98 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:39,940 [Briscoe] No wedding ring. That's the first thing you'd think of. 99 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,180 Keeping one off my finger is all I think about. 100 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,720 [Green] Okay next. 101 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,180 Hold on. What's that on the hat? 102 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,280 - [Briscoe] Looks like a "B." - Bring up the other frame. 103 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,730 Now, can you isolate the hat on both? 104 00:05:59,250 --> 00:06:02,100 [Briscoe] "B.B." [Green] Bed and breakfast? 105 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,640 Baked beans. Barrel of bubkes. 106 00:06:04,690 --> 00:06:06,640 This isn't gonna help. Thanks. 107 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,940 Let's go talk to our friendly union rep. 108 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,310 "A" to "Z" Design. That's Arnie Zachary right? 109 00:06:13,370 --> 00:06:15,710 Yeah. The recently departed Arnie Zachary. 110 00:06:15,770 --> 00:06:17,720 Oh, that's a shame. He was a good guy. 111 00:06:17,770 --> 00:06:19,720 I went to his first wedding. Hold it. 112 00:06:19,770 --> 00:06:22,050 You guys are Homicide? Good guess. 113 00:06:22,110 --> 00:06:24,060 And you think someone here had something to do with this? 114 00:06:24,110 --> 00:06:27,960 He's a nonunion shop. Rag trade? He's not the only one. 115 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:30,460 Yeah, but he was the one that was hassled by your guys. 116 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,660 We hand out leaflets. That's it. 117 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,070 Usually, they get thrown in the garbage. 118 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,160 Look, we couldn't unionize that shop, even if we wanted to. 119 00:06:39,230 --> 00:06:42,330 Why's that? You didn't get a look at who works there, did you? 120 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,930 They looked like good people. Put it this way: 121 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,980 A good tenth of them don't file tax returns. 122 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,810 The white powder on your guy's jacket? It was baking flour. 123 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:53,820 Thank you, Krispy Kreme. The thing is, 124 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,820 I analyzed his stomach contents. 125 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:59,090 Steak, green beans, potato. My kind of guy. 126 00:06:59,150 --> 00:07:01,420 So no flour? No flour. 127 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,660 I think they call that a clue, Watson. 128 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,390 It's what I get paid for. 129 00:07:06,450 --> 00:07:09,130 The victim ate a hearty meal, then went back to the office... 130 00:07:09,190 --> 00:07:11,230 for some face time with the night staff. 131 00:07:11,290 --> 00:07:13,430 Any luck with the candid camera? Not yet. 132 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:17,000 Okay, so there's only one bakery in Manhattan with the initials B.B. 133 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:19,010 That was on the intruder's hat. And? 134 00:07:19,070 --> 00:07:22,380 Bagel Baker. They cook and deliver to stores throughout the city. 135 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,640 See ya. 136 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:27,150 -[Man] What did he do? - We just need to ask him a few questions. 137 00:07:27,210 --> 00:07:30,710 That doesn't sound good. We got onion, salt, sesame, everything. 138 00:07:30,780 --> 00:07:33,260 No, a name would be nice. What do you want? 139 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,190 Him? That could be Camacho. 140 00:07:36,250 --> 00:07:39,720 First name? Uh, Miguel. He drives for us part time. 141 00:07:39,790 --> 00:07:42,270 I don't know. Maybe that's not him. Is he here now? 142 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,570 He called in sick. That usually means he's got a pony running at Belmont. 143 00:07:46,630 --> 00:07:49,670 I'd check the O.T.B., 98th, on the West Side. 144 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,370 Ah, tough day, huh? “O“ for four. 145 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,680 [Green] You should know, nobody wins at the track, Miguel 146 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:05,950 Hey! Hey! [Car Horn Honking] 147 00:08:11,850 --> 00:08:14,460 - [Dog Barking] - [Green] Police! Hold it! 148 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,400 - Now get down! - Okay, don't shoot. 149 00:08:17,460 --> 00:08:20,100 I'm coming down. Nice and slow. 150 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,440 What the hell were you running for? 151 00:08:22,500 --> 00:08:24,500 What's the matter with you? 152 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:32,620 You do understand your rights as I read them to you? 153 00:08:32,670 --> 00:08:34,920 I-I don't need rights. I didn't do anything. 154 00:08:34,980 --> 00:08:37,390 That wasn't the question. 155 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:41,330 Yeah,yeah. I understand. I'm not stupid. I thought you were I.N.S. 156 00:08:41,380 --> 00:08:44,360 I said “police.” [Miguel] I like it here, man. 157 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:47,230 I don't know who you are. I-I-I don't want to be sent home. 158 00:08:47,290 --> 00:08:49,360 You-- You have to believe me. 159 00:08:49,420 --> 00:08:52,000 You don't have to worry about being sent back to Tijuana, Miguel. 160 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:56,240 El Chorro is where I'm from. It's a pigsty. 161 00:08:56,300 --> 00:08:59,870 Yeah, well, maybe in the next 25 to life, they'll fix it up. 162 00:08:59,930 --> 00:09:03,310 - What? - We got you on film, Miguel. 163 00:09:03,370 --> 00:09:05,040 For what? 164 00:09:05,110 --> 00:09:07,950 Arnold Zachary. Who? 165 00:09:08,010 --> 00:09:11,390 [Green] So it wasn't Zachary's face that ran into your knuckles? 166 00:09:12,810 --> 00:09:15,320 I was in a fight. Nice try, Miguel. 167 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:17,330 Okay, that's a step in the right direction. 168 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:19,890 At a bar. [Briscoe ] That's not. 169 00:09:19,950 --> 00:09:22,700 Okay, for laughs, what bar? 170 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,670 The Equator. It's-It's on 116th Street. 171 00:09:25,730 --> 00:09:28,400 [Green] And who'd you get in a fight with? 172 00:09:28,460 --> 00:09:32,880 Some dude. He-- He say he don't like illegals stinking up his city. 173 00:09:32,930 --> 00:09:35,640 That's your story? [Miguel] It's true. 174 00:09:37,940 --> 00:09:42,510 - Can I go? - Always in a hurry, this guy. Sit tight. 175 00:09:43,810 --> 00:09:47,420 - You're not going to call I.N.S.? - No, we got first dibs on you, Miguel. 176 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,330 - You know what dibs are? - ¿Qué? 177 00:09:50,390 --> 00:09:53,060 It means your ass is ours. 178 00:09:59,230 --> 00:10:01,210 Damn, man. You ain't never heard of an air freshener? 179 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:03,570 We got a girl for that. She hasn't shown in a couple of weeks. 180 00:10:03,630 --> 00:10:05,940 Smells like she might've died up in here. 181 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,950 Your friend is sensitive. He's not as worldly as we are. 182 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,510 Now, we were talking about Miguel. 183 00:10:11,570 --> 00:10:13,610 Yeah, he was here. I don't know. Maybe at 8:00. 184 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:16,850 You're sure about that? Could be later. I don't keep track. 185 00:10:16,910 --> 00:10:19,190 But there was a little pushin' and shovin' with Carlo around 10:00. 186 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:21,190 No big deal Carlo? 187 00:10:21,250 --> 00:10:23,790 Miguel said the fight was because somebody was slandering his heritage. 188 00:10:23,850 --> 00:10:27,360 It was. Carlo's Puerto Rican. Oh, it's all a rich tapestry. 189 00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:30,730 Carlo was too wasted for it to get big. A couple of guys put him in a cab. 190 00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:32,830 And what? Miguel hung out? Till closing, 191 00:10:32,890 --> 00:10:35,810 moaning that he's not getting any 'cause his girl just had a kid. 192 00:10:35,860 --> 00:10:38,940 By any chance, would his girl's name be Maria? 193 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:41,880 Aren't they all? 194 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:46,940 The girl I interviewed at the scene said Zachary was extra sweet to a girl named Maria. 195 00:10:47,010 --> 00:10:49,750 And? That Maria just had a baby. 196 00:10:49,810 --> 00:10:52,350 Miguel's Maria just had a baby. And? 197 00:10:52,410 --> 00:10:55,330 So, maybe that puts Miguel at the scene. 198 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,660 Miguel, he has a big mouth, but he wouldn't 't hurt nobody 199 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:06,570 [Briscoe ] Did he ever have any trouble with Mr. Zachary? 200 00:11:06,630 --> 00:11:09,510 Eh, Señor Zachary from the fábrica? 201 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:11,910 Why would you ask that? 202 00:11:11,970 --> 00:11:14,670 Oh, you don't know. Mr. Zachary's dead. 203 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:16,980 Somebody murdered him last night. 204 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,040 Oh, no. 205 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:27,920 You think Miguel was involved? Miguel didn't even know him. 206 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:30,260 We don't know what happened, Maria. 207 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,530 Mr. Zachary has been very good to me. 208 00:11:32,590 --> 00:11:37,060 He was going to give me eight weeks off when I had José. 209 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:40,570 Miguel wouldn't hurt him. 210 00:11:40,630 --> 00:11:44,670 He wouldn't do anything that might take him away from José. 211 00:11:44,730 --> 00:11:49,340 - You and Miguel are married? - We would be if we could get a license. 212 00:11:50,340 --> 00:11:53,110 Eh, you won't go to I.N.S.? 213 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:56,160 No, no. Don't worry. That's not our department. 214 00:11:56,210 --> 00:11:59,060 Did anybody at work ever have trouble with Mr. Zachary? 215 00:11:59,110 --> 00:12:03,390 No. Wait. I-I'll show you, huh? 216 00:12:03,450 --> 00:12:07,460 Oh, here. Let me. I have some experience with these little guys. 217 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,900 Hi. [Chuckling] 218 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,560 Okay. [Crying] 219 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:14,660 See? Just like riding a bike. You ridin' too fast. He's droolin'. 220 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:18,900 Hey, are you thinking what I'm thinking? 221 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:21,910 If you're thinkin' how that baby ended up with blue eyes? Yeah. 222 00:12:21,970 --> 00:12:26,150 [Briscoe] It's okay See? Navidad 223 00:12:26,210 --> 00:12:28,150 Our company Christmas party. 224 00:12:28,210 --> 00:12:31,490 See, that's Señor Zachary in the Santa suit. 225 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:35,220 We all loved him. 226 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,820 This dude gives a button stitcher eight weeks' maternity. 227 00:12:38,890 --> 00:12:42,300 The department gives what, six? Maybe he's one of the good guys. 228 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,460 Could be I had an extra cynic pill this morning, 229 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:46,470 but nobody running a business is that good. 230 00:12:46,530 --> 00:12:48,940 And you're thinking what? I'm thinking that Zachary had more... 231 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,070 than a rooting interest in little José. 232 00:12:51,130 --> 00:12:53,080 As in he's the proud papa? 233 00:12:53,130 --> 00:12:56,550 Hey, I held the kid Pale skin, blue eyes. 234 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,250 What are the odds that both Maria and Miguel have the recessive gene? 235 00:13:00,310 --> 00:13:03,690 “You messed with my woman." That's number one on the top-ten motive list. 236 00:13:03,750 --> 00:13:09,130 [Ringing] Van Buren. Okay, I'll tell them. 237 00:13:09,180 --> 00:13:12,720 Okay. You guys sent something to the D.N.A. lab? 238 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:15,830 Yeah, that baby got up close and personal with Lennie's jacket. 239 00:13:20,260 --> 00:13:23,240 So this guy comes in and says he's got the shot heard round the world. 240 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:25,900 What are you talking about? Ralph Branca, Bobby Thompson. 241 00:13:25,970 --> 00:13:28,280 1951.Giants, Dodgers. 242 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:32,150 The most famous home run ever hit, but nobody ever found the ball. 243 00:13:32,210 --> 00:13:34,880 This collector paid almost seven figures, only he got ripped off. 244 00:13:34,940 --> 00:13:38,520 How could you tell? D.N.A. None from Ralph Branca anywhere on the ball. 245 00:13:38,580 --> 00:13:42,550 Dino, that is fascinating but how we doing on Lennie's jacket? 246 00:13:42,620 --> 00:13:45,060 You like Chinese, don't you? Uh, D.N.A. 247 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,220 Duck sauce and hot mustard. 248 00:13:47,290 --> 00:13:49,700 - This is only a preliminary, mind you. - Dino, come on, man. 249 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:52,260 At first blush, your dead guy-- Arnold Zachary. 250 00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:54,770 Yeah. He should be handing out cigars. 251 00:13:54,830 --> 00:13:57,640 He's the father? That's a big yep. 252 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,750 [ Door Closes] 253 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,780 Where's Miguel? It's good you're worried about him, 254 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,780 'cause he's in a whole lot of trouble. 255 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,680 I told you. He wouldn't hurt Mr. Zachary. 256 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:09,980 Look, we're way past that now. 257 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,720 We even know why he did it. No. 258 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:16,280 Look, I know that Miguel isn't José's father. 259 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:19,630 Arnold Zachary is. We already know that. 260 00:14:19,690 --> 00:14:22,530 That's science. You can't even argue it. 261 00:14:22,590 --> 00:14:24,700 So what happened, Maria? 262 00:14:25,690 --> 00:14:27,640 Miguel took one look at José and flipped out? 263 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:30,370 No. 264 00:14:30,430 --> 00:14:32,270 [Spanish]-- Miguel. 265 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:34,970 Look, I gotta tell you-- If you keep protecting him, 266 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,980 the D.A.'s gonna consider you an accessory. 267 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,320 ¿Qué? That means you go to jail too. 268 00:14:40,370 --> 00:14:43,290 What's gonna happen to little José? 269 00:14:43,340 --> 00:14:45,290 He didn't kill anyone. 270 00:14:45,350 --> 00:14:47,520 He wouldn't hurt Mr. Zachary. 271 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,860 I was married, Miguel 272 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,960 Then one time, I walk into this bar, and I saw my lovely bride-- 273 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:58,560 my “for better or for worse, till death do us part" missus-- 274 00:14:58,630 --> 00:15:01,630 locking lips with Joe from the shoe store. 275 00:15:03,060 --> 00:15:05,070 So? 276 00:15:05,130 --> 00:15:07,440 So Joe was lucky I wasn't carrying, 277 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:12,180 because I picked him up by the neck and threw him headfirst out into the street. 278 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,350 You picked the wrong woman. [Chuckles] 279 00:15:14,410 --> 00:15:17,220 Oh, that happens all the time, Miguel. 280 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,390 It's just that, uh, some of us find out about it sooner than others. 281 00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:24,620 What do you say, Miguel? Maria loves me. 282 00:15:24,690 --> 00:15:27,360 But she was sleeping with Zachary. 283 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,430 [Spanish] Liar! 284 00:15:30,490 --> 00:15:32,730 She had his baby. 285 00:15:32,790 --> 00:15:35,600 No. 286 00:15:35,660 --> 00:15:38,640 You must have got a charge out of kicking his brains in. 287 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:42,270 - I know I loved throwing Joe out on the street. - It wasn't me! 288 00:15:42,340 --> 00:15:46,280 On, yeah, I forgot. You're a lover, not a fighter, huh? 289 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:49,840 So what kind of a guy lets another man get away with something like that? 290 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:59,060 I hope Lennie's doing better than I did. He's got his story. He's sticking to it. 291 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,360 Ah, what are you gonna do? True love conquers all. 292 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:04,370 Huh. Let's use it. 293 00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:07,630 [Briscoe ] We're gonna find prints, Miguel, somewhere in Zachary's office. 294 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:10,300 Lennie, forget it. The lieutenant says she's had enough. 295 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,870 - She wants to charge both of 'em. - Maria? 296 00:16:12,930 --> 00:16:15,210 [Green] Social Services is coming for the baby 297 00:16:15,270 --> 00:16:18,440 You had your chance, pal. No. Wait. 298 00:16:21,340 --> 00:16:24,550 - I did it. - Did what? 299 00:16:26,650 --> 00:16:29,750 I killed him for what he did to Maria. 300 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:33,430 She didn't know I was going down there. 301 00:16:33,490 --> 00:16:36,130 She had nothing to do with it. 302 00:16:36,190 --> 00:16:38,190 It was all me. 303 00:16:44,030 --> 00:16:48,380 Docket number 476295, People versus Camacho, Miguel H. 304 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,470 Charge is murder in the second degree. Oh! 305 00:16:51,540 --> 00:16:55,450 Thank you for getting my day started off with a bang, Mr. Camacho. 306 00:16:55,510 --> 00:16:58,790 De nada, señor. That was rhetorical, sir. 307 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:02,560 - Language problem, Judge. - As long as he wasn't speaking wiseass. 308 00:17:02,620 --> 00:17:06,290 Spanish, Your Honor. Let's see how he does with a plea. 309 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:11,130 No guilty, Your Honor. 310 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:14,370 As the defendant is in the country illegally, the People request remand. 311 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:17,770 Oh, you're not having a good day, are you, Mr. Camacho? 312 00:17:17,830 --> 00:17:20,370 Your Honor, I object. Save your breath, counselor. 313 00:17:20,430 --> 00:17:24,850 One thing about the huddled masses: They need a ticket to get in. 314 00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:27,050 Defendant is remanded without bail. 315 00:17:27,110 --> 00:17:29,110 Next. [Gavel Raps] 316 00:17:29,180 --> 00:17:31,450 Murder two? Come on, Jack. 317 00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:35,260 Cheating wife, murdered lover. It's as old as the Old Testament. 318 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,630 [ McCoy] Is there a legal argument in there someplace? 319 00:17:37,690 --> 00:17:40,630 Are you really that thick, or are your boxers just tied in a knot... 320 00:17:40,690 --> 00:17:42,630 because of the citizenship thing? 321 00:17:42,690 --> 00:17:45,100 You know me better than that. Can you spell racism? 322 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,940 Any other defendant would have been offered man two, 323 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,980 extreme emotional disturbance, and you would've called it a day. 324 00:17:51,030 --> 00:17:55,740 He waited a week after he found out that the baby wasn't his before he killed Arnold Zachary. 325 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,310 Go back and look at the good book written by the apostles up in Albany. 326 00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:01,750 It's called a cooling off period, and it negates the lesser mens rea. 327 00:18:02,810 --> 00:18:05,310 Ooh, they get prettier and smarter. 328 00:18:05,380 --> 00:18:07,520 I'll consider man one. He serves the maximum. 329 00:18:07,580 --> 00:18:09,530 You'll shove it is what you'll do. 330 00:18:09,580 --> 00:18:12,000 I didn't mean to-- Stay cool, Miguel 331 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:15,730 Once you get to know Mr. McCoy a little better, you see, where he's concerned, 332 00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:18,530 smoke in the bedroom doesn't always mean there's a fire in the mattress. 333 00:18:18,590 --> 00:18:20,540 - Vanessa-- - Jack, we're talking about... 334 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,540 different cultures here. 335 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,700 The Latins-- You know, it's a macho thing. 336 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,510 Humiliation in the community, it's a powerful force. 337 00:18:27,570 --> 00:18:30,010 You're not going to argue that-- Yeah, yeah yeah. 338 00:18:30,070 --> 00:18:33,540 I'm crude, I'm disgusting, and I win cases. 339 00:18:33,610 --> 00:18:35,950 Could I please finish a sentence here? Why? 340 00:18:36,010 --> 00:18:38,320 I'm not listenin' to you anyway. And it appears... 341 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:40,330 you didn't pay much attention to the indictment either. 342 00:18:40,380 --> 00:18:44,990 - Your client confessed. - Query: When is a confession not a confession? 343 00:18:45,050 --> 00:18:48,730 - Answer: When it's coerced. - [Southerlyn] He signed his Miranda warnings. 344 00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:50,790 That's right. In English. 345 00:18:50,860 --> 00:18:52,800 As you well know, my client is hardly fluent. 346 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:56,240 That's ridiculous, Vanessa! Jack, I was talking! 347 00:18:56,300 --> 00:18:58,970 And how is that different than when I was talking? 348 00:18:59,030 --> 00:19:01,910 Because I'm a lady. Here's my motion to exclude. 349 00:19:04,340 --> 00:19:07,910 And if you feel like loosening the knot in the old boxers, you know where to find me. 350 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,750 Come on, Miguel. 351 00:19:11,910 --> 00:19:14,260 Call Briscoe or Green or whoever screwed this up. 352 00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:18,560 It 's a crock is what it is. 353 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:20,790 I asked him if he understood what I was saying. 354 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:22,800 In English. Of course in English. 355 00:19:22,860 --> 00:19:25,240 And he understood me fine. How do you know? 356 00:19:25,290 --> 00:19:27,600 Because I asked him right after Ed grabbed him trying to escape... 357 00:19:27,660 --> 00:19:29,610 and again before he said anything. 358 00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:32,140 And you asked him in English? We are in America. 359 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,240 How's your Spanish? It isn't. 360 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:36,250 But if I didn't think I was communicating with him, 361 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:38,340 I would have called in a detective who is fluent. 362 00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:40,350 But you knew that Miguel was an illegal alien? 363 00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:43,790 Yeah. He was also a criminal, if that means anything to anybody. 364 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,290 This is crap. This is why I hate lawyers. 365 00:19:47,350 --> 00:19:49,290 Me too. 366 00:19:49,350 --> 00:19:51,300 He's been a cop long enough to know-- 367 00:19:51,350 --> 00:19:53,960 What? That a suspect understands him? That's not the point. 368 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:57,700 He's dealing with an illegal alien, whose first language isn't English. 369 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,800 Oh, please. Miguel Camacho's lived in this country for six years. 370 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:03,770 He's got a job. He earns a living, and he speaks the language. 371 00:20:03,830 --> 00:20:06,210 And if he doesn't, he should. 372 00:20:06,270 --> 00:20:08,210 Don't look at me. As far as I'm concerned, 373 00:20:08,270 --> 00:20:10,220 we've got more cuffs on the cops than the criminals. 374 00:20:10,270 --> 00:20:12,220 The Miranda warnings area formality. 375 00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:15,250 Hell, they've become trite. Everybody knows their rights, Jack. 376 00:20:15,310 --> 00:20:17,520 I wonder how Judge Larkin will take that argument. 377 00:20:17,580 --> 00:20:21,960 Larkin, huh? I hear she had the right turn signal removed from her car. 378 00:20:26,590 --> 00:20:29,690 Hello? Miranda. Has anyone ever heard of it? 379 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,930 It's only been around since 1966. 380 00:20:31,990 --> 00:20:34,600 Your Honor, the detectives informed the defendant of his rights. 381 00:20:34,660 --> 00:20:37,940 Yeah. Yeah. And they might as well have been talking to a wall 382 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,970 The police had a long conversation with him in English before he confessed. 383 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,610 Before they read him his rights? No. 384 00:20:44,670 --> 00:20:47,180 My point is that they were convinced he understood enough English. 385 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,310 Really? What exactly is enough... 386 00:20:50,380 --> 00:20:53,260 when it comes to the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination? 387 00:20:53,310 --> 00:20:56,160 He understood enough to waive those rights twice. 388 00:20:56,220 --> 00:21:01,060 And it is the prosecution's burden to show said waiver was knowing and intelligent. 389 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:03,190 My client is an illegal alien, Your Honor. 390 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:05,460 Did the police know that? Of course they did 391 00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:07,970 In the Connelley case, the Supreme Court held.. 392 00:21:08,030 --> 00:21:12,600 That a defendant in the middle of a psychotic episode was capable of knowingly waiving-- 393 00:21:12,670 --> 00:21:15,670 Are you proposing that a person not born within the borders of this country... 394 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:18,050 is the equivalent of being psychotic? 395 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:22,320 I'm saying that a person who, by the mere act of breathing our air, is committing a felony, 396 00:21:22,380 --> 00:21:26,120 should not be afforded more rights than a citizen with a mental illness. 397 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:31,030 Excuse me. Equal protection applies to any person within the borders. 398 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:35,970 Now, if you're implying that Mr. Camacho is somehow less than a person- 399 00:21:36,020 --> 00:21:40,170 I'm saying this is a legal tactic born of a hollow legal formality. 400 00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:43,070 Miranda is a hollow formality, is it? 401 00:21:43,130 --> 00:21:45,970 What I meant, Your Honor, was when form dictates substance-- 402 00:21:46,030 --> 00:21:49,280 Don't dig yourself in any deeper, counselor. 403 00:21:49,340 --> 00:21:53,680 Hollow formality or not, the confession is out. 404 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,390 Pity the poor immigrant? 405 00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:01,860 I'm not proud of what I said in there, Serena. 406 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,370 Maybe it's time somebody said it. Jack! 407 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:08,920 Jack, no hard feelings, right? As a matter of fact-- 408 00:22:08,990 --> 00:22:11,660 Che sera. Okay, let's see what you don't have. 409 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:14,500 You don't have a confession, which means you don't have a motive. 410 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,010 We can prove Miguel's girlfriend was cheating on him. 411 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:19,770 Yeah. But you can't prove that he knew about it, which means you don't have a case, 412 00:22:19,830 --> 00:22:23,280 which means that man two dealie is sounding awful good right about now. 413 00:22:23,340 --> 00:22:26,380 Not to me it's not. Oh, I knew you'd say that. 414 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,320 So why'd you bring it up? I love to see you stew in your own juices. 415 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:35,720 Is there something I should know about? Inevitable discovery. 416 00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:37,730 That's not what I was asking. 417 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,030 No, but it's how we make motive admissible. 418 00:22:40,090 --> 00:22:42,470 Get it from another independent source. 419 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:46,570 I switched to nights at"A” to "Z" when I went back to school 420 00:22:46,630 --> 00:22:50,400 How long ago was that? Uh, this semester. A month maybe. 421 00:22:50,460 --> 00:22:52,770 So before that, you worked with Maria? Sure. 422 00:22:52,830 --> 00:22:55,310 Did you see her son? He is so adorable. 423 00:22:55,370 --> 00:22:57,470 He smiles, and you just want one of your own. 424 00:22:57,540 --> 00:23:01,010 I haven't seen him. Makes me wonder what I'm doing here. 425 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,250 It sounds like you two are close. 426 00:23:03,310 --> 00:23:05,790 We worked together for over a year at the shop. 427 00:23:05,850 --> 00:23:08,990 Yeah. That'll do it. Did she ever mention anything about Miguel? 428 00:23:10,050 --> 00:23:13,220 “Miguel did this. Miguel did that You know, stuff girls talk about. 429 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:16,390 Did she ever talk about anyone else? Anyone she was seeing? 430 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:19,530 Besides Miguel? Noway. She loves him. 431 00:23:19,590 --> 00:23:21,630 He loves her. He's a good guy. 432 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:24,340 A little overprotective, if you ask me. How so? 433 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,710 Like, a month after she got pregnant, he made her quit work. 434 00:23:27,770 --> 00:23:31,610 Like, what are you gonna do? Sit around the apartment all day getting fat? 435 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:37,180 You interested in a burger? 436 00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:41,420 Hello? just a minute. 437 00:23:42,420 --> 00:23:44,920 These are Zachary's canceled checks over the past year. 438 00:23:44,990 --> 00:23:49,630 In the beginning of each month, he wrote a check for $3,000, payable to “Cash.” 439 00:23:49,690 --> 00:23:52,800 Walking-around money. That's a hell of a walk. 440 00:23:52,860 --> 00:23:55,970 It looks like they were all cashed at a place called Geraldo's. 441 00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:58,840 Restaurant? It could be. 442 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:02,870 Jack, there are nine of them, starting with the month that Maria got pregnant. 443 00:24:02,940 --> 00:24:06,480 It looks like they were all endorsed by someone named Anita Sanchez. 444 00:24:07,470 --> 00:24:12,220 Call the bank. Find out where and who Geraldo is. 445 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,280 Pay him a visit. 446 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,100 I don't want any trouble. Why? Are you doing some thing you should be ashamed of? 447 00:24:19,150 --> 00:24:22,860 I'm an honest businessman. Then you have nothing to worry about. 448 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,870 Did you cash that check? 449 00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:28,100 Sure. It's got my stamp. Seventy cents on the dollar. 450 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,470 That's pretty good. It pays for the bum checks. 451 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:34,810 I'm sure it does. All of these checks were endorsed by Anita Sanchez. 452 00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:37,970 Sure. And I got a bridge to sell you. 453 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,150 I ask for I.D. Most people give me what they bought on Broadway for 20 bucks. 454 00:24:43,210 --> 00:24:46,590 So you don't know Anita's real name? No. But I know who does. 455 00:24:46,650 --> 00:24:49,690 She lives with this guy from the O.T.B. I know. Miguel something. 456 00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:51,920 They're always here together. 457 00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:56,090 Every month like clockwork, 458 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,430 starting with the month Maria got pregnant. 459 00:24:58,490 --> 00:25:01,600 It's called a salary, Jack. She wasn't working. 460 00:25:01,660 --> 00:25:04,940 She told her friends that Miguel insisted she stay home to protect the baby. 461 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,780 Which only helps to prove that he thought the baby was his. 462 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,540 That's one way to look at it. The other is that they were blackmailing Arnold Zachary. 463 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:13,680 [Southerlyn ] "Pay up or we'll tell the wife. ” 464 00:25:13,740 --> 00:25:17,920 Three thousand a month, minus the check casher's cut. 465 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:19,920 They're not what you'd call master criminals. 466 00:25:19,980 --> 00:25:22,220 That's why they got caught. Think about it. 467 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:26,200 Zachary was worth millions. Why would they ask for nickels and dimes? 468 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:29,930 Maybe they weren't greedy. Maybe they were just stupid. 469 00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:32,300 No. We didn't do anything wrong. 470 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:34,360 [Miguel] I had to. I-- You killed someone. 471 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,810 José-- He's not really Maria's baby. 472 00:25:41,140 --> 00:25:44,120 The doctor- No. Maybe this isn't the best time, Miguel. 473 00:25:44,170 --> 00:25:46,450 Sure. We can always tack on kidnapping too. 474 00:25:46,510 --> 00:25:48,850 No, no. We didn't take José. 475 00:25:48,910 --> 00:25:51,190 Mrs. Zachary, she couldn't-- 476 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,420 The doctor put José inside Maria. 477 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,790 Are you saying Maria is a surrogate? Yes. 478 00:25:58,850 --> 00:26:03,430 - The surrogate. - And you didn't know about this? 479 00:26:03,490 --> 00:26:05,440 Who would think to ask? 480 00:26:05,490 --> 00:26:08,410 Mr. Zachary, he pay Maria to stay healthy, 481 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:11,410 so the baby could stay healthy. 482 00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:13,410 I-It wasn't blackmail. 483 00:26:13,470 --> 00:26:15,740 Then why murder? [ Vanessa] Okay Wait. Whoa. 484 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:20,580 That's one too many questions without an offer on the table. 485 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,110 - Jack? - Cart before the horse, Vanessa. 486 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:26,280 Yeah, but we're rolling downhill, 487 00:26:26,350 --> 00:26:29,120 and we're not gonna stop until there is an offer on this table. 488 00:26:35,390 --> 00:26:39,630 That is exactly why the legislature refuses to make surrogacy contracts legal 489 00:26:39,690 --> 00:26:41,640 Oh, really? I thought it was those blinders... 490 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,640 they had permanently blocking their vision. 491 00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:46,640 Not every step science takes forward is a good thing, Serena. 492 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,110 It's not necessarily a bad thing either. 493 00:26:49,170 --> 00:26:51,380 If it ends in baby trafficking, it is. 494 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,440 I suppose we should outlaw cars because some people... 495 00:26:53,510 --> 00:26:56,350 have a couple of drinks before they head home. 496 00:26:56,410 --> 00:26:59,690 Do I hear a little maternal instinct bleeding through? 497 00:26:59,750 --> 00:27:02,730 Some feminists might argue just the opposite. 498 00:27:02,780 --> 00:27:06,660 Legalizing surrogacy would be the ultimate step forward in women's liberation. 499 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,890 It would de-biologize motherhood, and women could become mommies... 500 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,670 without going through pregnancy and childbirth. 501 00:27:12,730 --> 00:27:14,730 And this is a good idea because? 502 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,740 Equality ring a bell? 503 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,510 Femininity would no longer be defined by fertility. 504 00:27:19,570 --> 00:27:22,550 No, that would be left to the new breeder class-- 505 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,980 women who use their bodies as a means of making a living. 506 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,020 We used to have a word for women like that. 507 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,210 That's what the rest of the feminists argue. 508 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,880 The bottom line is, is that if surrogacy were legal and regulated, 509 00:27:33,950 --> 00:27:35,890 Arnold Zachary might still be alive. 510 00:27:35,950 --> 00:27:38,760 And if we convict Miguel, maybe it won't happen again. 511 00:27:38,820 --> 00:27:41,160 And how big of an “if” is that? 512 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:43,960 Two illegal aliens killing over an illegal contract. 513 00:27:44,020 --> 00:27:48,870 I'd say the “if” is smaller than a slice of bread inside the bread box. 514 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:54,970 On the night of November the 11th, 515 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,980 the defendant, Miguel Camacho, 516 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,880 went to visit Arnold Zachary in his office. 517 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:05,420 The two men had business to discuss. 518 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,620 They had a disagreement. Words got heated. 519 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,820 Threats were made, 520 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,390 and Arnold Zachary ended up dead on the floor of his office... 521 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:18,400 with three broken ribs, a broken jaw, 522 00:28:18,460 --> 00:28:22,970 internal bleeding and a coronary arrest. 523 00:28:23,030 --> 00:28:25,570 Those are the facts in this case. 524 00:28:25,630 --> 00:28:31,450 Everything else you will hear, no matter how emotional, is irrelevant-- 525 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:34,750 a smoke screen designed to obfuscate the facts. 526 00:28:35,810 --> 00:28:38,420 When you ignore the irrelevancies, 527 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,720 when you blow away the smoke, 528 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,490 you will have no choice but to find the defendant guilty... 529 00:28:45,550 --> 00:28:48,120 of murder in the second degree. 530 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:59,070 A woman being asked to give up her baby-- 531 00:28:59,130 --> 00:29:01,200 irrelevant. 532 00:29:01,270 --> 00:29:04,250 A man trying to stay in this country-- 533 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:06,280 smoke screen. 534 00:29:06,340 --> 00:29:11,520 I'll tell you what. That's one cold-hearted prosecutor we've got here. 535 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:14,490 Let me tell you a little story. 536 00:29:14,550 --> 00:29:18,830 My client and his girlfriend, Maria Villanueva, 537 00:29:18,890 --> 00:29:21,800 left the barrios of El Chorro, Mexico. 538 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:25,530 They left the dirt and the filth and disease. 539 00:29:25,590 --> 00:29:29,400 They left the drug dealers that would kill you just as soon as look at you, 540 00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:31,200 and they came here. 541 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:34,010 They got jobs. And everything was hunky-dory. 542 00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:37,710 until Maria's boss came to her with an ultimatum. 543 00:29:37,770 --> 00:29:40,980 He said to her, "Maria, 544 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:45,320 I want you to act as a surrogate for my wife and me. 545 00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:49,560 I want you to carry our baby.“ Maria was 24 years old. 546 00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:52,060 The last thing she wanted to be was pregnant, 547 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,290 never mind with someone else's baby. 548 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,000 She told him as much. But he said to her, 549 00:29:59,060 --> 00:30:02,870 “You do it, or I'll ship your Mexican ass back to El Chorro." 550 00:30:02,930 --> 00:30:05,840 Objection! Maria was as good as raped, 551 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:07,610 ladies and gentlemen. Counselor. 552 00:30:07,670 --> 00:30:10,980 A figurative gun was held to her head by the so-called victim-- 553 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,610 - [McCoy] Chambers, Your Honor. - Now! 554 00:30:13,670 --> 00:30:16,810 Rape? A gun to her head? 555 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,410 It's all inflammatory I want a mistrial. 556 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:23,190 Excuse me, but what Mr. Zachary did to Maria-- that's inflammatory. 557 00:30:23,250 --> 00:30:25,860 Sweatshops are illegal. Slavery is illegal. 558 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,870 But forced childbirth, that's okay? 559 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,230 She could have said no. Have you ever been to El Chorro? 560 00:30:31,290 --> 00:30:33,270 Believe me, you'd do anything not to go there. 561 00:30:33,330 --> 00:30:36,740 - Your Honor, the Zacharys paid Maria. - To eat and to pay for heat... 562 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,740 while she was carrying their child. 563 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,780 The law says that the circumstances of the surrogacy... 564 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,510 are irrelevant when it comes to the defendant's guilt on the murder charge. 565 00:30:45,570 --> 00:30:48,820 You know, the truth is, Mr. McCoy, unless they changed the law, 566 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,290 the defense is permitted to present any reasonable defense it sees fit. 567 00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:56,090 Not without a modicum of proof! Hey, I have witnesses. 568 00:30:56,150 --> 00:30:59,150 Or are you gonna keep them off the stand 'cause they don't have their green cards yet? 569 00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:01,390 No, but if they're not already on your witness list-- 570 00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:05,670 Your Honor, my client just informed me of the facts surrounding the surrogacy. 571 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:08,500 Here's a novel idea. Try talking to your client. 572 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,010 He doesn't understand the system. He may not be the only one. 573 00:31:11,060 --> 00:31:14,100 - Are you calling me a liar? - I'm saying that you're carrying... 574 00:31:14,170 --> 00:31:16,270 zealous representation to an absurd extreme. 575 00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:20,080 - This is your third defense. - And that's for the jury to decide. 576 00:31:20,140 --> 00:31:22,640 But without witnesses, there is no decision. 577 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:25,250 Excuse me, counselor. Weren't you the one... 578 00:31:25,310 --> 00:31:28,920 who argued against hollow formalities in the law? 579 00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:31,160 Your Honor- Don't worry. 580 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:33,860 I'll give you time to talk to Ms. Galiano's witnesses. 581 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,160 As soon as she finds them. 582 00:31:38,260 --> 00:31:42,570 [Man ] I've been performing I.V.F. -- in vitro fertilization-- for almost 10 years. 583 00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:45,370 Thats thousands of healthy babies. 584 00:31:45,430 --> 00:31:48,900 [ McCoy ] Was there anything unique about the Zacharys' case, Dr. Harrington? 585 00:31:48,970 --> 00:31:53,710 Not particularly. I implanted a fertilized ovum into a healthy young woman. 586 00:31:53,770 --> 00:31:56,480 - Maria Villanueva. - That's correct. 587 00:31:56,540 --> 00:32:00,420 [ McCoy ] Are you aware of how she came to agree to be a surrogate? 588 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,120 [ Dr. Harrington] She said she was a friend of Mr. Zachary 589 00:32:03,180 --> 00:32:05,360 Did she at any time give the impression... 590 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:09,460 that she had been forced or coerced in anyway into carrying the child? 591 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,130 Quite the contrary. She seemed excited about it. 592 00:32:12,190 --> 00:32:15,900 Certainly, I wouldn't have been involved if I thought there was anything underhanded going on. 593 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,960 Thank you, Doctor. 594 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:25,210 Are you aware, Doctor, that most surrogate mothers... 595 00:32:25,270 --> 00:32:28,650 earn just above the poverty level? Yes. 596 00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:31,950 And that over 40 percent of them are unemployed? 597 00:32:32,010 --> 00:32:34,460 - Yes. - Well, did you ever wonder why? 598 00:32:34,510 --> 00:32:38,860 I'm not a sociologist. Could it be they're not all that altruistic? 599 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,260 Objection. Withdrawn. 600 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,270 Were you there when Maria decided to become a fetus-sitter? 601 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,900 Objection. What the hell would you call her? 602 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,910 Answer the question, Doctor. 603 00:32:51,830 --> 00:32:53,870 No. She had already made up her mind. 604 00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:57,510 So you don't really know what went into the making of that decision, do you? 605 00:32:57,570 --> 00:33:00,050 Not firsthand, no. 606 00:33:04,010 --> 00:33:08,430 You know, when you're a kid, you get the Barbie doll, you play mommy 607 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,760 I know it's not fashionable or P.C. 608 00:33:11,820 --> 00:33:13,760 Finally, it was gonna happen for me, 609 00:33:13,820 --> 00:33:17,790 thanks to men like Dr. Harrington, thanks to science. 610 00:33:17,860 --> 00:33:21,030 And don't forget the girls like Maria Villanueva. Of course not. 611 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,570 - Maria was an angel. - You spent time with her, did you? 612 00:33:25,630 --> 00:33:29,270 At first, I didn't think I'd want to. I don't know. Maybe it was jealousy 613 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:33,910 Maybe I was just scared that someday I'd be walking through FAO Schwarz with my baby, 614 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,890 and I'd see her, and I wouldn't know what to say or how to act. 615 00:33:37,940 --> 00:33:41,890 But... Arnold said she wanted to meet me. 616 00:33:41,950 --> 00:33:44,830 So we had dinner, and I was glad we did. 617 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:47,460 She seemed wonderful. A real angel. 618 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:51,970 Did you or your husband ever pressure her in to doing anything she didn't want to do? 619 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:56,840 Absolutely not. Sure, she was a little nervous at first, but so was I. 620 00:33:56,900 --> 00:33:59,470 I didn't know what to say. 621 00:33:59,530 --> 00:34:03,910 I mean, what do you say to someone who's gonna be carrying your eggs? 622 00:34:03,970 --> 00:34:06,040 But it all worked out until-- 623 00:34:14,980 --> 00:34:17,620 Maybe it would have worked out differently... 624 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,320 if you got together more than that one dinner. 625 00:34:20,390 --> 00:34:23,200 I was warned not to get too close, Just in case. 626 00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:27,030 Just in case what? I know surrogates sometimes change their minds. 627 00:34:27,090 --> 00:34:31,340 Is that why you picked someone who couldn't possibly mount a legal fight against you? 628 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,570 Objection. Withdrawn. 629 00:34:34,630 --> 00:34:38,340 Did you ever accompany Maria to her medical checkups? 630 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:41,440 - No. - This angel that was carrying your baby, 631 00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:43,450 you weren't interested in how she was doing? 632 00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:46,050 - Of course I was. - But you never went up... 633 00:34:46,110 --> 00:34:49,390 to Spanish Harlem to visit to have a cup of tea, to shoot the breeze? 634 00:34:49,450 --> 00:34:51,590 To be honest, I didn't know where she lived. 635 00:34:51,650 --> 00:34:54,690 You never asked? No. 636 00:34:54,750 --> 00:34:56,700 You said that you were aware that surrogates... 637 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,360 sometimes change their minds about giving away their babies. 638 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:01,300 Did you and your husband have a plan 639 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,040 you know, just in case Maria slammed on the brakes? 640 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:06,040 I guess we'd just find another one. 641 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:08,310 Another what? Womb. 642 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,410 - Like a pizza oven? - A pizza oven is a lot cheaper. 643 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,620 This girl, we were paying her $3, 000 a month. 644 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,160 That's on top of her salary from the company 645 00:35:21,210 --> 00:35:25,160 Some people would say what you're getting is priceless. 646 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:28,200 What I'm paying for is what I don't get. 647 00:35:28,260 --> 00:35:30,570 And that is? Lower back pains, 648 00:35:30,620 --> 00:35:32,600 morning sickness and stretch marks. 649 00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:35,470 Excuse me. I'm a little confused. 650 00:35:36,460 --> 00:35:41,040 Are you saying that you are physically able to bear children? 651 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:46,610 - I never said I couldn't have a baby. - Whoa. Let me get this straight. 652 00:35:46,670 --> 00:35:50,680 Your husband is dead, my client is on trial for his life... 653 00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:54,520 because you wanted to maintain your figure? 654 00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:10,730 What the hell happened in there? Besides our star witness ruining our case? 655 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,800 Would it have been so hard for her to act a little human on the stand? 656 00:36:13,870 --> 00:36:15,940 Well, she sure as hell did before I prepped her. 657 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,570 So, when should I be expecting your call? 658 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,810 About what? Come on, Jack. 659 00:36:20,870 --> 00:36:23,910 After that show, my offer of man two should be lookin' pretty damn good. 660 00:36:23,980 --> 00:36:28,550 Of course, you can keep talking, but unless I hear magic words, I'm not listening. 661 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:30,720 What magic words? "Time served.” 662 00:36:30,780 --> 00:36:33,290 At least you didn't say an innocent man. He killed a man. 663 00:36:33,350 --> 00:36:37,060 - Just because Mrs. Zachary-- - I, for one, am willing to wager... 664 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,930 that jury now thinks birds of a feather marry each other. 665 00:36:39,990 --> 00:36:42,000 She's despicable. He's got to be just as bad. 666 00:36:42,060 --> 00:36:44,980 What do you say, Jack? Time's up. You know me. 667 00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:47,910 I always love swinging for the fences. 668 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,820 I wanna know what happened between the time you prepped Mrs. Zachary... 669 00:36:52,870 --> 00:36:55,410 and when I put her on the stand. 670 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,250 She trapped me. We prepped you for hours. 671 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,820 We asked you every conceivable question they could ask. 672 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,830 I got nervous. 673 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,760 Mrs. Zachary this is the trial of the man who killed your husband, 674 00:37:07,820 --> 00:37:10,630 the one person you loved in the world, 675 00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:13,030 and you're saying you just screwed it up? 676 00:37:13,090 --> 00:37:15,600 You have no idea how much I loved him. 677 00:37:15,660 --> 00:37:17,610 Oh, my God. 678 00:37:17,660 --> 00:37:21,130 No, Jack, there are actually two people in the world she loved. 679 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,010 I've never been pregnant, Mrs. Zachary, 680 00:37:24,070 --> 00:37:27,380 but I gotta tell you, I can't imagine any woman, no matter how bitchy, 681 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,820 avoiding the entire process over something as trivial as stretch marks. 682 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,450 If you haven't noticed, I'm not any woman. 683 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,860 Actually, I suspect you're not as different as you'd have the world believe. 684 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,560 You want a baby. 685 00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:48,730 You want one so badly you'd do anything, 686 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,830 even commit perjury to ensure an acquittal for the man who killed your husband. 687 00:37:52,900 --> 00:37:56,640 That's crazy. Miguel killed Arnie. 688 00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:58,840 It was all an act, Jack. 689 00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:03,050 Mrs. Zachary wanted the jury to hate her, and therefore hate her husband 690 00:38:03,110 --> 00:38:05,520 Miguel gets to walk. You get to keep the baby. 691 00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:07,580 You had a deal from the beginning. 692 00:38:07,650 --> 00:38:11,030 Isn't that right, Mrs. Zachary? Why do you care so damn much? 693 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,500 Because your husband was murdered. 694 00:38:13,550 --> 00:38:16,300 And that baby is all I have left of him 695 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,470 I have friends who by their 26 birthday... 696 00:38:20,530 --> 00:38:23,030 were already on their second husbands. 697 00:38:24,030 --> 00:38:28,270 Me-- I've been through three miscarriages. 698 00:38:29,470 --> 00:38:32,880 It's funny, I got into Smith College, early decision. 699 00:38:32,940 --> 00:38:34,940 Do you know how difficult? 700 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:39,950 I graduated magna cum laude and had my master's degree before I was 21. 701 00:38:40,950 --> 00:38:43,360 I married the man of my dreams. 702 00:38:44,350 --> 00:38:46,300 We had everything. 703 00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:49,800 Friends, money. 704 00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:53,390 House in the Hamptons during the summer, the condo in Aspen. 705 00:38:56,130 --> 00:38:58,340 I was the perfect person... 706 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,140 with the perfect life. 707 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,440 And everything was perfect, 708 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,940 except for my imperfect uterus. 709 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:14,060 I'd walk through Arnie's factory and look down at all these women, 710 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:20,330 gossiping about nonsense, sewing buttons for $3 an hour... 711 00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:24,330 so they could go home to their 12 kids, and I-- 712 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,740 I was this close to a baby. 713 00:39:34,270 --> 00:39:37,270 Did Miguel and Maria try to extort money from you? 714 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:40,880 All I know is Miguel left a message on our machine. 715 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:45,920 He wanted to see Arnie alone at the office that night. 716 00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:48,860 Why didn't you tell the police about this? 717 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,620 He killed Arnie! I didn't know what he would do to my baby! 718 00:39:57,490 --> 00:39:59,600 [ Miguel ] We have to talk. Things have changed. 719 00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:03,440 I'll be in your office in one hour. Be there. [ Clicks Off] 720 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:07,470 [McCoy] I'm sure you recognize this. 721 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:10,950 - [Galiano] Where'd it come from? - When Mr. Zachary didn't come home 722 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,320 his wife thought this might come in handy someday. 723 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:16,680 What? To blackmail my client? 724 00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:19,420 Well, it takes one to know one, Vanessa. 725 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,860 It's obvious what's going on here. 726 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,120 Maria and Miguel were trying to hold up the Zacharys. 727 00:40:25,190 --> 00:40:28,690 She should be in the back of a police car right about now. 728 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,700 He said if Maria help him with the baby, 729 00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,710 he help us, with the I.N.S., to stay here. 730 00:40:38,770 --> 00:40:40,710 She said she can do it. 731 00:40:40,770 --> 00:40:44,080 She think because the baby not hers, it's not going to be hard 732 00:40:44,140 --> 00:40:47,050 But after nine months, 733 00:40:47,110 --> 00:40:49,610 it was part of her. 734 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,380 She couldn't just give it up. 735 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,690 I love her, Mr. McCoy. 736 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,960 I try to explain to Mr. Zachary but he got mad 737 00:41:00,020 --> 00:41:04,700 He-- He said-- He said to give the baby, 738 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,290 or he's going to turn us in to the I.N.S., 739 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,170 and they send us back to Mexico. 740 00:41:12,570 --> 00:41:14,570 Very persuasive, Miguel. 741 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:23,650 Eloquent. 742 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,430 It's time, Jack. 743 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,890 You talk, I listen. 744 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:44,740 He agreed to man one. He'll do 15. Sounds generous. 745 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,340 The day he gets out, he's deported. What about his sidekick? 746 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,040 It turns out Maria and her child were long gone before the cops ever got to her apartment. 747 00:41:53,110 --> 00:41:55,090 My guess is back to El Chorro. 748 00:41:55,140 --> 00:41:59,780 Between mom and apple pie, I don't know many women who would choose the latter. 749 00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:45,000 [Howling]