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In the criminal justice system
In the criminal justice system

the people are represented

by two separate
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Sure, I know her.

Through there, buzz 4-D.

Up the stairs,
second apartment in the back.

Arnie, Mr. K.
could use a refill.

This is
my third stop here today.

She's not answering.

I'd leave them
by the door, but...

Oh, like leaving
a pound of brisket

in front of a schnauzer.

Maybe you can
hold them

and keep some poor guy's heart
from breaking.

I'll do you one better.

Ooh, she give
you her keys?

I got everybody's.

I own the building.

Mind the register, boychick.

Mind it.
Don't help yourself.

Putz.

Goniff.

She has a cat.

Hmm, yeah?
Smells like about five cats.

Oy vey.

She was in a movie, uh, where all the kids
are dancing.

Fame?

The other one.

Turns out today's
her birthday.

The flowers were
from her folks.

Uh, I read the card.

Nice people.

All right, thank you.

Doc says a single .357 round
to the chest did the trick.

Went right through her.

Right in the middle
of lunch, too.

Looks like
kung pao chicken.

Yeah. Be sure
to get back to us on that.

There's a back-alley entrance

but the door
was locked and alarmed

and there's no sign
of forced entry.

When will people learn
that a good friend

can be your worst enemy?

She was some kind of actress.

Yeah, slash musician.

Small neck,
it's made for a woman's hands.

I always wanted
to learn guitar.

It's actually a bass--
a Rickenbacker.

Is that good?

It was good enough
for Elvis.

Oh, now you're in
my neck of the woods.

I'm actually talking
about Elvis Costello.

Who's on first?

Anyway, fits with the rest
of her gear-- pricey.

A neighbor said
this used to be home

to one of those
plasma screen TVs.

Those things go
for, like, six grand.

For six grand

it ought to make coffee
and do the dishes.

Captioning sponsored by
UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION

Lucy Dolan, 32, single,
unemployed actress.

In that business,
if it said "employed"

I'd be shocked.

The M.E. says
that Ms. Dolan

had food in her upper G. I.

The Chinese take-out receipt
was date- and time-stamped

so the possible time of death

is somewhere
between noon and 1:00

three days ago.

So, a girl gets shot

over a busy restaurant,
and no one hears anything?

Her apartment was soundproofed.

When she wasn't not acting

she was not earning a buck
as a musician.

Whatever her calling

the audio and video equipment
in her apartment

was worth at least 50 grand.

Someone must love this girl.

Today is her birthday.

You know,
we sent her flowers.

Lucy was lost.

The music, acting...

Stop it.

She was good.

Remember,
we saw her in...

Something
off-off-Broadway.

How did she actually
earn a living, Mr. Dolan?

Oh, a job here

a job there.

Lately, she was doing comedy.

Stand-up.

I guess it was going well.

Why do you say it like that?

Lucy was
no spoiled brat.

She really worked hard.

But sometimes we helped her
with, uh... her rent or bills...

We didn't mind.

What else is it for?

She hasn't asked for help
in quite a while.

So, the stereo equipment...

You mean, the CD player?

What's that got to do with this?

Nothing, really.

So, where did Lucy do
her stand-up?

She never wanted us to see her.

I assumed it wasn't the most
respectable club around.

Her agent would know.

Lucy had a killer body.

If only she was
a couple inches taller.

Her folks said her comedy act was taking
off.

Yeah, and my mom thinks
I'm "Swifty" Lazar.

Lucy emceed late-late-night
at the Laff Riot

out on Staten Island.

We're not exactly talking

Leno material.

Did she have any close friends? Boyfriend?

There are
two types of clients

Detective--

one consults me before they buy
a tube of toothpaste.

The other, I'm lucky
if I get their cell number.

And Lucy was the latter?

I never heard
from the girl.

Half the time I didn't know
what color her hair was.

Do you think she
might have been using

that "killer body"
to make some money

the old-fashioned way?

I hope not.

But it's a tough business.

What can I say?

She wouldn't be the first.

Ask me what the
key to comedy is...

Timing.

You can say that again.

We were talking
about Lucy Dolan.

She could have used a new watch,
if you get my drift.

Oh, so you gave her
a regular gig

out of the kindness
of your heart?

Guys here at 2:00 in the morning
aren't here to laugh.

They're here to look.

And Lucy Dolan was
nice to look at.

A five in Manhattan
is a ten in Staten Island.

Anyway, she gave me notice.

Friday was going to be
her last day.

We're just wondering why
a barely-employed comic

would suddenly bolt

from her one
paying gig.

Are you hinting
at something here?

We were wondering
if maybe that

late-night crowd offered her
a little more than you did.

That sort of stuff

does not go on in my club.

I don't need this.

Hey, man, look.

My partner didn't realize
that you were so sensitive.

Let me ask you something.

It gets late,
performers run out of gas

maybe they use
a little something, something

to lift the spirits?

First, she's a hooker;
now, she's a junkie.

Let the girl rest in peace,
why don't you?

He's right, Ed.

So, Mr. Helprin,
uh, your cabaret license--

uh, everything in order?

What do you guys want from me?

I'm just trying
to run a club here.

And one of your
acts was murdered!

A little concern
would be nice.

Lucy kept a locker in the back.

Does that help?

It's a start.

Head shots, makeup...

speeding tickets.

There's got to be
a dozen of them.

She was in a rush.

Lucy had a car?

Green Beemer.

Is that a crime?

Unless bad jokes
pay better than I thought.

Figured it was family money.

Hey, look at this.

One of those
photo citations.

Machines, right?

They're going to put you guys
out of work.

Sorry.

You recognize this location?

That's the street
light on 54th.

Right next to our
favorite deli.

Looking for a moment frozen in time.

That's almost poetic.

Yeah, so what am I doing
in DMV, right?

Just find us
something snapped

between 12:00 and 1:00
on that day

in that corner
with that camera.

Okay. 16 pics in that time span.

Wow. At a hundred bucks
a pop?

We should get a raise.

Tell me about it.

You can blow that up,
right?

Already in the works.

That's as good

as it's going to get.

Next.

Next.

Next.

Wait a minute.
What's that?

Zoom in.

They got to be tourists.

Who else would want a souvenir of a
triple-decker?

More likely
looking for celebrities.

That place caters

to the rich and famous.

Now all we got to do
is put out an APB

for two badly dressed
out-of-towners.

Ford Focus.

My guess it's a rental.

And a rental
company

would have their local address.

New York's just
too big for us.

Too much of a hullabaloo.

We just got a couple of questions
for you

Mrs. Platt.

And we have one for you.

Why do they call it
the Big Apple?

We have apple trees
back on the farm...

In New Vienna.

Ohio.

Go figure.

All we need
is to take a look

at the video you shot
in front of the deli.

Look, I-I hate to be rude,
but we got a plane to catch.

There's only
one connecting flight

out of Cincinnati.

Mr. Platt,
you may have unknowingly

filmed evidence of a crime.

Well, we'd love
to help you

but we're in a rush.

Let me tell you something.

Besides all
the hullabaloo here

we also have something called
"material witness warrants."

That means we can keep you here

until all those apples
grow back.

We don't have the tape.

Ed, why don't you call
Judge Finkel.

No, you don't
understand.

We really don't have it.

We sold it.

To who?

Television people. WEXR?

Now you are going to miss
that flight.

They see the murder on the cover of
the Daily News

they figure, "What the hell, let's make a
buck."

It is the American way.

They said
they got a shot

of three
suspicious-looking characters.

Well, if WEXR
airs that tape

those characters will
know we're on to them

and hit the road.

Mm-hmm. There's no way

the network is going
to turn over that tape.

Well, they might
if we show up

with a restraining order.

Well, what about
Ma and Pa Kettle?

Well, the next plane's
in four hours?

Cut 'em loose
in three and a half.

Pentagon Papes
case says it al.

No prior restraint on
publication or broadcast.

You can't issue a restraining order,
Judge.

Your Honor,
WEXR paid $10,000

for the tape.

Clearly they think
it has probative value.

If the Platts were in
possession of the tape

I'd concede the People's right to subpoena
it, but they're not.

My client is

and my client is a
legitimate source of news

in the community.

In the alternative,
Your Honor

we're asking that the People
be given a first look.

Pardon me?

We want to
view the tape

before they go public with it.

We'll assure counsel
that nobody from our office

or the police department
will reveal

the existence of the tape
before it airs.

Well, Mr. Willet

is 24 hours going to put
an overly large kink

in your colon?

That's not the point, Judge.

Course there's
always the chance

that I linger
over the People's application.

My clerk gets lost in Westlaw
for a couple of days

and your tape becomes
yesterday's news, literally.

Thank you, Your Honor.

People to be provided
with a duplicate tape forthwith.

Honey, shove over, you're
blocking the window.

I got Woody Allen
in the cross-hairs.

Oh, you hayseed,
that's just some other Jew.

The silent majority...

Should stay that way.

Now that looks like
a plasma TV to me.

I thought he was looking for
celebrities.

Oop, Larry, Moe
and Curly makes three.

Looks like Curly's
supporting a piece.

There go our killers.

And we've got less than 23 hours
to find them.

I'm sorry, guys.

I can't get the plate
or the registration sticker.

DMV's got 2,700 beige Explorers
in the five boroughs alone.

Yeah, assuming your bad guys
are even local.

Wait. What's there?

Right in the
front window.

What? Uh...

Uh, looks like it could be
a parking permit--

something like that.

"FDR."

Fremont Downs Racetrack.

I can't make
out the numbers

but it is a
parking permit.

I love the ponies.

Guys would kill for
a pass like that.

Funny you should put it
that way.

VIP parking.

Guy's a box owner.

That goes along
with a clubhouse pass.

If I could make out
these numbers

I could tell you
who it belongs to.

Can you get us a list
of the box owners?

All 300 of them?

Wait, today's the Five Borough Handicap,
right?

Attaboy Bob's
running.

I wouldn't want
to miss that.

Third race--

I got to go
with Ed's Pepper.

You've got to be kidding.

She's a gray.

I always bet
the gray.

And you wonder
why you always lose.

She's got the
inside post.

Yeah, man, and the
first rule of racing

is "from the rail
to the jail."

Hey. Beige Explorer.

They look familiar?

That's Moe and Larry.

Two out of three
ain't bad.

Hey, bro,
who you got in the first?

Sigfried's Pal, man.

What the hell?

You just got scratched,
my friend.

You know what this is, Matt?

This is what we call
your yellows.

Yeah, I'm happy
for you, man.

It says here
you got a disorderly conduct

from back in '96.

What was that?

One too many brews,
and you watered

a hydrant?

What's the difference?

The difference is you stepped up
into a whole 'nother league now.

And what league is that?

Why would I want to kill
somebody, man?

You're out of your skull.

That's beside
the point.

That don't even look like me.

I checked your
sheet, Harold.

The worst thing
you ever got caught for

was turnstile jumping.

I don't think
you're all that tough.

Then why
are you wasting my time?

Your other friend--
what's his name?

I got a lot
of friends.

Yeah, you got
a lot of balls, too--

robbery, murder.

Add obstruction

you're looking
at a hat trick, Matt.

Whoa.
Ain't nobody robbed nobody.

Ain't nobody murdered nobody.

So, Lucy Dolan
just gave you that TV.

That's right.

She liked us.

So, why
did you shoot her?

I didn't. That's why.

I hope Ed's doing better than I
did.

Hear no evil.

The SUV belongs
to this one.

I guess selling swag
is recession-proof.

Well, the box seats
at the track

belong to his cousin.

He owns a shoe store
on the Upper East Side.

He's out of town
for a week.

The only thing
my cousin ever gave me

was the mumps.

Knock, knock, Andrew Maynard.

Pleasure.

Now, if you can just,
uh, call off the dogs

while I talk to my client

Mr. Johnson.

That's Mr. Carton.

Heads, I win.
As it turns out

I represent both of these fine gentlemen.

Ed.

Send in

the cavalry; I don't care.

I still didn't kill nobody.

This is your
lawyer, Einstein.

You know who that is?

That's Andrew Maynard.

Defender of the
undefendable

the falsely
accused...

And the biggest narcotics
dealers in the city.

I doubt these two knuckleheads can pay his
tab.

At 800 bucks an hour,
who can?

I'm guessing
the guy these mopes work for.

The name of the guy
who pays the legal fees

isn't privileged.

My second divorce.

Yeah, and maybe Maynard
will give us the name

and a guilty plea

on a silver platter.

Well, if we hit him
with a subpoena

it's going to take 30 days
for some judge to decide

if we get a name.

There are other ways.

Hey, I look like a cop?

You look fine.

Have a nice time
at the prom.

You got your
cell phone?

Dad, now, don't worry.

I'll call you
if he gets too frisky.

Here he comes.

All right,
seriously

if Maynard comes back,
get your ass out of there.

If you could tell me what this in
reference to, Mr...

I'd rather not
give my name.

Well, is there a number
at which Mr. Maynard

can reach you?

See, that's a problem.

See, phones are a little bit...
awkward at the moment.

Well, I really don't know

when Mr. Maynard
is returning to the office.

You can call him, can't you?

And say what?

A guy who won't give me his name
wants to see him?

All right, maybe this will help.

There's two brothers enjoying
the hospitality of a certain

city agency.

There are a lot more than two.

Yeah,
but Mr. Maynard

representing these two.

Matter of fact, he went by
and visited them today

at the behest
of one of my colleagues.

Please have a seat.

Hi, Mr. Maynard.

No, no, they didn't call.

There's a gentleman here
referred by Danny Otum.

He won't give
it to me.

Says you
understand?

Can you be here tomorrow morning
at 8:00 A.M.?

Not a problem.

Police! We have a warrant!

Open up, Mr. Otum.
It's the police!

Ah, the hell with it.

Use the super's key.

NYPD-- last time we ask.

Hey, police business.

Get back inside.

What's going on?
Now!

Danny's got good taste.

Yeah, he got
Lucy Dolan's TV, too.

Hey, what are you doing
in my...?

Police. Don't move!

I said police!

It's a cell phone.

You okay, partner?

Yeah, I'm great.

Yeah, I'm great.

Docket #3395:

People v. Carton,
Johnson, and Otum.

Steve Hanft, substituting
for defendant Johnson.

Yoriko Fujitsa for defendant
Carton, You Honor.

Welcome to one and all.

Mr. Maynard

I assume you're here
in some official capacity.

Andrew Maynard for
Daniel Otum, sir.

"Lead on, MacDuff."

Charges are, one count each,
murder in the first degree

robbery in the first degree.

Pleas, gentlemen?
Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty, Your Honor.

Who says consistency is the
hobgoblin of little minds?

People on bail?

The defendants are seen
on a videotape

outside of the victim's building

holding her property
at the time of her murder.

Judge, the tape
is fuzzy at best.

Fuzzy or not, the deceased's
property was recovered

from defendant
Otum's apartment.

Nice try, Counselor.

Judge, if I may...

No, you may not.

Mr. Maynard, your client

has multiple priors;
he's not going anywhere.

Uh, remand all three defendants.

Next.

Docket #37926...

Off the record?

Why not?

We all have a good idea what
my client does for a living.

On the record, that's why
we're not considering a deal.

Sure, one drug dealer
kills another.

Hold on.

There's no evidence
that Lucy Dolan sold drugs.

Her car, her possessions

her lack of any other
source of income.

Well, maybe she had a boyfriend.

Or, perhaps, Danny Otum
served as wholesaler

and Ms. Dolan
was one of his retailers.

Is this a confession
to possession with intent?

Theory.

Lucy's marketing skills

were falling a little short
of expectation.

She owed Danny
what was quickly becoming

a lot of money.

So, he killed her?

No.

Lucy Dolan was shot

with a .357, Mr. Maynard.

Your client did three years
for assault with a .357.

And do you know
why you can't find

a murder weapon?

Because Danny never had it.

This was strictly business.

And like any other transaction

after some negotiation

she offered collateral
to secure her loan.

The plasma screen TV?

There you go.

And the murder?

It happened after my client
and his colleagues

went their merry way.

You should write fiction,
Mr. Maynard.

First off, your client has
multiple violent felonies.

Second, he should thank

his lucky stars he didn't
get shot resisting arrest.

In which case, I would be
initiating a wrongful death suit

instead of merely a Federal
civil rights action.

Detective Green thought Mr. Otum
was reaching for a weapon.

He was reaching

for his cell to dial 911.

He thought he was being robbed.

Oh, come on.

A jury can be a strange
and empathetic beast

Ms. Southerlyn.

Now, taking all
of the relevant facts

and putting them
into perspective

I have the distinct feeling

that we could make
this Federal case go away...

I'm busy, Mr. Maynard.

A damn cell phone.

Hey, Otum is
a known dealer.

I got a history, man.

You two, in my office.

Shut the door.

You're on desk.

Hey, a week or so tops

it'll all be straightened out.

Excuse me,
both of you.

You were the only witness.

Otum names the city,
the Department

and you individually
in his suit.

He claims you profiled him.

Right, he's a drug dealer
and a murderer.

And he's black.

Have you looked at me recently?

He also claims

that you never identified
yourselves as cops.

Come on.
I said, "Police."

And the icing on the cake
is the pounding he took

with snapshots to prove it.

Tell me, did I wake up

on the wrong side of the
looking glass this morning?

A black cop under investigation by a white
US Attorney

for beating
a black suspect.

The times, they
are a-changing.

Yup.

And this Detective Green

certainly adds
another layer to the cake.

True or false:
the sole purpose of a government

and all its agents
is to protect the citizenry?

Sole purpose, no.

Okay, the primary
purpose then.

Once we establish
that Detective Green's actions

were not racially motivated

then we must
conclude that they

were just another desperate
example of our government

failing
in its most basic function.

Or they were

an example of a man
resorting to a primal instinct--

self-preservation.

Detective Green thought Otum
was reaching for a gun.

It was a hell of an argument,
though, don't you think?

Actually, Maynard

is reaching back
to Trial Tricks 101.

He's using the Federal civil
rights action as leverage

to try to make us back off
the criminal case.

Which you're
not going to do.

Murder One?

I don't think so.

Well, as it turns out

I took a more advanced version
of that very same class.

We'll see who has the leverage
when the day is done.

The arrests of Carton, Johnson
and Otum, repeat offenders all

followed an investigation
by Detectives Briscoe and Green

whose lieutenant, Anita Van
Buren, supervised the inquiry.

The people of this city
owe these officers

a debt of gratitude.

It is the conclusion
of this office

based on the particular
circumstances of this crime

and the overwhelming evidence
of guilt, that the death penalty

although very rarely sought
in this county, is appropriate.

Lucy Dolan's murder was brutal,
intentional and pointless.

Our hearts go out
to her loved ones.

Now, I'll take your questions.

Mr. Branch, I was just
coming to see you.

Go on ahead.

What can I do for you,
Lieutenant?

I saw your news conference.

Yes, I thought
it went well.

Well, I understand
all about PR, sir

but I think you
may have gone

just a bit overboard
on this one.

To quote
a great legal scholar

"So what?"

The two nice ones
carried the TV

while the surly one
does the shooting.

Any way you deal
the cards, Lieutenant

it's your garden variety
felony murder

punishable by death
in this state.

Besides, I'd think you'd favor
this course of action.

You know what my problem is?

If we fry Carton and Johnson,
the next time my officers

find themselves
in a similar situation

the bad guys may just shoot
to kill-- what the hell?

They'd be facing

the death penalty anyway.

You want to talk
"next time"?

What about the next time
three punks hit a 7-Eleven?

You want the two without the gun
to get a pass

when their buddy blows
the cashier's face off?

It's not the message I want to
send for all the "next times."

And, in case you missed
the obvious

I'm trying to save the career
of one of your officers.

Maybe his

isn't the only career
being saved.

The Federal case
could sway the jury

in your murder trial

and we both know a DA can't
get reelected in this city

if he can't convict three men
caught on tape

leaving the scene with the
victim's property in their arms.

You know, Lieutenant,
in the end

a man's motives are secondary
to his accomplishments.

That same great legal scholar?

That's right-- me.

I take it you don't care

for the new DA's tactics
on this one.

Do you?

I think he's just flexing.

If it works, we'll be able

to put Otum and his
crew behind bars

and keep Green
on the street.

Anyway, the Commissioner,
with no ifs, ands or buts

said no one from my precinct
could look into Green's case.

That's the drill, isn't it?

See, the thing is,
Briscoe said

Otum had a neighbor across
the hall who was kind of nosy

when they first
showed up.

And no one's
talked to him?

No one got the right answers.

Why play games, Mr. Franks?

We both know you heard
them announce themselves

as police officers
when they first arrived.

Maybe I did and maybe I didn't.

Who can say for sure?

If you're afraid of Otum,
we'll take care of you.

You think I don't
read the papers?

I know what happens to people
who testify against gangsters.

Somehow their houses burn down,
their kids disappear.

What the papers leave out

is that I can be equally
dangerous, Mr. Franks.

I'll take my chances.

I used to date a CPA.

How nice for you.

Now, if you don't mind?

Sure, why talk now
when we can finish

this discussion
in front of a grand jury?

I know enough law

to know that you can't
force me to testify.

That's right, but I can
cite you for contempt.

And a contempt conviction
in New York is a felony.

Did you know that?

And with a felony
on your record

I'm afraid you'll lose
that accounting license

this nice office...

Mr. Franks gave
one hell of a deposition.

Turns out, he heard Briscoe
yell, "Police. Don't move."

Did the US Attorney
find him credible?

He found, and I quote,
"There were no grounds

for charges
against the arresting officers."

Which destroys
Maynard's leverage.

I'll wait till morning
to call him.

Let him try to sleep thinking
his client is facing

a lethal injection.

The sun coming up
changes things? How?

I thought we threatened
capital punishment

just to get
some leverage of our own.

We did.

Although, thanks to Serena, we didn't need
it.

You should know, Arthur

I don't like being sandbagged
by anyone.

Well, that's good.

For a minute,
I thought I was going

to get an earful of morality.

Two of our defendants

are being accused
of their first felony.

For all we know,
they didn't even realize

Otum had a weapon.

Your point being?

Putting somebody to death
for stealing a television

is reprehensible.

Ah.

Vox clamatis
from the moral left.

With all due respect,
I'm talking

about constitutionality,
or, rather, the lack of it.

A death sentence
for Carton or Johnson

would be cruel
and unusual punishment.

We threaten
the death penalty

every day to get one defendant
to roll over on another.

Now, those threats
become meaningless

if we never actually use it.

Maybe the Governor of Illinois
was right

imposing a moratorium
on capital punishment.

People do make mistakes.

Only, it seems to me,
we've got enough evidence

for two cases on this one.

The only thing we don't have
is a busload of nuns

as eyewitnesses.

I mean, am I wrong?

Do we know

these punks are guilty
or don't we?

They're guilty

but, Arthur, are you sure

this is the best case
for you to prove a point?

You don't like to be sandbagged.

I don't like the race card
thrown in my face.

Hey. Well, you've got to admit

you're not the typical
New York City District Attorney.

20 years here
and still the carpetbagger.

My point is

this decision may
not sit that well

with a large portion
of the state.

You worry
about the law

I'll worry about the politics.

Is there anything else?

It's political suicide,
but it is his choice.

So we just go

on our trigger-happy way
until the next election?

The man is a District Attorney,
not Attila the Hun.

Every case will be judged
on its own merits.

And this case?

How often

do we have the defendants
on video, Serena?

Or find a crime scene
covered in fingerprints?

Or the stolen goods
in the defendant's apartment?

How often is someone killed
for a television set?

To me that pretty much
defines "heinous."

And if Maynard was right

and Lucy Dolan was really
a drug addict?

Maynard can't put any of our hypothetical
clients on the stand

and there's no way he lets
any of his defendants testify.

All in all, I don't think
we have to worry about that.

Ms. Dolan's apartment

was dusted for fingerprints
by the Crime Scene Unit.

The result?

Uh, Mr. Carton and Mr. Johnson's
prints were found

on the coffee table here

Mr. Otum's palm print
on a surface

behind the
entertainment center.

Could you demonstrate

how a palm print could come
to be in that location?

Uh, well, if you were
removing a unit, uh, say here...

That would be

the plasma TV already marked
as People's Three?

That's
correct, yeah.

Uh, anyway

uh, from the center, uh,
you have to lean here

uh, to detach the cables,
and so on.

Yes.

Thank you.

All of this

to prove that the defendants
were actually

in Ms. Dolan's apartment?

Hell, we would have
stipulated to that fact.

Mr. Beck, does any of this prove

that the television set
was stolen?

It was taken off the wall.

That wasn't my question.

No.

That's all.

Anything else?

Nothing, Judge.

Nothing on behalf
of Mr. Carton, Your Honor.

My daughter

never game me a moment's grief

and she never harmed anyone
in her life.

She was a kind, decent person.

She didn't deserve
to die like that.

Nobody does.

Objection.

Sustained.

This is a courtroom, Mr. McCoy

not an op-ed column.

Mrs. Dolan, how often
did you speak with Lucy?

Oh, several times a week.

Did she ever mention

a friend named Danny Otum?

No.

Matt Carton?

No.

Harry Johnson?
No.

So, as far as you know,
these men I just mentioned

had no legitimate reason
to be in her apartment?

None that I know of.

Thank you.

Your daughter was hardworking.

She tried, sir.

Very hard, yes.

But honestly, ma'am

she wasn't successful
as an actress

or singer or comedian.

It takes time.

Yes, it does.

But did you know
that at the time

of your daughter's death

she owned approximately
$50,000 worth

of stereo
equipment?

Yes. The police
told me.

And did they tell
you that she also

owned a late-model BMW worth
in the neighborhood of $60,000?

Do you know what it's like...

to inherit from your daughter?

I truly have sympathy
for you, Mrs. Dolan

but could you please
answer my question?

Yes.

The police told me
about the car.

In her tax returns filed
for the last three years

she shows no
significant income.

She had no credit card,
no bank account.

Do you have any idea
how she bought those items?

No.

People... loved her.

Maybe someone...

Or maybe she was selling drugs.

Objection. No foundation.

Withdrawn.

Your Honor...

Jury will disregard.

Thank you for your honesty, Mrs.
Dolan.

I appreciate
how difficult this has been.

Counselors?

No questions for this witness.

Uh, not me,
Your Honor.

Specifically

my field is forensic accounting.

I determine the worth
of businesses

usually for purposes
of litigation

or matrimonial matters.

At my request,
Mr. Vavoulis

did you evaluate the worth
of Lucy Dolan's enterprise?

Again, no foundation.

Actually, I can help

with that.

Let's hear what you got.

This chart helps establish

what we call a PBA--
a pattern of business activity.

The enormous volume
of phone calls over the past

five months is a clear
indication of business activity.

And the underlying data
was derived

from Lucy Dolan's home phone?

No. It's a
cellular phone

but the same
principles apply.

Go on.

When this phone activity
is viewed

in light of Ms. Dolan's
net worth

as determined by
her tangible assets

such as automobiles

home furnishings,
personal property

I see not just

a going concern,
but a thriving one.

And could you determine

what kind
of business

Ms. Dolan was
involved in?

No, but if
I had to guess

based on the voluminous cell phone use

and the hours of
the incoming calls

I'd say it was something
perhaps not legal.

Drugs?
Perhaps.

And have you ever analyzed a narcotics
business before, Mr. Vavoulis?

Yes, I've been hired

by the FBI on several occasions

and this fits the profile.

Could this pattern also apply
to some other home business

such as, say,
selling Tupperware?

Yes.

Thank you.

Come on. I'll
buy you a drink.

Sure, why not start
the celebration early?

Why not relax
after a long day in court?

Fine.

You know,
every Christmas

my father used
to drag us

to St. Bartholomew's
for Midnight Mass.

It was literally filled
to the brim.

There's a lot of guilt
that time of year.

But the thing that
I remember most

was the walk home

after the service.

Rain or snow, it didn't matter

we still walked,
and all the way home

the only thing I could think
about was, what's wrong with me?

Why aren't I like all
of those people

who actually believe the words

that they're
singing?

Maybe it was the eggnog
your Uncle Harry slipped you.

I'm being
serious, Jack.

My point is, right now
I'm more convinced than ever

that this job would
be a lot easier

if I was one of those people

from St. Bart's.

At least then

making a decision

about taking a man's life
wouldn't be so excruciating.

Because there'd be a rule

that the death penalty
is always wrong.

A lot of people believe that.

Leaving only us heathens

to struggle
through the muck and mire

of a world
that's doused in gray.

What if we're wrong?

Do Matt Carton
and Harry Johnson deserve to die

just because
we can squeeze what they did

into some statute?

Yeah, mistakes.

I try not to make them.

But like they say at St. Bart's,
we're all sinners

so we all make mistakes.

That's why they have a judge

and a defense attorney.

It ain't pretty...

but I can live with it.

That's a cop-out.

Three black men caught on tape

loading a plasma screen TV
into an SUV.

They must be killers.

Three black men
in the victim's apartment.

They must have been there
to kill her.

That's the People's case.

They don't have a murder weapon.

They say they have a motive,
but do they?

A room full
of expensive equipment

and all that was taken
was a television set.

The People's case is laughable.

They want you to ignore the fact

that Lucy Dolan herself may have
been dealing drugs.

They want you to forget the fact
that no motive and no weapon

should always leave us
with no conviction.

The defense

admits the defendants were
at the scene of the crime.

They had to.

We had their fingerprints
all over Lucy Dolan's walls.

The defense admits
that the defendants carried

Miss Dolan's television
from her apartment

at or near the time
of her murder.

They had to.

We had them on video.

They can slander the victim
as much as they like

with charts and graphs
and assumptions.

But where I come from

one plus one
does not equal three.

Thank you for coming.

Why wouldn't we?

The fact
that you asked us here

leads me to believe
you're not all that confident.

Quite the opposite, Mr. Hanft.

We're very confident.

We're trying

to keep your clients alive.

The fact is

Danny Otum's ship
is sinking.

Considering the time
and the place in history

if your clients stay on board

they're looking
at a lethal injection.

It's not worth rolling the dice.

We're just following
our clients' directions.

And what law schools
did they go to?

The ones that tell them

innocent people
don't get convicted.

You actually believe them?

No.

But it's not my decision
to make.

That's right.

Mr. Maynard is running the show.

We're done.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

As to defendant
Harry Johnson

we find him guilty of Murder
in the First Degree.

As to defendant
Matthew Carton

guilty of Murder
in the First Degree.

As to defendant

Daniel Otum, guilty of Murder
in the First Degree.

So say you all?

Yes, Judge.

The jury is
temporarily excused.

The sentencing phase
of the proceedings

to commence a
week from today.

Matthew!

Congratulations.

You're the one who said
that this case was a slam dunk.

Why are you working overtime

on sentencing?

What did that forensic
accountant say

about Dolan's incoming
phone activity?

That it was an enormous volume.
Why?

Common sense says
it should have stayed

roughly the same at first

tapering off as word got out

that Lucy was no longer
in business.

But look at this here

in her phone records.

Whoever this is...

called once every couple
of days for months.

But he never once called
after she was murdered.

He knew she was dead.

Call Van Buren.

It's open, Frankie.

Ernest Borges?

I don't like surprises.

Boy, you're going to hate this
one.

Get up.

Ernest Borges,
you're under arrest

for, among other things,
the murder of Lucy Dolan.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can

and will be held against you
in a court of law.

Ballistics came back on the gun
from Borges' apartment.

It's the murder weapon.

His lawyer's already
itching for a sit-down.

And we can't find
a connection

between Borges and Otum,
Carton or Johnson.

You filed the appropriate papers
for their release?

In the works.

Maynard was so busy
slandering Lucy Dolan

he forgot to do
his homework.

Truth is, I always thought

either Carton or Johnson
would roll on Otum.

Are you saying that all of this
was part of Trial Tricks 102?

That or a big juicy mea culpa.

All three of them
should put Serena

on their Christmas card lists.

I just wish that there was a way

to prevent all of this
from happening again.

There is.

Move to Illinois.

I think he's pulling
your leg, Serena.

You know, this whole affair
makes you think twice.

About the death penalty?

About where to buy you a steak.

Come on. We'll split a cab.

No.

I'll walk.

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