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THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED
THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED

BY TWO SEPARATE

THE POLICE,
WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME

AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,
WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

GOOD MORNING, MRS. HALLENBECK.

TIME FOR US TO...

MRS. HALLENBECK?

DID THEY TAKE
MY MOTHER ALREADY?

SHE WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO GO TILL 9:30.

MUST BE DOWN THE
HALL SOMEWHERE.

ISN'T IT YOUR JOB TO KEEP TRACK OF THE
PATIENTS?

YOUR MOTHER'S
AROUND, DARLING.

WE'LL FIND HER.

MARJORIE HALLENBECK,
53, MRS.

THERE ARE TWO DEEP BRUISES
ON THE TORSO.

THIS ONE ON HER HEAD.

CAUSED BY WHAT?

LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY
PUNCHED HER TWICE

SHE FELL, HIT HER HEAD.

WHICH ONE'S FATAL?

HEAD WOUND KNOCKED HER OUT.

I DOUBT IF IT KILLED HER.

BEST GUESS NOW IS
INTERNAL BLEEDING.

HOW LONG
WOULD THAT TAKE?

A MINUTE, A DAY.

I WON'T KNOW
TILL THE AUTOPSY.

TIME OF DEATH?

GIVEN THE TEMPERATURE
AND LACK OF RIGOR

WITHIN THE LAST FIVE HOURS.

SO SHE WAS LYING HERE
SINCE 3:00 A.M.

AND NOBODY FOUND HER?

SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
LYING HERE LONGER THAN THAT.

WE CAN'T CHECK EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THE
PLACE.

WHAT WAS SHE IN FOR?

LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
AND SOME TESTS.

ANYBODY NOTIFY
THE FAMILY?

FATHER AND DAUGHTER WERE HERE WHEN WE
FOUND THE BODY.

THEY'RE WAITING IN MRS.
HALLENBECK'S ROOM, 1284.

WAS ANYBODY ON PATROL
HERE LAST NIGHT?

WATKINS. HE DIDN'T
SEE ANYTHING

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

WHAT, DID HE FORGET
HIS GLASSES?

WE HAVE
EXCELLENT SECURITY.

YEAH, SO I SEE.

YOU WANT TO TALK
TO WATKINS?

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

SHE COMES IN
FOR A BIOPSY

AND THEY MANAGE
TO KILL HER?

IT'S WHY THEY CALL IT
"MANAGED CARE."

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and NBC]

AND MY DAD AND I
VISITED HER LAST NIGHT.

HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?

WHAT TIME
DID YOU LEAVE?

A LITTLE AFTER 11:00.

: DID YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM THE
GIFT SHOP

AT "7:42."

WE DIDN'T GET HERE

TILL ALMOST 9:00.

A COUPLE OF MAGAZINES
AND SOME CANDY?

MAYBE YOUR MOTHER
BOUGHT THEM?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU BOTH CAME
IN TOGETHER

AND LEFT TOGETHER.

YES.

MR. HALLENBECK, WAS
YOUR WIFE STILL IN THE SOLARIUM

WHEN YOU LEFT HER?

MY DAD'S IN SHOCK.

DID YOU FIND
MY MOTHER'S JEWELRY?

WEDDING RING WAS ON HER FINGER.

NOT THAT.

THE CROSS, THE EARRINGS,
THE WATCH MY DAD GAVE HER?

BEATEN TO DEATH, JEWELRY MISSING:

ONE ANTIQUE GOLD CROSS

ON A NECK CHAIN,
EXPENSIVE WATCH

WITH HER INITIALS
ENGRAVED ON THE BACK

AND A PAIR OF DIAMOND EARRINGS
WITH GOLD FILIGREE.

MRS. HALLENBECK
CHECKED IN YESTERDAY.

FAMILY SAYS NOBODY BUT THEM
KNEW SHE WAS GOING IN.

THEN START
WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF.

LaMOTTE'S CHECKING THEM

FOR PRIORS.

THERE'S NOTHING
IN HER ROOM

EXCEPT HER OVERNIGHT BAG,
A COUPLE OF MAGAZINES

AND A RECEIPT FROM
THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP.

JEWELRY WORTH A LOT?

TO BILL GATES, NO.

TO A JANITOR MAKING
$13.50 AN HOUR

10-12 GRAND
SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.

WHO WEARS 10-12 GRAND
IN A HOSPITAL?

WELL, HER DAUGHTER SAYS
THE GOLD CROSS WAS

AN HEIRLOOM.

MOM ALMOST NEVER
TOOK IT OFF.

WHY WAS THE VICTIM
IN THE SOLARIUM

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

INSOMNIA?

WE DON'T KNOW
WHEN IT WAS.

THE FAMILY SAYS
THEY LEFT AROUND 11:00.

THE ATTACK COULD HAVE
BEEN ANYTIME AFTER THAT.

YOU SAID SHE DIED
BETWEEN 4:00 AND 5:00 A.M.

M.E. AT THE SCENE

DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN
TIME OF ATTACK

AND TIME OF DEATH.

NAIL IT DOWN.

VICTIM HAD A LOT OF SUPERFICIAL
BRUISING.

INJURIES LOOKED WORSE
THAN THEY WERE.

WHAT LOOKS WORSE
THAN DEAD?

IF SOMEBODY FOUND
HER EARLIER

SHE WOULDN'T BE DEAD.

WHAT KILLED HER?

RUPTURED SPLEEN.

HOW LONG DID
IT TAKE HER TO DIE?

I WON'T KNOW UNTIL I DETERMINE THE
CLOTTING RATE.

RODGERS.

YEAH, RIGHT HERE.

YOUR LIEUTENANT.

WHAT'S THAT ON
YOUR PHONE, BRAINS?

IT'S EGG SALAD, MAYBE.

YOU GOT ANOTHER PHONE?

WHEN WILL YOU KNOW

WHAT TIME MRS. HALLENBECK
WAS ATTACKED?

TOMORROW MORNING,
MAYBE EARLIER.

RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT
TO GET A JAVELIN OUT

OF SOMEBODY'S CHEST.

WHAT MADE YOU GO IN
TO THIS LINE OF WORK?

FREE JAVELINS.

OKAY, LATER.

LaMOTTE GOT A HIT
ON AN ORDERLY.

TWO BURGLARY PRIORS

AND HE WAS WORKING
THAT WARD LAST NIGHT.

VIC FAZIOLI?

HEY, MY P.O. TOLD ME
TO GET A JOB.

I GOT A JOB.
I'M CLEAN.

YOU GOT THE WRONG PARTY.

YOU MIND IF WE COME IN?

YEAH. SEE, I'M LEAVING.
I GOT A DATE.

YOU GOT A DATE?

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING
HER, THE OPERA?

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.

YOU MIGHT NEED
A JACKET.

HERE OR AT THE PRECINCT.

LET'S WORK SOMETHING OUT, OKAY?

I TAKE THE STUFF BACK,
YOU FORGET ABOUT IT.

I WON'T DO IT AGAIN,
I SWEAR.

OKAY, SHOW US THE JEWELRY
AND WE'LL CONSIDER IT.

WHAT JEWELRY?

I'M GUESSING THIS DID NOT COME
FROM D'AGOSTINO'S.

THIS HAS GOT
TO BE A FIRST.

SOMEBODY STEALING
HOSPITAL FOOD.

IMAGINE THAT.

THIRD CONVICTION,
20 TO LIFE

FOR 300 POUNDS OF
"VERY YOUNG EARLY PEAS."

NOT TO MENTION
THE JEWELRY.

AND THE MURDER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.

I'M JUST STOCKING UP
FOR THE WINTER.

YEAH, YOU AND
MY CHIPMUNK.

I THOUGHT ONLY GOOD BOYS
ATE THEIR PEAS.

I'M TELLING YOU
HE WAS TALL AND GOOD-LOOKING

AND GREAT HAIR.

COMING OUT OF ROOM 1284.

YEAH.

AT 8:30.

GIVE OR TAKE.

HOW WAS HE DRESSED?

EXPENSIVE. HE HAD
A DARK GRAY SUIT

A REAL NICE TIE
AND A GOLD STICK PIN.

YOU SEE THE PATIENT,
MRS. HALLENBECK?

I SAW A WOMAN
IN A NIGHTGOWN, 50-55.

THAT HER?

SHE WAS TRYING
TO GET RID OF HIM.

LOOK LIKE HE WAS
BOTHERING HER?

NO, THEY SEEMED

TO LIKE EACH OTHER FINE.

SHE JUST WANTED HIM TO GO.

I MEAN, MAYBE SHE HAD TO USE
THE JOHN OR SOMETHING.

YEAH, IT'S A CUTE STORY, VIC,
BUT LET'S MOVE ON.

WHERE WERE YOU AFTER 11:00?

NOT AT THE HOSPITAL.

I LEFT AT 9:45.

YOUR TIME CARD SAYS

YOU PUNCHED OUT AT 11:08.

NO, YOU SEE, THE KITCHEN CLOSES
AT 9:15, SO 9:20

I'M DOWN THERE LOADING UP CANS
IN A LAUNDRY CART.

THEN WHAT?

I ROLLED THE CART

TO MY VAN, I LOADED IT UP

I TOOK THE CART BACK

I ASKED THE GUY
TO PUNCH ME OUT AT 11:00.

I LEFT AT 9:45.

WHO PUNCHED YOU OUT?

LOOK, I DON'T WANT
TO GET HIM IN TROUBLE, OKAY?

YOU OR HIM--

TAKE YOUR PICK.

CURTIS BROWN BACKS UP
FAZIOLI'S STORY.

SAYS HE SAW HIM DRIVE OFF
AT AROUND 9:45.

AND PUNCHED HIM OUT
AT 11:08.

SO IT WASN'T FAZIOLI.

YEAH.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!

MY KID'S LAPTOP...

THE COMPUTER COMPANY
FROM HELL SENT IT BACK

WITHOUT REPAIRING IT.

I TOLD YOU, THOSE GIZMOS...

I HEARD YOU
THE FIRST TIME.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE FAZIOLI
WAS TELLING THE TRUTH

ABOUT THE MAN HE SAW LEAVING
MRS. HOLLENBECK'S ROOM?

MIGHT ACCOUNT
FOR THE RECEIPT

FROM THE HOSPITAL
GIFT SHOP.

SO WHAT?

THIS MR. X LEFT
BEFORE THE FAMILY SHOWED UP.

LEFT HER ROOM.

MAY NOT HAVE LEFT
THE HOSPITAL.

AND THEN WHAT? HE HUNG AROUND FOR 21/////2
HOURS

SO HE COULD GO BACK
UP AND KILL HER?

LISTEN, BEFORE

WE FIGURE OUT HIS ITINERARY

WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT
IF HE EXISTS?

TWO NIGHTS AGO,
RIGHT BEFORE I CLOSED UP.

TWO MAGAZINES
AND A KIT KAT BAR?

PHILIP GREITZ.

HE GAVE ME THE FLOWER
FROM HIS LAPEL.

TOLD ME MY HUSBAND
WAS A LUCKY MAN

AND I TOLD HIM I WAS A WIDOW.

HE GAVE ME HIS CARD.

"PHILIP GREITZ, ESQUIRE.
INTERNATIONAL PATENT LAW."

NO ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER.

EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM
SAID WINDOW DRESSING.

I ASSUMED THE CARD
WAS PART OF THE SHOW.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE IS.

MICHAEL?

NO.

DOES THE NAME PHILIP GREITZ
MEAN ANYTHING?

MY FATHER'S STILL IN SHOCK.

HE CAN'T HELP YOU.

LISA...

OUR FATHER HAS
ALZHEIMER'S.

MICHAEL...

I KNOW ALL MOM'S FRIENDS.

MY BROTHER LIVES IN BROOKLYN.

HE'S GOT KIDS.

HE'S NEVER HERE.

SO YOU WERE HOME
THE NIGHT YOUR MOTHER DIED?

YEAH, MY WIFE'S PARENTS
WERE VISITING.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT

IS IT POSSIBLE YOUR MOTHER
HAD A SPECIAL FRIEND?

GOD KNOWS
SHE NEEDED ONE.

STOP IT!

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

MOM WOULDN'T BETRAY

MY FATHER. SHE WOULDN'T.

THIS MAN WAS SEEN

COMING OUT
OF YOUR MOTHER'S ROOM

SHORTLY BEFORE YOU
AND YOUR FATHER GOT THERE.

AND YOU THINK
SHE HAD AN AFFAIR?

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

LISA'S HAVING A HARD TIME
ACCEPTING THE SITUATION

BUT SHE'S GOT A POINT.

HOW SO?

BETWEEN TAKING CARE
OF MY FATHER

AND KEEPING HOUSE

I DON'T SEE HOW
SHE HAD TIME.

YOU MAKE HER SOUND

LIKE SUCH A SAINT.

SHE FOUND TIME TO GO
TO THAT SUPPORT GROUP.

THAT SUPPORT GROUP WAS

THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT HER
SANE AND YOU KNOW IT.

SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH DAD

INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT HIM
WITH A BUNCH OF STRANGERS.

IT WASN'T RIGHT.

THREE PHILIP GREITZES
IN OUR DATABASE.

ONE OF THEM'S TOO YOUNG

AND THE WOMAN AT THE GIFT SHOP
DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE OTHER TWO.

WE FOUND FOUR MORE
IN THE TRI-STATE AREA.

OUR MAN'S NOT
AMONG THEM.

WHAT ABOUT FROM
THE OTHER END?

THE FAMILY SAYS MRS. HALLENBECK HASN'T HAD
MUCH OF A SOCIAL LIFE

SINCE HER HUSBAND
STARTED GOING DOWNHILL.

SHE MET GREITZ
SOMEWHERE.

HOW FAR GONE
IS THE HUSBAND?

ABOUT HALFWAY
TO THE VEGETABLE PATCH.

FAMILY'S ALREADY
BEEN TORN APART

BY MR. HALLENBECK'S
CONDITION, AND NOW THIS.

MRS. HALLENBECK WENT TO AN ALZHEIMER'S
SUPPORT GROUP

TWO EVENINGS A WEEK?

THAT'S OUR NEXT STOP.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE
THIS MAN?

LOOKS LIKE PHILIP GREITZ.

HE WAS IN MARJORIE'S GROUP.

WHY ARE YOU ASKING
ABOUT HIM?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
WE CAN FIND HIM?

YOU DON'T THINK
HE KILLED HER--

A NICE MAN LIKE THAT.

UH, PHILIP LIVES AT
203 EAST 20th STREET.

I DON'T THINK SO.

THAT'S THE POLICE
ACADEMY.

CAN WE HAVE A COPY
OF THAT FILE?

I SUPPOSE SO.

I WON'T BE NEEDING
IT ANYMORE.

WHY NOT?

HE DROPPED OUT
ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.

SAID HIS WIFE HAD DIED.

OH, MY.

MARJORIE STOPPED COMING
TO GROUP ABOUT THAT SAME TIME.

LISA HALLENBECK SAYS
HER MOTHER WENT OUT

EVERY TUESDAY
AND THURSDAY EVENING

LIKE SHE WAS GOING
TO THE GROUP.

WE PULLED
HER CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS.

THE OPERA-- THURSDAY NIGHT SEATS
FOR THE SEASON.

1,200 BUCKS.

DINNER AT LeCIRQUE 2000, EVERY TUESDAY
NIGHT, SIX WEEKS IN A ROW.

CHARGES AT BARNEY'S
FOR TIES, MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS

DIAMOND CUFFLINKS
FROM TIFFANY'S?

THE CUFFLINKS CAN'T BE
FOR HER HUSBAND.

HE'D STICK THEM
IN HIS EARS.

THESE PEOPLE
WEALTHY?

THEY'RE COMFORTABLE.

MR. HALLENBECK'S ON
A GENEROUS PENSION.

THEY GOT SAVINGS.

GONE IN 30 SECONDS
AT THIS RATE.

FIVE WEEKS AGO

MRS. HALLENBECK RAN UP
A $10,000 CHARGE

TO A PLACE CALLED
ROMANTIC GETAWAYS.

GOT TO BE A TRAVEL AGENCY.

FOR TEN GRAND YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO COME BACK.

WELL, MRS. HALLENBECK BOOKED
A LUXURY STATEROOM

ON THE QUEEN SOPHIA.

THAT'S THE FLAGSHIP

OF THE STAFFORD-KENSINGTON
CRUISE LINE.

IT DOESN'T COME CHEAP.

PASSAGE FOR TWO?

SHE AND HER
HUSBAND.

DID YOU HAPPEN
TO MEET MR. HALLENBECK?

YES, HE PICKED UP THE TICKETS.

HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY.
WE CHATTED.

WHAT ABOUT?

WELL, HE SAW I HAD ON
A DOLCE & GABBANA

SO WE TALKED
ABOUT MEN'S FASHIONS.

THIS HIM?

YES.

WHAT'D HE DO?

YOU GOT AN ADDRESS
FOR HIM?

PROBABLY GRACIE MANSION.

642 EAST 87th STREET.

THAT'S THE SAME
AS MRS. HALLENBECK.

YOU WANT ME TO WRITE THAT DOWN?

THAT'S OKAY. WE GOT IT.

DID HE HAPPEN
TO LEAVE A PHONE NUMBER?

A FAX.

HE WANTED ME
TO FAX HIM INFORMATION

ON THE SHIP'S ACTIVITIES.

HE WAS INTERESTED
IN BALLROOM DANCING.

PLEASE TELL ME
YOU KEPT THE FAX NUMBER.

YES, THAT'S MR. GREITZ.

HE HAD AN ACCOUNT HERE.

HE CLOSED IT
ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

HOW DID HE PAY?

CASH.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY
THE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR HIM.

HE'S SO NOT A CRIMINAL.

DID HE LEAVE YOU AN ADDRESS OR A PHONE
NUMBER?

HE WAS STAYING
WITH A FRIEND.

DIDN'T WANT TO TIE UP THE PHONE WITH HIS
PERSONAL CALLS.

VERY CONSIDERATE OF HIM.

HE WAS JUST THE NICEST MAN.

SO HE GOT
FAXES HERE.

DID YOU DELIVER
THEM ANYWHERE?

OH, NO.

HE PICKED THEM UP.

HE EVER USE YOUR FAX
FOR OUTGOING?

UH, WOULDN'T THAT
BE PRIVILEGED?

UH, NO.

I DON'T KNOW ANYONE NAMED PHILIP
GREITZ.

MAYBE YOU NEVER
MET HIM.

HE SENT YOU A
COUPLE OF FAXES.

THIS LOOKS LIKE ERIC.

THERE MUST BE
SOME MISTAKE.

WHAT'S ERIC'S
LAST NAME?

DeCHAGAS.

SO WHY ARE YOU CALLING
HIM PHILIP GREITZ?

WHAT DOES MR. DeCHAGAS DO?

HE IMPORTS ANTIQUES
AND FINE ART

FROM EUROPE AND ASIA.

CAN YOU TELL US HOW
YOU MET MR. DeCHAGAS?

MY HUSBAND HAD CANCER.

I WENT TO A SUPPORT GROUP.

AND MR. DeCHAGAS WAS THERE

BECAUSE HIS WIFE
WAS DYING OF CANCER?

THAT'S RIGHT.

AT SLOAN-KETTERING.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

MRS. WYNNICK, WE THINK
THAT THIS MAN PREYS

ON WEALTHY WOMEN
IN SUPPORT GROUPS.

OH, NO, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW KIND
ERIC IS, AND GENEROUS.

OTHERWISE, WHY WOULD HE
HAVE GIVEN ME THIS WATCH?

DOES THAT WATCH HAVE
THE INITIALS "M.H."

ENGRAVED ON THE BACK?

WHY, YES.

IT WAS HIS MOTHER'S.

HER NAME WAS MARY HELEN.

WELL, I HOPE
YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE

BECAUSE THAT ONE WAS STOLEN
OFF A CORPSE.

LISA HALLENBECK I.D.'d THE WATCH
AS HER MOTHER'S.

BUT THERE'S NO PRINTS ON IT
EXCEPT FOR MRS. WYNNICK'S.

AND I TAKE IT
THERE WASN'T ANY MRS. DeCHAGAS

AT SLOAN-KETTERING?

BIG SURPRISE.

THIS GUY'S GOOD.

HIS TRAIL'S COLDER
THAN DEAD.

WELL, THERE CAN'T BE MORE
THAN A THOUSAND SUPPORT GROUPS

IN NEW YORK CITY, GENTLEMEN.

OH, YES,
CERTAINLY I KNOW HIM.

THIS IS DR. GARY KENNIT.

DOCTOR THIS TIME.

ARE YOU SURE?

WE'VE TALKED
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO THINK THAT MAYBE

THEY MIGHT HAVE SEEN
HIM SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME.

I'VE NEVER HAD A MEMBER
SO SUPPORTIVE

OF THE OTHER POOR SOULS.

YOU DON'T FORGET
A MAN LIKE GARY.

WHY ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR HIM?

THE MAYOR WANTS
TO GIVE HIM A MEDAL.

WHAT NIGHT DOES
HE COME HERE?

OH, HE HASN'T COME
FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.

HE, UH, HE CALLED TO TELL ME

THAT HIS WIFE HAD PASSED ON
AND THANK ME FOR MY HELP.

WHAT ADDRESS
DID HE GIVE YOU?

NO ADDRESS.

ANY OF THE WOMEN MEMBERS
GO MISSING

IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS?

WELL, GLORIA BLUMBERG'S
BEEN ABSENT.

WE'LL TAKE HER ADDRESS.

GUY'S JUGGLING AT LEAST
THREE LADY FRIENDS.

MUST BE PUTTING SOMETHING
EXTRA IN HIS TANK.

JEALOUS?

YOU THINK TRUE LOVE
CAN'T HAPPEN TWICE

BUT THEN IT DOES.

IT'S AMAZING.

THAT MEAN YOU'RE STILL
SEEING DR. KENNIT?

OF COURSE.

WHAT IS YOU WANT
TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT?

WE THINK HE HAS
SOME INFORMATION FOR US.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
WE CAN REACH HIM?

I'M AFRAID
HE'S SOMEWHERE

OVER THE ATLANTIC RIGHT NOW.

IT'S SO TRAGIC.

FIRST HIS WIFE DIES

THEN HIS BROTHER GETS KILLED IN
A CAR ACCIDENT OUTSIDE OF PARIS.

I BET YOU PAID
HIS AIRFARE.

POOR MAN.

HE'D MAXED OUT
HIS CREDIT CARDS.

FIRST CLASS?

OF COURSE.

HE'LL PAY ME BACK.

WHAT AIRLINE?

BRITISH AIRWAYS
TO PARIS.

AND WHAT TIME
WAS THE FLIGHT?

UH, FOUR HOURS AGO.

YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HE NEVER GOT
ON THE PLANE.

HE TRADED HIS TICKET
FOR ONE TO ST. KITTS.

SURE. NO PASSPORT
REQUIREMENTS

NO EXTRADITION TREATY.

AND A PLANE THAT DOESN'T LEAVE
FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.

MAY I HELP YOU?

WE'LL BE DISCREET.

MR. GREITZ?

I'M SORRY.
I'M DR. KENNIT.

AND ABOUT
17 OTHER PEOPLE.

IS THIS YOUR BAG?

YES, IT IS.

YOU MIND IF WE LOOK IN IT?

GARY, WHAT'S
THIS ABOUT?

MA'AM, WOULD YOU
EXCUSE US FOR A MINUTE?

WELL, I...

DID I HEAR A YES?

WHAT HAPPENS
IF I SAY NO?

PRETTY MUCH THE SAME
AS IF YOU SAY YES.

THEN GO AHEAD.

MY LATE WIFE'S JEWELRY.

UH-HUH. MINUS
THE WATCH.

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER

OF MARJORIE HALLENBECK.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

YOU ALSO THE RIGHT
TO AN ATTORNEY

UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY
ARE ONE.

AND D DOESN'T HE
AN ATTORNEY.

I'VE HAD A LONG DAY,
MS. CARMICHAEL.

WHAT ABOUT HIS FINGERPRINTS?

NOTHING CAME UP

ON THE COMPUTER.

MR. RUMER.

UH, SORRY, JUDGE.

I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

YOU'LL BE A LITTLE LATE.

MEET YOUR NEW
CLIENT, JOHN DOE.

MR. DOE

I'M POSTPONING ARRAIGNMENT

UNTIL THE POLICE CAN DETERMINE
YOUR IDENTITY.

UNTIL SUCH TIME

I'M REMANDING YOU
TO CUSTODY.

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY,
YOUR HONOR.

MR. WEISS,
DO I TAKE IT

YOU'RE REPRESENTING OUR MR. DOE?

MAY I HAVE A MOMENT?

MY CLIENT'S NAME
IS RAYMOND QUINN

AND HE PLEADS NOT GUILTY
TO THE CHARGES.

HE'S COMMITTED NO CRIME.

I ASK THAT HE BE R.O.R.'d.

REMAND, YOUR HONOR.

MR. QUINN WAS APPREHENDED
FLEEING THE COUNTRY.

HE WAS TRAVELING

ON A ROUND-TRIP TICKET.

WHICH HE COULD HAVE CASHED IN
ONCE HE GOT TO ST. KITTS

AND LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER

WITH NO FEAR
OF EXTRADITION.

BAIL IS SET AT $500,000.

JUDGE, MR. QUINN IS
VIRTUALLY INDIGENT.

REALLY?

WHO'S PAYING YOUR FEES?

MR. QUINN HAS
GENEROUS FRIENDS.

LET THEM PONY UP HIS BAIL.

MARJORIE REALIZED
IT WAS FOOLISH

TO HAVE HER JEWELRY
AT THE HOSPITAL.

SHE GAVE IT TO ME
FOR SAFEKEEPING.

TO YOU INSTEAD
OF TO HER FAMILY.

HOW EXACTLY DID
THAT COME ABOUT?

A HUSBAND WITH ALZHEIMER'S,
A GRASPING DAUGHTER

A SON WHO COULDN'T
MAKE TIME TO HELP HER.

IS IT SO ODD
SHE'D RATHER I HAD IT?

SO YOU COULD GIVE IT
TO OTHER LADY FRIENDS.

YOU TOLD THE POLICE

YOU LEFT MRS. HALLENBECK'S ROOM
AROUND 8:30 THAT EVENING.

I HAD THE JEWELRY WITH ME
AT THAT TIME.

OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T NEED TO COME
BACK AND KILL HER FOR IT.

LISA HALLENBECK SAYS HER
MOTHER HAD THE JEWELRY

WHEN SHE AND HER
FATHER WERE THERE.

THAT WAS AFTER
YOU SAY YOU LEFT.

SHE'S MISTAKEN.

SHE'S MISTAKEN.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE
YOUR WORD FOR IT?

A JURY IS TO TAKE YOUR WORD
HE KILLED HER?

WHERE'S YOUR EVIDENCE?

FOR STARTERS, YOUR CLIENT'S
BAD CHARACTER.

MAYBE BY YOUR
NARROW-MINDED STANDARDS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN MURDER TWO.

NOT A CHANCE.

MR. QUINN ROMANCES LONELY WOMEN
WHO BUY HIM GIFTS.

I HAVE FIVE OF THEM SO FAR
WHO'LL TESTIFY

THAT HIS PASSIONS
ARE FAR FROM VIOLENT.

WE NEED TO DIG DEEPER.

FIND WOMEN
WHO ARE LESS...

STUPID?

ROMANTIC.

IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE
TO FIND SOMEONE

BESIDES THE DAUGHTER TO SAY

MRS. HALLENBECK STILL HAD HER
JEWELRY AFTER MR. QUINN LEFT.

NO, SHE JUST HAD ON
A WEDDING RING.

NO OTHER JEWELRY.

HOW CAN YOU BE SURE?

BECAUSE I NOTICED
HER PENDANT

AND ASKED HER
ABOUT IT EARLIER.

SHE SAID IT WAS
HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S

AND GOT PASSED DOWN.

WHEN YOU SAW SHE WASN'T
WEARING IT LATER

DID YOU ASK HER
WHERE IT WAS?

SHE SAID IT WAS SAFE.

ARE YOU POSITIVE
ABOUT THE TIME?

A LITTLE BEFORE 9:00.

JUST BEFORE HER HUSBAND
AND HER DAUGHTER CAME TO VISIT.

MR. HALLENBECK, DO YOU
REMEMBER

WHEN YOU WENT TO VISIT YOUR WIFE AT THE
HOSPITAL?

YES.

LISA AND I WENT
TO SEE HER.

THEN SHE DIED.

YES, SIR, I'M SORRY.

WAS SHE WEARING HER JEWELRY
WHEN YOU SAW HER?

THE GOLD CROSS

THAT WAS HANDED
DOWN TO HER?

SHE LOVED THAT
CROSS, YOU KNOW.

WORE IT ALMOST
ALL THE TIME.

WAS SHE WEARING IT
THAT NIGHT?

SHE NEVER WOULD

HAVE GIVEN IT
TO JUST ANYONE.

DID SHE TELL YOU
THAT SHE GAVE IT

TO SOMEONE?

YOU'RE PRETTY.

MOTHER WOULD LOOK BETTER
WITH HAIR LIKE YOURS.

HIS MOTHER DIED

20 YEARS AGO.

STOP INTERRUPTING.

I'M TALKING TO
A PRETTY GIRL.

MR. HALLENBECK...

YOU'RE PRETTY.

MOTHER WOULD LOOK BETTER
WITH HAIR LIKE YOURS.

HE'S SUNDOWNING.

I'M SORRY?

IT'S THE SUNDOWN EFFECT.

HE GETS WORSE AS
THE DAY WEARS ON.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE
LIGHTS SLOWLY GOING OUT.

WOULD IT BE BETTER
IF I CAME BACK

IN THE MORNING?

YOU COULD TRY.

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER'S AFFAIR?

NO.

BUT I DID NOTICE A CHANGE
A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SHE SEEMED LIGHTER

LIKE SOME WEIGHT HAD BEEN LIFTED
OFF HER SHOULDERS.

DID YOUR SISTER KNOW ABOUT
YOUR MOTHER AND MR. GREITZ?

I DOUBT IT.

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN AFTER ME
TO DO SOMETHING.

WHAT COULD SHE EXPECT
YOU TO DO?

MAKE SURE
THAT MOM

DIDN'T RUN OFF WITH THAT MAN.

MAKE SURE LISA DIDN'T
GET STUCK WITH DAD.

MAKE SURE MOM DIDN'T
FRITTER AWAY THEIR SAVINGS.

MONEY WAS A BIG WORRY?

YEAH, SURE.

LISA WAS AFRAID TAKING CARE
OF DAD WOULD BANKRUPT US.

AND NOW?

DOES YOUR MOTHER HAVE
LIFE INSURANCE?

YEAH.

WHY?

MARJORIE SAID
HER DAUGHTER WAS

HAVING A HARD TIME ACCEPTING
THE ALZHEIMER'S DIAGNOSIS.

LISA WAS VERY CLOSE
TO HER FATHER.

HOW'D LISA FEEL
ABOUT HER MOTHER?

WELL, MARJORIE NEVER SAID
ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER.

BUT?

I GOT THE IMPRESSION THERE WAS
SOME TENSION BETWEEN THEM.

WHAT ABOUT?

IT WOULD BE A GUESS.

THAT'S FINE.

MARJORIE KNEW
THE TIME WAS COMING

WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO
PUT HER HUSBAND IN A FACILITY.

ISN'T THERE
IN-HOME CARE?

IT'S JUST TOO HARD
ON THE FAMILY AFTER A WHILE.

A 60-YEAR-OLD MAN
WHOSE DIAPERS NEED CHANGING

WHO CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO YOU ARE

WHO GETS ANGRY BECAUSE HE THINKS
YOU STOLE HIS TRICYCLE.

THE MAN SHE MARRIED WAS
DISAPPEARING BEFORE HER EYES.

AND LISA HAD A PROBLEM
PUTTING MR. HALLENBECK AWAY?

MARJORIE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BECOME AN ISSUE.

SO THIS CASANOVA KILLED HER
FOR HER JEWELRY

OR THE DAUGHTER KILLED HER
FOR WHAT, EXACTLY?

LIFE INSURANCE--
$750,000

SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN
MICHAEL AND LISA HALLENBECK.

BIG POLICY.

SHE UPPED IT AFTER
THE HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED.

DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BANKRUPT
THE KIDS IF SHE DIED.

A WOMAN IN HER 50s?

STIFF PREMIUM.

HER SON SAID

SHE FELT IT WAS WORTH IT.

SO WHAT ARE
WE ASSUMING HERE?

THE NURSE HAD NO REASON TO LIE.

SHE SAYS THE JEWELRY WAS GONE
BY THE TIME THE FAMILY

CAME TO VISIT.

WRONG MAN IN CUSTODY.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO FIND ANYONE

WHO HAS SEEN ANY VIOLENCE
IN MR. QUINN.

LISA HALLENBECK SEEMS UNSTABLE

EXTREMELY ATTACHED TO HER FATHER

ANGRY AT HER MOTHER.

AND DON'T FORGET
ABOUT THE MONEY.

SPECULATION.

ENOUGH TO CAST DOUBT
ON QUINN'S GUILT.

HAVE THE POLICE TALK
TO LISA HALLENBECK.

WHY WON'T YOU LISTEN?

SHE HAD THE JEWELRY ON.

SOMEBODY KILLED HER FOR IT
AFTER MY DAD AND I LEFT.

LISA, THERE WAS
NOBODY THERE

BUT YOU AND YOUR FATHER.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THERE WERE NURSES
AND OTHER PATIENTS.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY.

BUT IT WASN'T
JUST ANYBODY.

IT WAS SOMEBODY
WITH A MOTIVE.

TELL US WHAT
HAPPENED, LISA.

WE WENT TO MY
MOTHER'S ROOM...

SHE SAID, "WHY DON'T WE
GO SIT IN THE SOLARIUM."

SO, WE DID.

IS THAT WHEN YOU NOTICED
SHE WASN'T WEARING

HER JEWELRY?

YEAH.

DID YOU ASK HER ABOUT IT?

SHE SAID SHE
HAD TAKEN IT OFF

AND PUT IT IN THE NIGHTSTAND
DRAWER IN HER ROOM.

I SAID I WAS I GOING TO
GET IT AND BRING IT HOME.

AND SHE STOPPED ME.

SHE SAID SHE HAD GIVEN IT
TO A FRIEND FOR SAFEKEEPING.

DID YOU ASK WHAT FRIEND?

SHE SAID IT WAS

NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU

HIT HER, LISA?

YOU DID HIT HER

DIDN'T YOU?

WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOUR FATHER!

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK
IT WILL TO TAKE US

TO GET IT OUT OF HIM?!

LEAVE HIM ALONE. HE'S SICK!

MAYBE YOU WERE
HOPING HE FORGOT!

YOU SON OF A BITCH,
STOP IT!

WE'LL STOP IT

WHEN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED!

ALL RIGHT!
I HIT MY MOTHER, OKAY?

I DIDN'T MEAN TO KILL HER.

WHAT DID YOU
HIT HER WITH?

MY FISTS.

SHE FELL
AND HIT HER HEAD.

I DIDN'T KNOW

SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.

I WOULD'VE...

I WOULD'VE GOTTEN HELP, BUT...

DAD WAS GETTING UPSET.

WHY DID YOU RUN?

I THOUGHT ABOUT DAD.

IF I WENT TO JAIL...

I'M ALL HE HAS NOW.

SO WHAT'S THE CHARGE?

MAN ONE.

ARE YOU KIDDING?

HEAT OF THE MOMENT,
UNPREMEDITATED CRIME OF PASSION.

NOT TO MENTION
THE MONEY.

AND THE STRAIN OF CARING
FOR HER FATHER.

IF SHE INTENDED TO KILL
HER MOTHER

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE USED
HER FISTS.

MAYBE SHE DIDN'T.

CENTER OF ONE BRUISE,
THERE'S A DARKER IMPRESSION.

THIS SAYS
IT'S PERFECTLY SQUARE.

DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANY FIST
I EVER SAW.

DID THE M.E. SAY WHAT IT WAS?

JUST A SQUARE--

A LITTLE OVER HALF AN INCH.

HEY, IF LISA HALLENBECK
PICKED SOMETHING UP

AND USED IT AS A WEAPON,
MAN ONE'S UNDERCHARGING.

IT'S NOT A BLUNT OBJECT
SOMEBODY PICKED UP.

IT'S A RING.

SORRY. OVERSIGHTS HAPPEN
WHEN YOU LET THE LATE SHIFT

DO THE FINISHING TOUCHES.

LISA HALLENBECK WEARS
A SMALL SAPPHIRE.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
THE STAR OF INDIA.

CAN YOU GET HIM
TO TAKE HIS HANDS

OUT OF HIS POCKETS?

WHY?

WE NEED TO SEE HIS HANDS.

OH, MY FINGERNAILS
ARE DIRTY AGAIN.

THEY JUST KEEP GETTING DIRTY
NO MATTER WHAT I DO.

NICE RING.

IT WAS MY DAD'S.

MR. HALLENBECK, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO TAKE YOU

DOWN TO THE PRECINCT.

WHOA, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

I'M GOING
TO PUT THESE ON YOU.

IT WON'T HURT.

IT'S JUST ROUTINE.

YOU SON OF A BITCH!

WHO WAS IT TOLD YOU
YOU COULD TOUCH ME!

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK...

DAD! DAD!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

OH, MY GOD...

HEY, TAKE IT EASY!

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR
THE MURDER OF YOUR WIFE.

MY DAD SAYS I HAVE TO BE HOME
BEFORE DARK.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN
AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU

IN A COURT OF LAW.

SOLE COUNT IS
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

CAN WE GET A PLEA,
COUNSELOR?

ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT,
NOT GUILTY.

PEOPLE ON BAIL?

THE DEFENDANT KILLED HIS WIFE
IN A JEALOUS RAGE.

PEOPLE ASK REMAND.

MY CLIENT SUFFERS
FROM ALZHEIMER'S.

HE'S NOT CAPABLE OF THE KIND
OF PREMEDITATED ASSAULT

MS. CARMICHAEL ATTRIBUTES
TO HIM.

WHAT IS HE CAPABLE OF?

WELL, LIKE MOST
ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS

HE'S PRONE
TO UNCONTROLLED FITS.

HE'S IRRATIONAL.

HE REACTS ONLY TO THE CROSSED
WIRES IN HIS HEAD.

I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT FROM PHELPS
AT JOHNS HOPKINS

AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES PUBLISHED IN
LEADING JOURNALS.

PLANNING TO INTERPOSE
MENTAL DISEASE

AS A DEFENSE, MS. PAULSEN?

THAT WOULD PREMATURE
AT THIS TIME.

THEN SAVE IT
FOR THE TRIAL JUDGE.

UNTIL THEN, THE DEFENDANT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE

HE'S GOING ANYWHERE,
MS. CARMICHAEL.

BAIL IS SET
AT $150,000.

HIS WIFE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR.

SHE AND THE DAUGHTER HAD A TIFF
ABOUT IT

IN FRONT OF HIM.

DID HE GRASP
WHAT WAS GOING ON?

WE WERE HOPING
YOU COULD TELL US.

WHERE WAS THE DAUGHTER
WHILE HE WAS KILLING HER MOTHER?

SHE SAYS SHE WENT
TO HER MOTHER'S ROOM

TO LOOK FOR THE JEWELRY.

A NURSE CONFIRMED
SEEING HER IN THE HALLWAY.

HOW LONG WAS SHE GONE?

FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES.

AND IT WAS ALL OVER
WHEN SHE GOT BACK.

ALL BUT THE DYING.

SO FOR ALL YOU KNOW,
MR. HALLENBECK THOUGHT

HIS WIFE WAS AN ALIEN DEMON.

WE'RE NOT TRYING
TO RAILROAD HIM, EMIL.

WE JUST NEED TO KNOW.

ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS HAVE
GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS.

GOOD DAYS,
THEY'RE ALMOST NORMAL.

BAD DAYS...

WHAT WERE THE INJURIES
TO THE VICTIM?

THESE BRUISES ON HER ARMS
INDICATE

HE GRABBED HER FROM HER BEHIND.

TWO HARD PUNCHES
TO THE SOLAR PLEXUS

SO HE MUST HAVE
SPUN HER AROUND.

SHE WENT DOWN

HER HIT HEAD ON THE
CORNER OF A TABLE.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER INJURIES
AFTER SHE WAS ON THE FLOOR?

NO, THE ATTACK STOPPED.

SO MUCH FOR
THE UNCONTROLLED FIT.

MAYBE.

WHAT DID HE DO AFTER?

DID HE PANIC?
DID HE TRY TO GET HELP?

WE DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T HELP YOU
UNLESS I CAN GET

A SIT-DOWN
WITH MR. HALLENBECK.

I'LL TALK TO HIS LAWYER
AND ARRANGE IT.

I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL...

MARJORIE WAS THERE.

AND YOUR DAUGHTER?

LISA... WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE JEWELRY.

BOY, WAS SHE MAD.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WERE YOU MAD?

SHE SAID

SHE DESERVED SOME HAPPINESS.

WHO DID?

YOUR WIFE WAS HAPPY
WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

WERE YOU JEALOUS?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THEY'LL PUT ME?

I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS,
YOU KNOW.

WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS?

I KEEP FORGETTING THINGS.

DOES THAT FRIGHTEN YOU?

WHY DID YOU HIT YOUR WIFE?

SHE GAVE THE WATCH
TO HER BOYFRIEND.

IT WAS HER WATCH, WASN'T IT?

I GAVE HER THAT WATCH!

SHE GIVES IT
TO SOME DAMN BASTARD

GIGOLO!

SHE HAD NO RIGHT!

SUPPOSED TO BE WITH ME!

TAKE CARE OF ME!

AFTER YOU HIT HER,
DID YOU GO FOR HELP?

NO.

I, UH...

LEFT THE ROOM.

LISA WAS STANDING
IN THE HALLWAY.

DID YOU ASK HER TO GO FOR HELP?

I DIDN'T.

I JUST TOLD HER THAT...

I... I WANT TO GO HOME.

SKODA SAYS MR. HALLENBECK
UNDERSTOOD

WHAT WAS HAPPENING
IN THE SOLARIUM

AND HE KNEW HIS WIFE
WAS SEEING ANOTHER MAN.

SO HE WAS SANE AT THE TIME
OF THE KILLING.

IS HE FIT TO
STAND TRIAL?

IN SKODA'S OPINION

HE'S IN THE INTERMEDIATE STAGES
OF THE DISEASE.

IT COULD BE
AS MUCH AS EIGHT TO TEN YEARS

BEFORE HE'S INCOMPETENT.

THE JURY'S GOING TO SEE

A PATHETIC OLD MAN
WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

MAKE A DEAL.

MAN ONE, SIX TO 12.

NO JAIL TIME.

MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT?

NOT POSSIBLE.

IT WAS UNPREMEDITATED.

I TALKED TO BOTH
OF THE CHILDREN.

MR. HALLENBECK WAS
A CONTROLLING MAN

LONG BEFORE HE GOT ALZHEIMER'S.

EVERYTHING HAD
TO BE DONE HIS WAY.

I'VE TALKED
TO THEM, TOO.

HE WAS NEVER VIOLENT,
NEVER PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE.

DID YOU READ
DR. SKODA'S REPORT?

THERE'S NOTHING NEW.

READ IT AGAIN.

SKODA SAYS HALLENBECK
WAS CAPABLE OF LUCID RAGE

AND WAS RATIONAL
AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK.

MAN ONE, OR WE GO TO TRIAL.

ASSUME YOU CONVINCE A JURY,
WHERE YOU GOING TO PUT HIM?

STATE PRISON. HE'LL BE AT THE MERCY

OF EVERY MAGGOT IN THE SYSTEM.

ALL PRISONS IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK HAVE A HOSPITAL WARD.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT

AND ASSUME
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S SOME,
UH, LIGHT LIFTING.

WHAT'S THIS?
MOTION TO DISMISS

IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE.

ON WHAT BASIS?

THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT--

PUTTING AN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT
IN A PRISON HOSPITAL WARD

IS TANTAMOUNT TO CRUEL
AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.

SEEMS LIKE A STRETCH.

WELL, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH ALZHEIMER'S
PATIENTS IN PRISON?

WHATEVER IT IS

I CAN'T SEE HOW IT COULD BE
CRUEL OR UNUSUAL.

WE'RE UNDERFUNDED, UNDERSTAFFED AND
OVERCROWDED.

WE HAVE NO ALZHEIMER'S
SPECIALIST

AND WE'RE NOT LIKELY
TO GET ONE.

ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS NEED
TO BE IN FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS

WITH PEOPLE
WHO CARE ABOUT THEM.

HERE, THEY HAVE NO CONTACT
WITH THEIR FAMILIES

NO ONE WHO HAS ONE-ON-ONE
TIME FOR THEM

NO PRIVACY.

YOU HAVE ANY ALZHEIMER'S
CASES HERE NOW?

11-- WITH MORE
ON THE WAY.

I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR MONTHS

TO GET THEM MOVED SOMEPLACE
MORE APPROPRIATE.

TRY TO UNDERSTAND

WE'RE REALLY DOING
THE BEST WE CAN.

IT'S REVOLTING, JACK.

YOU WALK IN, AND THE STENCH
KNOCKS YOU BACK SIX FEET.

THERE'S SCREAMING AND BABBLING.

IT'S LIKE YOU'VE ENTERED
THE FOURTH CIRCLE OF HELL.

THERE ARE A DOZEN MEN
STRAPPED DOWN TO BEDS

WEARING NOTHING
BUT DIRTY DIAPERS.

HALF OF THEM
ARE CRYING

AND THE OTHERS
ARE SPOUTING GIBBERISH.

THERE ARE TWO NURSES AND
THREE ORDERLIES PER SHIFT.

IT'S THE MOST APPALLING PLACE
I'VE EVER SEEN.

WHERE ARE THE DOCTORS?

A DOCTOR COMES BY
ONCE A WEEK

AND FOR SOME KINDS
OF EMERGENCIES

A PSYCHIATRIST
WANDERS THROUGH THERE

ONCE A MONTH,
IF THEY'RE LUCKY.

WHAT WOULD THIS KIND OF SETTING
DO TO MR. HALLENBECK?

60-YEAR-OLD MAN IN DIAPERS,
CHAINED TO HIS BED

WITH NO PRIVACY, NO DIGNITY

NOBODY WITH TIME
TO TAKE CARE OF HIM?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

AND IF HE'S FOUND NOT GUILTY
BY REASON OF INSANITY?

THEN THE OPTIONS IMPROVE--

BETTER FACILITIES,
MORE PERSONNEL.

MORE HUMANE ALL AROUND.

PRISON WARDS AREN'T
DELIBERATELY INHUMANE.

I'M NOT BLAMING
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

THINGS ARE JUST MARGINALLY
BETTER ON THE OUTSIDE.

BUT 20 YEARS FROM NOW

WHEN THE BABY BOOMERS
REACH THEIR GOLDEN YEARS...

WE'RE JUST SEEING
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

GOOD LUCK.

THANKS FOR THE EDITORIAL.

NOW, HOW ABOUT A SOLUTION?

GOOD LUCK.

WE SHOULD
LET HALLENBECK

TAKE THE INSANITY PLEA
AND SEND HIM SOMEWHERE LIVABLE.

HE ISN'T LEGALLY INSANE.

AND HE DID COMMIT HOMICIDE.

UNPREMEDITATED.

I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT LETTING HIM GO.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS PLACE.

DO I HEAR A SOFT SIDE
SCRATCHING TOWARD THE LIGHT?

JACK...

I DON'T SEE A WAY OUT, ABBIE.

BUT IF YOU THINK YOU CAN WORK
SOMETHING OUT, BE MY GUEST.

ONE OPTION MIGHT BE A
DETERMINATE SENTENCE

TO BE SERVED IN SOME
KIND OF HALFWAY HOUSE.

HOW MUCH TIME?

SIX YEARS.

A HALFWAY HOUSE--
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WOULD HE JUST SLEEP THERE?

NO.

HE'D BE SUBJECT
TO THE SAME RULES

AS IF HE WAS IN PRISON.

NO, NO-- DAD HAS TO BE AT HOME

WITH ME.

I TOLD YOU WHAT I WANT.

THEY'RE NOT TAKING
HIM AWAY FROM ME.

NEXT OPTION?

WE'RE TRYING
TO WORK OUT

A HUMANE SITUATION HERE.

IT'S ALREADY
ON THE TABLE.

YOU DON'T OPPOSE
HIS INSANITY PLEA.

EVEN THOUGH HE WAS LEGALLY SANE.

THAT'S NEITHER
HERE NOR THERE.

INCARCERATION IS NOT AN OPTION.

WHY, 'CAUSE HE'S OLD
AND PITIFUL?

SEND HIM WHERE YOU SEND
EVERYBODY ELSE WHO KILLS PEOPLE.

WHY SHOULD HE RATE
ALL THIS CONSIDERATION?

MICHAEL, DAD CAN HEAR YOU.
I DON'T CARE, LISA.

I AM SO SICK AND TIRED
OF MAKING EXCUSES FOR HIM.

HE NEVER GAVE A DAMN
ABOUT MOM OR ME OR YOU

AND SHE FINALLY TAKES ONE STEP
AWAY FROM HIM AND HE KILLS HER.

YOU NEVER LIKED HIM.

YOU ALWAYS TOOK MOM'S SIDE.

HE DIDN'T MEAN
TO KILL HER

AND HE HAD EVERY RIGHT
TO BE MAD!

HE'S A JERK AND HE'S NEVER
BEEN ANYTHING BUT.

HE DEPRIVED MY KIDS
OF A GRANDMOTHER

THAT THEY NEEDED AND LOVED.

YOU WANT TO DEPRIVE THEM
OF A GRANDFATHER.

WAKE UP, LISA!

IF YOU THINK I WOULD EVER

LET HIM NEAR MY KIDS AGAIN

YOU'VE LOST YOUR MIND!

OKAY, IF THE LAW

SAYS THAT HE'S SANE

YOUR SHRINK SAYS
THAT HE'S COMPETENT

WHY ARE WE HERE? HUH?

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

WHAT THE HELL'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU PEOPLE?

COMPASSION?

IF HE WEREN'T SICK,
I'D SAY FRY HIM.

THEY'RE ALL SICK
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

WHAT MAKES HIM DIFFERENT?

WELL, LET'S SEE.

OH, YEAH! ALZHEIMER'S.

ABBIE, YOU TRIED.

THE DAUGHTER REFUSES TO LET GO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

SLEEP ON IT.

SHALL I TELL YOU AGAIN
WHAT THE PRISON WARD IS LIKE?

WE'LL FACTOR IT IN, ABBIE

BUT WE'RE NOT BASING
OUR DECISION ON THAT ALONE.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

SHOULD'VE GONE
TO SING-SING YOURSELF.

THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A
PRISONER

IS FORCED TO LIVE WHETHER IN PRISON OR
HOSPITAL

CANNOT VIOLATE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL BAN

ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.

WHETHER THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THE PRODUCT
OF DESIGN OR NEGLECT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE MERE EXISTENCE OF INTOLERABLE, INHUMAN
CIRCUMSTANCES

TRIGGERS THE BAN.

IF CONVICTED,
MY CLIENT

WILL BE FORCED
INTO A PRISON SYSTEM

THAT CANNOT PROVIDE
THE CARE HE NEEDS.

WORSE, ONCE
HIS DISEASE

FULLY OVERWHELMS
HIS FACULTIES

HE WILL BE HOUSED IN SUCH EXECRABLE
CONDITIONS

AS TO HASTEN NOT ONLY HIS MENTAL
AND PHYSICAL DETERIORATION

BUT HIS DEATH
UNDER APPALLING CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHATEVER
HIS TRANSGRESSIONS

NOBODY DESERVES
SUCH A FATE.

THERE'S A TIME FOR JUSTICE AND A TIME FOR
MERCY.

THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

PROVIDES FOR THE DISMISSAL
OF CHARGES

EVEN WHERE THE ELEMENTS
OF THE CRIME ARE NOT IN DISPUTE

IN CERTAIN CASES
IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE.

THIS IS SUCH A CASE.

THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT DOES NOT
PROHIBIT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

OR SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
OR HARD LABOR.

AS LONG AS THE PUNISHMENT

IS NOT MEANT TO INFLICT PAIN
FOR PAIN'S SAKE

THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT
DOESN'T APPLY.

MR. HALLENBECK
WILL RECEIVE

THE SAME PUNISHMENT
AS OTHER PRISONERS...

THE SAME FOOD.

HE WILL SHARE THE SAME
LIVING CONDITIONS

AND GET THE SAME LEVEL
OF MEDICAL CARE.

MR. HALLENBECK IS THE VICTIM OF A TERRIBLE
DISEASE.

HE FACES A GRIM FUTURE IN PRISON

BUT IT'S A FUTURE
LARGELY OF HIS MAKING.

HE WAS SANE
WHEN HE KILLED HIS WIFE

IN A FIT OF JEALOUS RAGE.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIS CRIME

AND HE'S
RESPONSIBLE

FOR HIS PUNISHMENT.

INSTEAD, HE WANTS THIS COURT
TO EXCUSE HIS BRUTAL ACT

BUT SOCIETY
AND THE LAW

DEMANDS PUNISHMENT
FOR MURDER.

IT WAS WRONG OF MR. HALLENBECK TO KILL HIS
WIFE

JUST BECAUSE HE FELT SORRY
FOR HIMSELF

AND IT WOULD BE WRONG
FOR THIS COURT

TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO HIS CRIME

JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL SORRY
FOR HIM.

I FIND THE APPLICATION
OF CHARLES HALLENBECK

FOR DISMISSAL OF THE CHARGE
OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE

IS NOT WITHOUT MERIT.

MR. HALLENBECK IS FACING
THAT DARK NIGHT

WHICH, IN SOME WAYS,
IS WORSE THAN DEATH.

BY THE NATURE
OF HIS CONDITION

HE WILL FACE IT ALONE.

THAT BEING SAID,
I CANNOT DETERMINE

THAT SUBJECTING MR. HALLENBECK TO A TRIAL

AND POSSIBLE CONVICTION

IS VIOLATIVE OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION

AGAINST CRUEL
AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.

AT THIS TIME, HE IS OF
SUFFICIENTLY SOUND MIND

TO ASSIST HIS ATTORNEY
AND TO UNDERSTAND

THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM.

THE MOTION
IS DENIED.

McCOY...

MR. HALLENBECK DOESN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH
A TRIAL.

I'M WILLING TO KNOCK IT DOWN,
BUT HE HAS TO DO

SOME PRISON TIME.

YOU OFFERED TIME
AT A HALFWAY HOUSE.

YES.

SIX YEARS.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

IF HE HADN'T GOTTEN SICK...

LISA, PLEASE.

IT'S ALL OVER.

WE'LL TAKE IT.

WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL.

MY WIFE...

WAS, UH, WAS TELLING MY DAUGHTER
ABOUT THE JEWELRY.

MR. HALLENBECK?

IS IT AUGUST ALREADY?

HOT IN THE SUMMER.

WILL THE PEOPLE
INQUIRE?

MR. HALLENBECK.

IN THE HOSPITAL, DID YOU PUNCH
YOUR WIFE WITH YOUR FISTS?

I DID THAT.

WHY?

SHE DIDN'T WANT ME ANYMORE.

I'M A SICK OLD MAN.

SHE... DIDN'T WANT ME...

IS THAT WHY YOU KILLED HER?

YOU WERE ANGRY
THAT SHE MIGHT LEAVE YOU?

SHE HAD NO RIGHT.

I NEEDED... I NEEDED HER.

THE PLEA IS SATISFACTORY
TO THE PEOPLE.

MR. HALLENBECK...

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS

OF YOUR PLEA AGREEMENT

YOU ARE HEREBY SENTENCED
TO A TERM OF SIX TO 12 YEARS

AND REMANDED
TO THE CUSTODY

OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION.

I HAVE TO GO AWAY NOW.

LOST HER FATHER TWICE.

LOUSY DEAL ALL AROUND.

THE LAW WENT AS FAR AS IT COULD.

LISA HALLENBECK
WANTED ALL OR NOTHING.

ONE DAY, WE MIGHT ALL WISH
WE HAD A KID LIKE THAT.