1 00:00:00,42 --> 00:00:01,668 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:01,752 --> 00:00:05,672 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:05,714 --> 00:00:07,549 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:07,591 --> 00:00:10,385 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:10,469 --> 00:00:12,179 These are their stories. 6 00:00:12,471 --> 00:00:15,57 RON: But | have a guaranteed reservation for a suite. 7 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:18,143 I'm sorry, sir, but as of midnight the computers moved your suite 8 00:00:18,185 --> 00:00:19,770 into the pool of assignable rooms. Ron... 9 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,271 | called from the plane. | talked to someone. 10 00:00:21,313 --> 00:00:22,523 IRENE: Ron, please, this isn't helping anything. 11 00:00:22,606 --> 00:00:25,526 Look, what do we need, a note from the pilot saying why we didn't make it? 12 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:27,569 IRENE: This isn't helping anything. RON: Don't you start on me, too. 13 00:00:27,653 --> 00:00:30,113 Just let me deal with this gentleman. 14 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,824 Excuse me, sir, can | help you? 15 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:34,826 {IRENE GASPING) 16 00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:37,621 | thought he was drunk. 17 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:40,207 We get all kinds wandering in here at this hour of the morning. 18 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:42,209 Maybe this one wandered in from your bar. 19 00:00:42,292 --> 00:00:43,377 No, the bar is over there. 20 00:00:43,460 --> 00:00:44,920 He was coming from upstairs. 21 00:00:45,03 --> 00:00:46,964 Detective, how much longer is this going to take? 22 00:00:47,47 --> 00:00:49,633 Our guests are quite sensitive to this kind of thing. 23 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:51,385 Yeah, especially this guest. 24 00:00:51,468 --> 00:00:53,887 In his pocket. No ID, no wallet. 25 00:00:53,971 --> 00:00:57,15 Any way to find out what room this belongs to. 26 00:00:57,224 --> 00:00:58,392 No, they're untraceable. 27 00:00:58,475 --> 00:00:59,643 A security precaution. 28 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,353 I'm sure he appreciated it. 29 00:01:01,436 --> 00:01:04,22 Hey, next time there's a heart attack at 3:00 in the morning, 30 00:01:04,106 --> 00:01:05,732 why don't you call it into the 2-0? 31 00:01:05,816 --> 00:01:07,818 | didn't know what we got here. 32 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:11,655 Before he keeled over, did you notice if he was holding his left arm? 33 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:13,198 No, he just looked drunk. 34 00:01:13,282 --> 00:01:14,950 BRISCOE: Was he slurring his words? 35 00:01:15,158 --> 00:01:16,451 JENSEN: No, he was trying to speak. 36 00:01:16,535 --> 00:01:17,953 Could be a stroke. 37 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:20,539 Yeah. How about a stroke of lead? 38 00:01:20,622 --> 00:01:21,832 Look at that. 39 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:22,874 Jeez. 40 00:01:23,375 --> 00:01:25,85 Blink once and you'd miss it. 41 00:01:25,168 --> 00:01:26,420 Must be a small caliber. 42 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:28,380 There's no exit wound. 43 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:30,549 Could be a .22. That'll do it. 44 00:01:30,591 --> 00:01:33,677 Ping-pongs off his vitals, all the bleeding's internal. 45 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:34,886 Great. 46 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:37,931 | liked him better when he had a heart attack. 47 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:35,656 Just making sure that everything's okay here. 48 00:02:36,31 --> 00:02:38,533 Okay. 524's next. 49 00:02:38,617 --> 00:02:41,453 You know, there's gotta be an easier way than this. 50 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:48,251 Go ahead, open it. 51 00:02:53,715 --> 00:02:55,467 My, my, what a mess. 52 00:03:01,14 --> 00:03:02,641 Okay, what do you got? 53 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:04,851 Shiunro Hayashi. 54 00:03:04,935 --> 00:03:08,563 Room's charged to a corporate credit card from a... 55 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:10,482 Ingoyo Leisure Company. 56 00:03:10,565 --> 00:03:11,733 Tokyo address. 57 00:03:11,775 --> 00:03:13,902 Phone cord's pulled out of the wall. 58 00:03:13,944 --> 00:03:15,904 Look what's sitting right in front of me. 59 00:03:15,946 --> 00:03:17,197 A wallet. 60 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:18,490 Okay. 61 00:03:20,826 --> 00:03:22,703 Picture ID, and it's him. 62 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:27,499 Credit cards, receipt from a traveler's check, and there's no cash. 63 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:31,86 And we have a shell casing. 64 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:32,462 22 65 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:34,881 Is this starting to remind you of something? 66 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:38,218 Couple of weeks ago a German tourist got a surprise visit, right? 67 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:40,345 That was one of the Barrington hotels. 68 00:03:40,429 --> 00:03:42,848 Midtown and definitely mid-range. 69 00:03:43,98 --> 00:03:45,726 The rumor about that is that it was an inside job. 70 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:48,61 We're going to need a list of all your employees. 71 00:03:48,103 --> 00:03:51,64 And we're gonna want to talk to everybody who's staying on this floor. 72 00:03:51,106 --> 00:03:54,776 I'm sure the Barrington wasn't put through this sort of inconvenience. 73 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:57,404 Nobody left the Barrington in a bag. 74 00:03:58,447 --> 00:04:00,907 I've got calls from the Asahi Shimbun, 75 00:04:00,991 --> 00:04:03,869 the Nippon Weekly, the Japan Times, 76 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:07,789 and that's not counting the Japanese consulate climbing all over us. 77 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:11,543 Yeah, great. They can help us sort through the 85 sets of fingerprints. 78 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:14,254 Okay, there's no calls from his room after 5:00. 79 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:17,841 No one on the floor saw anything go in or out of his room 80 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:20,302 and no one heard anything. 81 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:22,596 And no forced entry. 82 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:25,849 At the Barrington, didn't the robber talk his way in? 83 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,268 Yeah, he identified himself as hotel maintenance. 84 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:30,520 German tourist lets him in, gets pistol-whipped. 85 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:33,899 Hayashi has no bruises, but he gets a slug through the armpit. 86 00:04:33,982 --> 00:04:35,150 Maybe that's what it took. 87 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:37,694 Seems this guy was carrying a wad. 88 00:04:37,861 --> 00:04:40,822 According to the travelers’ check company, Hayashi cashed 10 grand yesterday 89 00:04:40,864 --> 00:04:42,32 at the front desk. 90 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,867 That's a lot of walking around money. 91 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:46,995 | bet someone at the front desk thought so, too. 92 00:04:48,205 --> 00:04:50,248 TEAGLE: You'd be amazed how many guests come back an hour later 93 00:04:50,332 --> 00:04:52,42 claiming we shorted them. 94 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:53,502 This put an end to that. 95 00:04:53,585 --> 00:04:57,214 Hayashi, 10:08. $10,000 and your signature. 96 00:04:57,756 --> 00:05:00,759 Anybody else who might know how much Hayashi was carrying? 97 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:02,177 Anyone in tipping range. 98 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:03,804 He was unusually generous. 99 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:06,765 You've got other receipts here with someone else's signature. 100 00:05:06,848 --> 00:05:09,142 Danny Zabel. | was training him. 101 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:13,438 | had to make him forget everything he learned at the Barrington. 102 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,235 LOGAN: According to the manager, 103 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:21,571 you were with him when he helped the victim cash some travelers’ checks? 104 00:05:22,364 --> 00:05:23,990 He was Japanese. 105 00:05:24,74 --> 00:05:25,283 Hayashi? 106 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:29,120 | guess. | don't really remember. 107 00:05:29,246 --> 00:05:31,164 You were working at the Barrington, midtown, 108 00:05:31,248 --> 00:05:33,542 when a similar robbery happened, right? 109 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:37,671 Look, at the Barrington the police talked to everybody, all right? 110 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,256 | wasn't even in town when that happened. 111 00:05:39,297 --> 00:05:43,218 So it's for no particular reason that you're not there anymore? 112 00:05:44,135 --> 00:05:45,637 | was laid off. 113 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:46,888 It happens. 114 00:05:46,972 --> 00:05:50,16 They told us you quit a week after the robbery. 115 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,185 Let me tell you something, Danny. 116 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:53,687 Robberies happen all the time. 117 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:57,148 Now, maybe the detectives down at the Barrington let things slide, 118 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:58,233 but we don''t. 119 00:05:58,316 --> 00:06:00,527 We want the shooter, big guy. 120 00:06:03,71 --> 00:06:04,698 1 don't know, I... Good, we'll take you. 121 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:06,575 You're just as good for it. 122 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:09,119 Hold on. All right, all right. 123 00:06:10,78 --> 00:06:11,454 You were saying? 124 00:06:12,455 --> 00:06:15,792 The stupid idiot. He wasn't supposed to kill anybody. 125 00:06:16,918 --> 00:06:18,86 Who? 126 00:06:18,336 --> 00:06:19,546 Charlie Kett. 127 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:21,423 He's my brother-in-law. 128 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:22,924 He got out of prison six months ago. 129 00:06:23,08 --> 00:06:26,553 He says | gotta help him or he takes it out on my sister. 130 00:06:27,596 --> 00:06:30,265 Hey, hey, Mikey, heard you got one handed to you, huh? 131 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:31,808 Yeah. For once, we did something right. 132 00:06:31,892 --> 00:06:34,185 It should be big news in Tokyo. 133 00:06:35,270 --> 00:06:38,148 A slightly late Detective Logan. 134 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:40,984 Mr. Nakahara from the Japanese consulate. 135 00:06:41,67 --> 00:06:43,570 He's here for Mr. Hayashi's remains. 136 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:45,906 How are you? 137 00:06:45,989 --> 00:06:49,451 Lieutenant Van Buren tells me you are making progress. 138 00:06:49,951 --> 00:06:52,495 | have great respect for the New York police. 139 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:55,540 | am sure you will solve this terrible crime. 140 00:06:56,541 --> 00:06:57,751 So are we. 141 00:06:57,834 --> 00:07:00,962 In Japan, murders are so unusual, 142 00:07:01,04 --> 00:07:04,174 each one can receive the full attention of the police. 143 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:07,719 Mr. Nakahara, we may be overworked and understaffed, 144 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:11,806 but we sure do like to catch murderers, no matter who they Kkill. 145 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:14,768 Yes. Let me know when we can take possession of the remains. 146 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:16,686 Of course. Thank you. 147 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:22,776 Nice guy. 148 00:07:22,817 --> 00:07:25,737 Probably thinks you have to be born eating sushi to get the job done. 149 00:07:25,779 --> 00:07:27,989 Maybe a little brain food wouldn't hurt. 150 00:07:28,73 --> 00:07:29,783 We located Charles Kett. 151 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:32,327 He's been in Rikers since yesterday afternoon. 152 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:35,538 Picked up on a DWI, with outstanding warrants. 153 00:07:35,872 --> 00:07:39,334 So if Kett was locked up, that leaves us with Zabel. 154 00:07:39,376 --> 00:07:42,504 | don't quite picture Mighty Mouse robbing Hayashi by himself. 155 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:45,90 We'll hold him as Kett's accomplice on the Barrington job. 156 00:07:45,173 --> 00:07:48,802 Maybe the shooter's someone Hayashi brought back to the hotel. 157 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:50,53 Walk in his shoes. 158 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:51,763 See who turns up. 159 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:53,723 What's the deal, Mike? 160 00:07:53,807 --> 00:07:56,559 Your favorite uncle died at Pearl Harbor? 161 00:07:57,602 --> 00:07:59,104 It's their attitude. 162 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:02,440 They think they're better than everybody else. 163 00:08:03,274 --> 00:08:04,609 Masters of the universe. 164 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:06,194 Doesn't that bother you? 165 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:09,155 No, what bothers me is some kid heisting my car for a living 166 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:11,866 because nobody taught him how to read. 167 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:14,327 Lighter than air. 168 00:08:14,411 --> 00:08:16,997 Jacket alone must be worth two grand. 169 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:28,425 You believe this is what he wears to go hit some balls? 170 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:30,427 Golf Land. Indoor driving range. 171 00:08:30,468 --> 00:08:32,220 West 34th. 172 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:35,390 6:00 p.m., that's the day he got shot. 173 00:08:37,934 --> 00:08:39,436 Well, look around. 174 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:42,814 Someone of the Japanese persuasion would hardly stand out. 175 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:46,401 Well, what if | told you that Mr. Hayashi is a very big tipper? 176 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:48,28 Would that jog your memory? 177 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:49,946 Yeah, | remember him now. 178 00:08:50,30 --> 00:08:51,906 Actually, | remember his friend. 179 00:08:51,990 --> 00:08:54,159 A woman? No, a black guy. 180 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,870 You don't often see a twosome like that. 181 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:58,455 He gave me his card. 182 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:01,916 | think | still have his number around here somewhere. 183 00:09:04,502 --> 00:09:07,505 | booked some piano players for his clubs in Tokyo. 184 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,633 | don't know if it's because they saw Casablanca too many times, 185 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:12,635 but a cat who can hum As Time Goes By 186 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:14,596 can make a very decent living over there. 187 00:09:14,637 --> 00:09:16,347 So you talked about lounge acts? 188 00:09:16,431 --> 00:09:20,268 He was also interested in singers, of the white female variety. 189 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:22,812 After golf what else was on the menu? 190 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:25,398 He invited me along for some socializing. 191 00:09:25,482 --> 00:09:28,610 The man has... had a lot of energy. 192 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:31,112 |, on the other hand, have a wife. 193 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:32,280 My condolences. 194 00:09:32,363 --> 00:09:34,574 Any idea where Hayashi was heading? 195 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:37,118 Club in midtown. The East-West. 196 00:09:37,327 --> 00:09:39,496 Said | wouldn't be disappointed. 197 00:09:39,579 --> 00:09:42,916 KENDRICK: The Japanese are about the last people in America who still eat steak. 198 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:46,211 Yeah, and about the only people who pay $75 for prime rib. 199 00:09:46,294 --> 00:09:48,254 They pay twice that much in Tokyo. 200 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:50,131 Anyway, it's all on their expense account. 201 00:09:50,173 --> 00:09:51,382 This is where they do business. 202 00:09:51,466 --> 00:09:54,761 They relax, close a couple of deals, and the wives stay at home. 203 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:57,597 So was Hayashi closing any deals the other night? 204 00:09:57,764 --> 00:09:58,765 It was a social call. 205 00:09:58,848 --> 00:10:01,101 | met him in Tokyo about three years ago. 206 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:02,644 That's where | got the idea. 207 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:06,439 | saw how he ran his club, and | figured with all the Japanese over here, 208 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,191 they need a place where they feel at home. 209 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:10,26 At home? Look at this. 210 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:13,404 You got American songs, girls, food. 211 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:15,198 What's home about that? 212 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,284 People think they want to bring America to its knees, uh-uh? 213 00:10:18,701 --> 00:10:20,328 They wanna be America. 214 00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:23,289 They prefer their scotch mellow, and their women blonde. 215 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:25,625 How about Hayashi? Did he leave alone? 216 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:26,668 Are you kidding? 217 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:28,169 A guy like him? 218 00:10:28,211 --> 00:10:30,797 He was with one of the waitresses, Suzy. 219 00:10:31,89 --> 00:10:32,841 | think they might've left together. 220 00:10:32,882 --> 00:10:35,301 | saw her in the back. She's cashing out. 221 00:10:36,10 --> 00:10:36,970 Sure, | was with him. 222 00:10:37,11 --> 00:10:39,597 That makes me guilty of bad taste, not murder. 223 00:10:39,681 --> 00:10:41,766 The United Nations thing didn't work out? 224 00:10:41,850 --> 00:10:43,726 We understood each other perfectly. 225 00:10:43,810 --> 00:10:46,271 He wanted to take, | didn't wanna give. 226 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:48,22 Some things | don't do on the first date. 227 00:10:48,64 --> 00:10:49,440 Unless you're getting paid for it. 228 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,67 | just called up her yellows. 229 00:10:51,109 --> 00:10:55,864 Felony larceny, solicitation, and a little incident of you discharging a weapon. 230 00:10:56,197 --> 00:10:58,116 .22, Surprise, Surprise. 231 00:10:58,199 --> 00:10:59,492 Some guy was starting with me. 232 00:10:59,576 --> 00:11:02,704 | told him the next shot would have him singing with the Vienna Boys Choir. 233 00:11:02,787 --> 00:11:05,665 Right. Now you got Hayashi singing with a different choir. 234 00:11:05,748 --> 00:11:08,01 | told you, all we did was kiss. 235 00:11:11,04 --> 00:11:12,714 Then | asked for money up front. 236 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:14,07 He said he never had to pay for it. 237 00:11:14,48 --> 00:11:15,842 Like just because they own Rockefeller Center 238 00:11:15,884 --> 00:11:17,302 I'm supposed to go to bed with him? 239 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:21,222 And meanwhile, the better part of 10 grand is falling out of his wallet. 240 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:22,974 I'm calling my lawyer. 241 00:11:23,57 --> 00:11:26,144 Good. Tell him to meet you at the station house. 242 00:11:26,936 --> 00:11:31,24 Don't worry. They got nothing. They got a lot of nothing. 243 00:11:33,26 --> 00:11:35,320 Three hours of dancing around with her, and | got nothing. 244 00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:37,447 You tell her she matched up on fingerprints? 245 00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:39,324 She doesn't deny being in the room. 246 00:11:39,365 --> 00:11:40,783 Forensics just called. 247 00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:43,995 Suzy left a little something behind with Hayashi. 248 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:46,998 Her big mistake was not taking his watch. 249 00:11:47,81 --> 00:11:49,42 Female pubic hair caught in the band. 250 00:11:49,83 --> 00:11:51,377 | thought they got caught on soda cans. 251 00:11:51,461 --> 00:11:53,630 You said she was a brunette? Yeah. 252 00:11:53,838 --> 00:11:57,175 Brunettes try to look like blondes, hot vice versa. 253 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:58,551 You got the wrong girl. 254 00:11:58,593 --> 00:12:00,470 Wait a minute, are you saying the hair's from a blonde? 255 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:02,639 Yeah, natural blonde. Sorry. 256 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:09,187 I'm surprised a guy this busy didn't die of a heart attack. 257 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,148 Must be all the fish they eat. 258 00:12:12,232 --> 00:12:15,985 Last night | caught Mike in the parking lot smashing up a Toyota. 259 00:12:16,69 --> 00:12:19,447 Our problem is who left their mark on Hayashi's watch. 260 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:23,576 After Suzy's out the door, where did Hayashi find a blonde on short notice? 261 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:26,204 Well, he's not gonna call a hooker if he doesn't want to pay for it. 262 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:30,416 If | wanted a date on the double, I'd head straight for the hotel bar. 263 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,85 Well, it was pretty busy. 264 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:34,754 It was the last night of a dentists’ convention. 265 00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:36,798 Somebody should give them Novocain. 266 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:39,342 But is that a yes or ano on Mr. Hayashi? 267 00:12:39,384 --> 00:12:40,927 Yeah, he was here around closing. 268 00:12:41,10 --> 00:12:42,470 Alone, or was he with somebody? 269 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:44,347 More like glued to. A blonde. 270 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:46,975 They kind of stuck out in a room full of guys discussing drill bits. 271 00:12:47,16 --> 00:12:48,935 So did you get a look at her? 272 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:51,354 He ordered drinks before she got here, 273 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,606 then they did a little dry hump on the couch, 274 00:12:53,648 --> 00:12:55,108 just enough to make me puke, 275 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:56,776 and they're off to the elevators. 276 00:12:56,859 --> 00:12:58,569 This blonde, you ever see her before? 277 00:12:58,653 --> 00:13:00,29 Maybe she was a guest here? 278 00:13:00,71 --> 00:13:02,657 No, | never seen her before or since. 279 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:05,76 But with her level of enthusiasm, something tells me 280 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:07,36 she works off a beeper. 281 00:13:07,578 --> 00:13:09,80 Half hour before she gets here, 282 00:13:09,122 --> 00:13:12,417 he tips me a 10 to get change for the pay phone. 283 00:13:14,02 --> 00:13:16,337 Hey, 12, including the john. 284 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:19,757 It'll take a couple of days to pull LUDs from that many phones. 285 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:23,11 The booking agent said Hayashi was in town auditioning singers. 286 00:13:23,94 --> 00:13:24,971 Of the female variety. 287 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:30,101 | put an ad in the trades, and the headshots came pouring in. 288 00:13:30,184 --> 00:13:34,564 LOGAN: Look at this. Blonde, blonde. Blonde. 289 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,524 Hayashi had specific requirements. 290 00:13:36,607 --> 00:13:38,443 | made the phone calls, set up all the auditions. 291 00:13:38,526 --> 00:13:40,820 And then what? Hayashi met all the hopefuls? 292 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:44,407 The auditions were held in his hotel room during regular business hours. 293 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:46,367 What about after business hours? 294 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:47,493 | wouldn't know. 295 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:48,786 Hayashi was on his own. 296 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:50,705 Are these all the girls Hayashi saw? 297 00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:52,707 Mostly, yeah. | kept a list. 298 00:13:53,958 --> 00:13:57,03 All the future Madonnas in the five boroughs. 299 00:13:57,211 --> 00:13:58,338 Enjoy. 300 00:13:59,881 --> 00:14:01,966 Our turn to hold auditions. 301 00:14:02,425 --> 00:14:03,885 He saw me personally. 302 00:14:03,968 --> 00:14:06,846 It wasn't as much fun as having my tonsils out. 303 00:14:06,929 --> 00:14:09,307 Really? We heard he was a real charmer. 304 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:12,101 Well, he was busy charming someone else. 305 00:14:12,226 --> 00:14:13,811 Cell phone glued to his ear, 306 00:14:13,895 --> 00:14:16,230 I'm belting out Whitney Houston's greatest hits. 307 00:14:16,272 --> 00:14:18,483 Turns out he's ordering lunch. 308 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:19,567 And that was it? 309 00:14:19,650 --> 00:14:21,611 My mother's just as happy. 310 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:24,655 She says | need Tokyo like | need another kid. 311 00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,450 | wish | could help. 312 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:29,786 | never even spoke to him. 313 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:32,997 You are on the audition list. 314 00:14:33,39 --> 00:14:34,874 You see here, it says Kristi Jakes. 315 00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:36,584 I'm on a lot of lists. 316 00:14:36,667 --> 00:14:39,87 | get plenty of work right here singing jingles. 317 00:14:39,128 --> 00:14:40,213 Savmor Car Rentals? 318 00:14:40,254 --> 00:14:41,547 You're kidding. 319 00:14:41,589 --> 00:14:43,674 "Savmor, drive more." That's you? 320 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,469 Pay's good, | wear what | like, 321 00:14:46,552 --> 00:14:48,763 | don't have to worry about men like Hayashi. 322 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,515 Who you never met. 323 00:14:50,932 --> 00:14:52,517 | said like him. 324 00:14:53,17 --> 00:14:54,602 | Know the type. 325 00:14:55,228 --> 00:14:57,146 "You have a nice voice. 326 00:14:57,188 --> 00:14:58,898 "What else can you do?" 327 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:01,150 Why did you audition for it, anyway? 328 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:03,361 Well, | heard the pay's good over there. 329 00:15:03,444 --> 00:15:06,864 Then | got on the list, and then | heard it was at his hotel. 330 00:15:06,948 --> 00:15:08,324 No, thanks. 331 00:15:08,658 --> 00:15:10,159 | didn't show. 332 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:13,746 | didn't even know he was dead until my agent called me this morning. 333 00:15:13,830 --> 00:15:15,957 The other singers weren't so upset about it. 334 00:15:16,40 --> 00:15:17,667 He wanted me in his clubs. 335 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:19,252 That means I'm good. 336 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:21,462 "Good" meaning you can sing? 337 00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:23,589 Right. 338 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:25,800 My bags were packed. 339 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:29,679 What, you think | want to do temp work the rest of my life? 340 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:32,56 | can only type 40 words a minute. 341 00:15:32,849 --> 00:15:34,475 Can | get going? 342 00:15:36,853 --> 00:15:39,105 LUDs from the lobby phones came in. 343 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:41,524 Here, | got you a tuna on white. 344 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,234 They were all out of blowfish. 345 00:15:43,317 --> 00:15:44,819 Arigato, baby. 346 00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:46,863 Got the audition list? Mmm-hmm. 347 00:15:47,905 --> 00:15:51,659 Okay, | got Tiffany Bouchet. 348 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,245 | don't see her. 349 00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:55,788 Angel Monroe. 350 00:15:58,916 --> 00:16:00,418 Heather Wayne. 351 00:16:01,252 --> 00:16:02,712 Kristi Jakes. 352 00:16:03,04 --> 00:16:04,380 Tori Bishop. 353 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,507 No, no, no. 354 00:16:07,91 --> 00:16:08,301 How about Keli Konnors? 355 00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:10,344 K-E-L-l, Konnors with a "K." 356 00:16:10,887 --> 00:16:12,472 What? Let me see that. 357 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:15,433 | dated a Keli Konnors with two "K's" once. 358 00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:19,228 Her real name was Joan Kozlasky. 359 00:16:21,439 --> 00:16:22,732 Listen to this. 360 00:16:23,274 --> 00:16:24,734 Tara Harmony. 361 00:16:25,943 --> 00:16:27,570 Lisa Larue. 362 00:16:28,821 --> 00:16:30,114 Doesn't that sound bogus to you? 363 00:16:30,198 --> 00:16:31,491 Stage names. 364 00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:34,494 | doubt that's what NYNEX puts on their phone bills. 365 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:37,538 Okay, what've we got? 366 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:42,293 Shannon Gilbert's real name is Paulette McDougal. 367 00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:43,669 What's wrong with that? 368 00:16:43,711 --> 00:16:46,839 Sounds like somebody your mother would make you take to the senior prom. 369 00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:47,924 Next? 370 00:16:48,07 --> 00:16:49,842 Local 802 just faxed this in. 371 00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:50,927 More lady singers. 372 00:16:51,10 --> 00:16:54,222 You find anyone that can handle opera, let me know. 373 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,729 Dig this. Toni with an "I" Curtis is Bernice Schwartz. 374 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:04,315 Cute. | would've remembered that. 375 00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:08,903 Kristi Jakes, Martha Bowen. 376 00:17:08,986 --> 00:17:11,239 That's the "Savmor, drive more" lady. 377 00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:16,285 Martha Bowen got a phone call from the hotel at 1:10 a.m. 378 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:19,539 It doesn't mean the call was from Hayashi. 379 00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:21,374 We checked the LUDs from her apartment. 380 00:17:21,415 --> 00:17:24,377 Three calls to his hotel the day of the murder. 381 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:25,836 You're getting warmer. What else? 382 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:27,672 Warmer? How about broiled? 383 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:31,92 A couple of months ago, Martha Bowen got a home use permit 384 00:17:31,175 --> 00:17:33,386 for a Beretta .22 automatic. 385 00:17:33,469 --> 00:17:35,972 Which is probably at the bottom of the East River by now. 386 00:17:36,55 --> 00:17:37,348 Look, put her in a line-up. 387 00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:39,16 See what the waitress says. 388 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,561 If she can't make a positive ID, we've tainted her as a withess. 389 00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:43,145 We have the pubic hair. 390 00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:45,147 If it matches with Martha... 391 00:17:45,189 --> 00:17:46,983 We'd have enough to arrest. 392 00:17:47,441 --> 00:17:50,653 Okay, I'll see Judge Rivera about a search order. 393 00:17:52,530 --> 00:17:55,992 All right, let's make this fast, Counselors. 394 00:17:56,75 --> 00:17:57,577 I'm on a 10-minute recess here. 395 00:17:57,660 --> 00:17:59,161 Invasion of privacy, Your Honor. 396 00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:00,746 Plucking my client's pubic hair. 397 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,206 I've got it. 398 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:04,250 Miss Kincaid? 399 00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:07,878 Same standards apply as for the taking of any other evidence. 400 00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:10,256 A suspect can be compelled to provide a blood sample. 401 00:18:10,298 --> 00:18:11,716 If there's probable cause. 402 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:15,52 There's no evidence my client was anywhere near Mr. Hayashi. 403 00:18:15,136 --> 00:18:16,345 CLAIRE: She called his hotel. 404 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:18,306 A woman of her description was seen with the victim. 405 00:18:18,389 --> 00:18:21,934 Your Honor, if they have an eyewitness, why aren't we talking about that 406 00:18:22,18 --> 00:18:23,269 instead of a hair sample? 407 00:18:23,352 --> 00:18:24,478 Good point. 408 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,856 | see sufficient cause for both. 409 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,235 And since it's your idea, Mr. Hellman, it's your call. 410 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:33,821 Door number one or door number two? 411 00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:39,160 That's a loaded question, Your Honor. 412 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:42,747 You see, | haven't really... I... 413 00:18:42,830 --> 00:18:44,790 Not to worry, Counselor. 414 00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:46,834 I've got your answer for you. 415 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:48,794 This is your lucky day. 416 00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:50,963 You get to win both prizes. 417 00:18:57,53 --> 00:18:58,304 | think number two. 418 00:18:58,346 --> 00:19:01,349 She was turned away from me most of the time, but I'm pretty sure it's her. 419 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:02,516 Pretty sure is not good enough. 420 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:04,477 I'll take my client home now. 421 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:05,603 The forensics came in. 422 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:07,647 Not so fast, Mr. Hellman. 423 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,816 The hairs match. We've got her. 424 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:14,236 Okay, everybody who's innocent can leave the room. 425 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,72 Not you, sweetheart. 426 00:19:16,447 --> 00:19:19,659 Martha Bowen, you're under arrest for the murder of Shiunro Hayashi. 427 00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:20,868 You have the right to remain silent. 428 00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:23,496 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 429 00:19:25,456 --> 00:19:27,541 | read the indictment backwards and forwards. 430 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:32,546 | see "ifs" and "maybes" but no evidence my client did anything wrong, 431 00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:35,549 unless you count being groped in a bar as a felony. 432 00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:38,636 There's still the matter of a missing .22 Caliber pistol. 433 00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:41,681 Which my client says was stolen from her purse two months ago. 434 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:44,975 And only now it occurs to her to report the theft. 435 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:48,604 Look, she lied to the police about meeting Hayashi. 436 00:19:48,979 --> 00:19:51,649 What do you expect a jury to conclude? 437 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,652 Conclude beyond a reasonhable doubt? 438 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:56,779 You really want to find out, Jack? 439 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:59,73 | wouldn't pass up the chance. 440 00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:03,411 HELLMAN: Let's talk hypotheticals. 441 00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:06,330 A young singer gets called for an audition... 442 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:07,415 JACK: And she brings her gun. 443 00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:10,543 What's her audition piece, 22 Ways To Leave Your Lover? 444 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:12,712 We live in dangerous times. 445 00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:14,547 Can | go on? 446 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:17,91 She makes nice with her future boss. 447 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,761 Soon as she's in his room, it's the casting couch gone bad. 448 00:20:20,803 --> 00:20:23,806 He tries to rape her, she shoots in self-defense. 449 00:20:23,931 --> 00:20:25,891 Then rips the phone out, and steals his money. 450 00:20:25,975 --> 00:20:27,476 The phone's ripped out in the struggle. 451 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,478 And who's to say there was any money? 452 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:30,813 Nice try. 453 00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:35,985 Your client entices a man up to his room with the purpose of robbing him. 454 00:20:36,68 --> 00:20:39,530 She pumps a bullet into him and leaves him for dead. 455 00:20:39,739 --> 00:20:40,948 That's murder two. 456 00:20:41,31 --> 00:20:42,241 Really? 457 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:45,661 Is that the way it'll play to 12 red-blooded citizens, 458 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:48,372 who can't tell sushi from sukiyaki? 459 00:20:51,792 --> 00:20:53,586 Anything to support their claim? 460 00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:57,631 If there'd been a struggle, you'd expect to see marks on Hayashi's body. 461 00:20:57,715 --> 00:21:00,801 And at least there'd be Bowen's prints all over the room. 462 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:03,512 And the money? Hasn't been recovered. 463 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,347 She managed to post bail. 464 00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:08,100 With help from a Sandra Krane, her agent. 465 00:21:08,184 --> 00:21:11,645 Martha Bowen gets on the stand, says scout's honor. 466 00:21:12,563 --> 00:21:15,691 And we hope the jury doesn't notice the victim is a foreign national 467 00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:17,818 with an overactive libido. 468 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,737 Talk to her agent. 469 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:23,282 Maybe this isn't the first time she's had problems with an audition. 470 00:21:25,868 --> 00:21:28,871 See, last month Martha averaged three sessions a week 471 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:30,956 at $600 per, plus royalties... 472 00:21:31,40 --> 00:21:32,666 Well, darling, you do the math. 473 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,794 Very lucky | found her this niche. 474 00:21:34,877 --> 00:21:36,170 Talent doesn't count? 475 00:21:36,253 --> 00:21:39,340 Talent? Talent doesn't count if you can't handle a crowd. 476 00:21:39,423 --> 00:21:40,800 See, Martha had stage fright. 477 00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:42,176 She was seeing a therapist. 478 00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:45,221 So she auditions to sing in a night club in Tokyo? 479 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:49,16 Well, maybe it's different if the room doesn't speak the same language. 480 00:21:49,99 --> 00:21:51,143 Why didn't you ask her that before you set up the audition? 481 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:54,104 Well, | didn't ask her because she made the appointment herself. 482 00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:57,858 See, American faces go at a very high premium in Japan. 483 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,946 A singer like Martha can make about $5,000 a week. 484 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,489 If I'd Known she wanted to go back there, 485 00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:05,658 | would've booked her through my own contacts. 486 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:07,701 She's been there before? 487 00:22:10,287 --> 00:22:13,833 The Japanese consulate issued a work visa to Martha Bowen two years ago 488 00:22:13,916 --> 00:22:16,01 to work in one of Hayashi's clubs. 489 00:22:16,85 --> 00:22:19,46 At the time, she was using the stage name Nicolette Laine. 490 00:22:19,88 --> 00:22:21,882 Hayashi co-signed her visa application. 491 00:22:22,91 --> 00:22:23,968 What does her lawyer have to say about this? 492 00:22:24,51 --> 00:22:25,302 Well, he claims he didn't know. 493 00:22:25,386 --> 00:22:27,54 Sure, he didn't know. 494 00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:29,932 Well, maybe he's just an idiot. 495 00:22:30,15 --> 00:22:32,309 Is there anybody who would know what she was doing in Japan? 496 00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:34,979 There's no boyfriend, no one she talked to about it. 497 00:22:35,62 --> 00:22:38,691 | called her father in Duluth, he hasn't returned my calls. 498 00:22:38,774 --> 00:22:40,359 Get back in touch with the Japanese consulate. 499 00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:44,280 Maybe we can find another singer who worked with her in Tokyo. 500 00:22:47,575 --> 00:22:48,659 DIANE: | spent a year there. 501 00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:50,202 It was a hoot. 502 00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:52,371 People were real generous. 503 00:22:52,413 --> 00:22:57,418 | came back with two suitcases full of Chanel bags and Ferragamo shoes. 504 00:22:57,626 --> 00:23:00,254 Most singers get flowers after a show. 505 00:23:00,838 --> 00:23:03,591 Well, | told my mother | was singing. 506 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:07,845 Are you saying you became a prostitute? 507 00:23:07,928 --> 00:23:11,15 Look, in Japan things don't work out the same as here. 508 00:23:11,98 --> 00:23:12,433 They've got customs. 509 00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:14,226 You go with the flow. 510 00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:15,686 And Martha didn't? 511 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:18,314 One night, | heard she took a swing at somebody. 512 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:19,356 They had to call the cops. 513 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,650 Even the embassy got into it. 514 00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:26,196 | was on the telephone to our Tokyo embassy until 4:00 this morning. 515 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,574 | hope we found what you wanted. 516 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:33,662 A year ago last April, Miss Bowen was arrested for assaulting a customer 517 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,831 ataclub where she was employed. 518 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,249 Apparently she'd been drinking. 519 00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:40,920 Maybe she felt that being fondled wasn't included in the cover charge. 520 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:42,671 According to her written statement, 521 00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:45,257 her real beef was with her employer. 522 00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:46,842 Shiunro Hayashi? 523 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:49,345 She was interrogated by the Tokyo police 524 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,680 in the presence of an embassy officer. 525 00:23:51,722 --> 00:23:55,517 She claimed that Mr. Hayashi owed her a few thousand dollars in back pay. 526 00:23:55,601 --> 00:23:58,896 She also claimed that he was holding her passport to keep her 527 00:23:58,979 --> 00:24:00,648 from leaving the country. 528 00:24:00,689 --> 00:24:04,360 Now, we sent a letter to Mr. Hayashi explaining that the passport 529 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:07,154 was the property of the U.S. government, and that it should be returned. 530 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:08,864 And like a good boy, he did? 531 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:10,115 Apparently so. 532 00:24:10,199 --> 00:24:13,118 The embassy never heard back from Miss Bowen. 533 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:16,664 The Tokyo police dropped the drunk and disorderly charges against her, 534 00:24:16,747 --> 00:24:19,249 apparently at Hayashi's insistence. 535 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:22,336 A couple of months later, she left Japan on a medical emergency. 536 00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:27,132 So Bowen waits until Hayashi's on her home turf to settle up with him. 537 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:30,219 He probably thought she just wanted to kiss and make up. 538 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:31,512 CLERK: Miss Kincaid. 539 00:24:38,394 --> 00:24:40,187 It's from Bowen's attorney. 540 00:24:41,63 --> 00:24:43,899 He's moving to suppress the embassy report. 541 00:24:48,112 --> 00:24:49,321 HELLMAN: Simply put, Your Honor, 542 00:24:49,405 --> 00:24:52,825 my client wasn't Mirandized when she was arrested in Tokyo. 543 00:24:52,908 --> 00:24:56,996 Ergo, her statements and any report based on those statements are inadmissible. 544 00:24:57,79 --> 00:25:00,833 As far as | Know, Your Honor, Japan is still a sovereign nation. 545 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,252 Our constitutional protections don't apply there. 546 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:05,462 They do, if there's any governmental involvement. 547 00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:07,423 An officer from the U.S. embassy 548 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,925 was present during my client's interrogation. 549 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:14,555 She was under the impression that the officer was there as her legal counsel. 550 00:25:14,638 --> 00:25:16,515 What she thought is beside the point. 551 00:25:16,598 --> 00:25:18,976 She was under the authority of the Tokyo police. 552 00:25:19,59 --> 00:25:23,188 If you play stickball in Canarsie, you better learn Brooklyn rules. 553 00:25:23,439 --> 00:25:25,232 Point well taken, Mr. McCoy. 554 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:27,443 HELLMAN: This is unbelievable, Your Honor. 555 00:25:27,609 --> 00:25:30,988 Illegal aliens swarm into our country by the thousands 556 00:25:31,30 --> 00:25:33,449 and are immediately granted constitutional protection. 557 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,325 But the minute | set foot across the border, 558 00:25:35,409 --> 00:25:36,994 you're saying my ownh government 559 00:25:37,36 --> 00:25:38,162 won't protect my interests? 560 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:43,625 Come on, Mr. Hellman, you're arguing a motion here, not running for Congress, 561 00:25:44,01 --> 00:25:45,461 and that motion is denied. 562 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:48,338 The statements and the report are admissible. 563 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:52,134 What next, Jack? 564 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:55,304 Drag a suspect across the nearest border, beat a confession out of him, 565 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:56,889 then use it in court? 566 00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,16 Works for me. 567 00:26:00,684 --> 00:26:02,811 "Right next to Rockefeller Center, 568 00:26:02,895 --> 00:26:05,773 "Pebble Beach and the Seattle Mariners, 569 00:26:05,814 --> 00:26:10,360 "add to the Japanese trophy case the U.S. Constitution." 570 00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:15,115 Yep, now they have us trampling on the rights of an American citizen 571 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:16,825 to pacify the Japanese. 572 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:19,828 We should let the murderer go free so that a few bigots 573 00:26:19,912 --> 00:26:22,956 can stand a little taller at the Fourth of July picnic. 574 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:27,586 You don't have to be a bigot to see that we've been taken by our friends 575 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:29,254 on the other side of the dateline. 576 00:26:29,296 --> 00:26:32,758 Let's not confuse Martha Bowen with the auto industry. 577 00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:34,718 {(PHONE BUZZING) 578 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:37,179 Yes. 579 00:26:40,57 --> 00:26:42,17 Hellman's on his way up. 580 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:44,561 Martha Bowen's gonna get on the stand, 581 00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:47,397 and she's going to cry rape, 582 00:26:47,481 --> 00:26:51,401 or some other nonsense about the big, bad Japanese, 583 00:26:51,819 --> 00:26:54,571 and you're lucky if you get a hung jury. 584 00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:00,786 {KNOCKING ON DOOR) 585 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:05,791 Jack. | think you know Mildred Kaskel. 586 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:08,127 She'll be taking over as chief counsel. 587 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:10,879 | filed a notice of substitution on the way over. 588 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,131 | Know your work, Miss Kaskel. 589 00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:16,593 So what's it gonna be, the feminist version of "the Devil made me do it?" 590 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:20,514 The Devil here is your so-called victim. 591 00:27:20,764 --> 00:27:24,143 He viciously abused my client while she was in Japan. 592 00:27:24,893 --> 00:27:28,897 | plan to introduce evidence she was suffering from Battered Woman Syndrome 593 00:27:28,981 --> 00:27:30,149 when she shot him. 594 00:27:30,232 --> 00:27:31,567 Come again? 595 00:27:31,942 --> 00:27:33,902 She shot him over a contract dispute. 596 00:27:33,944 --> 00:27:35,70 MILDRED: No. 597 00:27:35,154 --> 00:27:38,949 What happened to her in Japan had nothing to do with singing. 598 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:47,791 It was gonna be the biggest break | ever got. 599 00:27:49,334 --> 00:27:53,422 Mr. Hayashi said important people came to his club. 600 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:57,426 My first week, it was like a party every night. 601 00:27:57,718 --> 00:28:00,220 All these men throwing money around. 602 00:28:00,929 --> 00:28:03,223 $100 for a Scotch. 603 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,226 500 just to sit next to me. 604 00:28:08,20 --> 00:28:12,357 Mr. Hayashi told me to just be nice to them. 605 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,819 No one cared | was a singer. 606 00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:19,364 | wanted to go home. 607 00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:23,994 Mr. Hayashi said | owed him all this money. 608 00:28:24,36 --> 00:28:25,913 | didn't know what to do. 609 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:27,915 He had my passport. 610 00:28:28,207 --> 00:28:29,583 | was alone. 611 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:36,48 He said | could pay him back by being more friendly. 612 00:28:37,07 --> 00:28:39,301 By sleeping with his customers. 613 00:28:43,305 --> 00:28:44,640 | said no. 614 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:47,392 He got furious. 615 00:28:49,645 --> 00:28:50,979 He beat me. 616 00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:57,236 He said if | disappeared, 617 00:28:58,28 --> 00:28:59,571 no one would know. 618 00:29:01,73 --> 00:29:02,741 No one would care. 619 00:29:05,118 --> 00:29:06,828 | didn't want to die. 620 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:14,169 Every day she's been back, Martha's been living in fear for her life. 621 00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:17,214 When she found out Mr. Hayashi was in town, 622 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:20,92 she believed he came here looking for her. 623 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:24,137 She killed him believing she was acting in self-defense. 624 00:29:31,687 --> 00:29:35,524 Martha Bowen claims she killed Hayashi because she feared for her life. 625 00:29:35,607 --> 00:29:37,442 It sounds irrational, unless you believe 626 00:29:37,526 --> 00:29:39,903 the Battered Woman Syndrome applies here. 627 00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:41,113 It's bull. 628 00:29:41,405 --> 00:29:44,32 It's revenge dressed up in smoke and mirrors. 629 00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:48,161 Tall, blonde Miss Bowen killed a short, dark Japanese man 630 00:29:48,245 --> 00:29:50,497 who was running a white slavery operation. 631 00:29:50,580 --> 00:29:52,624 This is not a Saturday morning cartoon. 632 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:53,834 Yeah. 633 00:29:54,84 --> 00:29:58,422 Kaskel times her summation to fall on Pearl Harbor Day, 634 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,799 so the jury can pin a medal on her client. 635 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:03,719 She saw his ad, she called him up, she seduced him, 636 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,305 and she shot him behind closed doors. 637 00:30:06,388 --> 00:30:07,931 She set him up. 638 00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:12,102 Kaskel can use the Syndrome to justify every one of those acts. 639 00:30:15,355 --> 00:30:16,606 This defense, 640 00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:22,195 like my grandmother's nightgown, covers everything. 641 00:30:22,529 --> 00:30:27,617 Just keep the jury focused on the fact that this woman killed this man 642 00:30:27,701 --> 00:30:29,953 and walked off with the money. 643 00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:32,998 The Battered Woman Syndrome almost exclusively applies 644 00:30:33,81 --> 00:30:34,666 to abused wives or girlfriends. 645 00:30:34,750 --> 00:30:35,876 Almost. 646 00:30:35,959 --> 00:30:38,128 Any woman in any abusive relationship 647 00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:40,630 can display characteristics of this syndrome. 648 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:43,300 It's never been applied in a case where the abuser was killed 649 00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:46,720 ayear after the relationship and the abuse ended. 650 00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:51,308 Let's ask some Vietnam vets about the expiration date on stress disorders. 651 00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:54,895 This theory is not generally accepted by the scientific community. 652 00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:57,731 Until it is, it's not a proper subject for expert testimony. 653 00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:01,943 My client has the right to present evidence to explain her conduct. 654 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:05,989 She reasonably and honestly believed her life was in danger. 655 00:31:06,73 --> 00:31:08,325 Mr. McCoy doesn't want the jury to hear why. 656 00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:11,828 No, | don't want them confusing Miss Bowen with the actual women 657 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,830 this syndrome was meant to describe. 658 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,832 They can decide that for themselves. 659 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:20,212 Frankly, her actions seem so far beyond understanding 660 00:31:20,295 --> 00:31:23,840 that I'd like to hear her explanations myself. 661 00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:27,386 Then I'd like our psychiatrist to hear them, too. 662 00:31:27,594 --> 00:31:29,971 |! want Miss Bowen to submit to an examination. 663 00:31:30,55 --> 00:31:31,98 MILDRED: No problem. 664 00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,725 But | would like the record to show we're not required to submit. 665 00:31:33,809 --> 00:31:35,644 We're pleading justification. 666 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,689 My client's reasonable beliefs are at issue, not her state of mind. 667 00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:41,24 So noted. 668 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,610 And I'll see you all in court. 669 00:31:46,29 --> 00:31:48,281 MARTHA: He'd never hit me on the face. 670 00:31:50,283 --> 00:31:51,868 He'd twist my arm. 671 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:53,954 He'd punch me in the side. 672 00:31:55,122 --> 00:31:57,624 At first, it was because | wouldn't sleep with those men. 673 00:31:57,707 --> 00:31:59,334 But then, even after... 674 00:32:00,85 --> 00:32:02,212 If | didn't smile enough 675 00:32:02,462 --> 00:32:05,257 or if a customer complained. 676 00:32:06,383 --> 00:32:09,428 The smallest thing | did wrong, I'd catch hell. 677 00:32:10,95 --> 00:32:13,98 Have you had any problems since you've been back here? 678 00:32:13,515 --> 00:32:14,975 | can't sleep. 679 00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:17,769 My doctor gave me pills. 680 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:21,940 It's stupid. 681 00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:27,404 I'm afraid if | go to sleep, I'm gonna wake up back there. 682 00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:29,656 Well, how do you deal with that fear? 683 00:32:29,739 --> 00:32:31,283 | bought a gun. 684 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:36,538 Men are always looking at me. It's disgusting. 685 00:32:37,38 --> 00:32:38,957 Do you mean all men, or just Japanese men? 686 00:32:38,999 --> 00:32:41,376 Well, the Japanese are the worst. 687 00:32:41,585 --> 00:32:43,03 | mean, all they're interested in is themselves. 688 00:32:43,86 --> 00:32:44,880 You're there only for them, 689 00:32:45,05 --> 00:32:49,92 and they have a way of looking at you. 690 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,970 Like, | could never get a read on them. 691 00:32:52,12 --> 00:32:55,265 | just... | felt dirty and cheap. 692 00:32:56,766 --> 00:33:00,562 Do you have the same feelings in your personal relationships? 693 00:33:01,938 --> 00:33:03,982 What, you mean boyfriends? 694 00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:07,235 | don't have one. 695 00:33:08,236 --> 00:33:09,821 | mean, | can't. 696 00:33:10,947 --> 00:33:12,616 You don't want to? 697 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:15,785 | can't have sex. 698 00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:19,39 It's a medical thing. It hurts too much. 699 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,00 | got an infection. 700 00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:27,464 She's been diaghosed with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. 701 00:33:28,215 --> 00:33:31,510 She has permanent tubal lesions, and she's sterile. 702 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,182 | caught something from one of those men in Japan. 703 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:40,602 It's why Mr. Hayashi let me leave 704 00:33:41,19 --> 00:33:43,605 MARTHA‘: 'cause | was no good to him anymore. 705 00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:47,442 She still calls him Mr. Hayashi. 706 00:33:47,651 --> 00:33:50,153 She feels her life depended on her ability to placate him. 707 00:33:50,237 --> 00:33:51,863 It's the heart of the syndrome. 708 00:33:51,947 --> 00:33:54,908 It doesn't bother you that she never mentioned abuse, 709 00:33:54,991 --> 00:33:57,827 or the word "prostitute” to the United States embassy? 710 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:01,540 You want the statistics on unreported spousal abuse? 711 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:03,416 However Martha Bowen came about it, 712 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:05,335 she walks and talks like a battered woman. 713 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,254 She's a textbook case. 714 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:12,425 A battered wife kills her husband. 715 00:34:13,09 --> 00:34:15,637 | abhor it, but | can sympathize. 716 00:34:17,347 --> 00:34:20,684 But from the moment that she set foot in this country, 717 00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:23,353 Martha Bowen was free and clear of Hayashi. 718 00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:27,566 You have no idea what it's like to be victimized by a powerful man. 719 00:34:27,691 --> 00:34:32,612 So you want to create a new category of self-defense just for women? 720 00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:36,449 You might as well say we're by nature incapable of controlling our emotions. 721 00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:39,119 | doubt that's what Gloria Steinem had in mind. 722 00:34:39,202 --> 00:34:41,329 That is not what I'm saying. 723 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:46,543 But, Jack, if you put me on the stand, | have to stick to my diagnosis. 724 00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:49,713 Fine. You're not testifying. 725 00:34:50,714 --> 00:34:53,633 | wanted her mental condition, not your emotional reaction. 726 00:34:53,717 --> 00:34:56,595 If you think vengeance belongs in the penal code, 727 00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:59,514 then you don't belong on my witness list. 728 00:35:09,65 --> 00:35:10,942 What do you want to do? 729 00:35:16,823 --> 00:35:18,742 Maybe it is a textbook case. 730 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:22,78 Let's have the police take a look at Bowen's apartment. 731 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,664 See what she keeps on her bookshelf. 732 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:30,128 Enough Is Enough: Battered Women Fight Back. 733 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:34,466 Defending Her Life: A Battered Woman Tells Her Story. 734 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:39,12 Kill Or Be Killed: Self-Defense And The Battered Wife Syndrome. 735 00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:41,640 All with highlighted passages. 736 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:47,687 You know, 15 years ago, a serial killer named Kenneth Bianchi 737 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:52,817 almost convinced a team of doctors that he had multiple personalities. 738 00:35:54,778 --> 00:35:57,197 You think Martha's a better actor? 739 00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:00,283 She's done the homework. 740 00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:07,457 He kept one hand free for his drink, and the other hand was in her lap 741 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:08,750 or on her chest. 742 00:36:08,833 --> 00:36:10,752 And how was the defendant behaving? 743 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,672 She had her arm around him and she was smiling. 744 00:36:13,755 --> 00:36:16,633 Did she do anything to make you think she wasn't enjoying herself? 745 00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:20,345 No. It looked to me like the current was running both ways, 746 00:36:20,428 --> 00:36:23,181 and when they left they were arm in arm. 747 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:25,517 Thank you. 748 00:36:27,394 --> 00:36:31,147 You said you were working a full bar that night? 749 00:36:32,482 --> 00:36:35,944 So how could you possibly be aware of everything that transpired 750 00:36:36,27 --> 00:36:38,613 between Mr. Hayashi and his companion? 751 00:36:38,905 --> 00:36:40,156 | didn't say | was. 752 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,283 And when you picked my client out of a lineup, 753 00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:45,578 you said you were pretty sure she was the woman at the bar? 754 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:46,788 Yeah. 755 00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:49,833 So now when you say there was current running both ways, 756 00:36:49,916 --> 00:36:52,711 are you dead certain or are you just pretty sure? 757 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:54,754 | don't know. 758 00:36:54,838 --> 00:36:56,840 I'm just telling you how it looked. 759 00:36:56,881 --> 00:36:58,133 Thank you. 760 00:36:58,842 --> 00:37:02,137 During the last 15 years, I've investigated 48 cases 761 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,140 where a battered woman has killed her abuser. 762 00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:09,227 Nine times out of 10, when we get to the scene, the woman's waiting for us. 763 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:10,645 And the other 10%? 764 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,272 The woman runs to a family member, 765 00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:15,108 or we find her wandering in the neighborhood. 766 00:37:15,191 --> 00:37:18,27 In any of these cases, did the women try to cover up their crime? 767 00:37:18,111 --> 00:37:21,239 No. These women are not acting rationally. 768 00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:23,324 They're in a state of shock. 769 00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:27,120 So, no pulling out the phone cord, no effort to make it look like a robbery? 770 00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:28,788 No, nothing like that. 771 00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:30,206 Thank you. 772 00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:37,172 Detective, you said that these women were acting irrationally. 773 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:40,341 In other words, their behavior was unpredictable? 774 00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,927 In general, you know what to expect. 775 00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:46,806 So you could have predicted that an abused woman named Lorena Bobbitt 776 00:37:46,848 --> 00:37:51,311 would be found driving down the highway with her husband's penis in her hand? 777 00:37:51,394 --> 00:37:53,646 No, | guess | missed that one. 778 00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:56,24 Thank you. 779 00:37:56,357 --> 00:37:59,819 The women | studied had to live with the fear that they might be killed 780 00:37:59,903 --> 00:38:02,739 or take drastic action to save themselves. 781 00:38:02,906 --> 00:38:05,867 You spent a year at Tokyo University. 782 00:38:06,242 --> 00:38:08,119 What was the nature of your work? 783 00:38:08,203 --> 00:38:11,122 | studied the exploitation of women in Japan. 784 00:38:11,247 --> 00:38:13,291 It's a perfect model of a male-dominated society... 785 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:15,835 Objection. This is all irrelevant. 786 00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:24,844 My client was trapped in a culture where wives still walk behind their husbands. 787 00:38:24,928 --> 00:38:27,847 Now that's relevant to understanding her feelings of helplessness. 788 00:38:27,889 --> 00:38:31,309 This witness is qualified as an expert on the abuse of women, 789 00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:33,186 not on Japan bashing. 790 00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:36,523 I'm going to allow some latitude here, Mr. McCoy. 791 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:40,652 The witness may finish with her answer. 792 00:38:41,820 --> 00:38:45,240 Japan is a perfect model of a male-dominated society 793 00:38:45,281 --> 00:38:48,660 that has a poor record of respecting the rights of women. 794 00:38:48,743 --> 00:38:53,665 So how would you characterize the attitude of the typical Japanese male 795 00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:55,542 toward Western women? 796 00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:58,294 They're a status symbol for Japanese men. 797 00:38:58,378 --> 00:38:59,379 How's that? 798 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:02,549 In the past, they felt intimidated by Western women. 799 00:39:02,632 --> 00:39:05,885 That these women now serve Japanese men is a sign to them 800 00:39:05,969 --> 00:39:07,804 of Japan's rise in the world. 801 00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:09,222 Thank you. 802 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:12,559 Let's get back to your stated area of expertise. 803 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:17,480 Does every abused woman develop Battered Woman Syndrome? 804 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,440 They all show signs of it. 805 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:23,611 Does that mean that every abused woman eventually kills her abuser? 806 00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:25,780 No, there is no hard and fast rule. 807 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:26,865 There's no cause and effect? 808 00:39:26,948 --> 00:39:29,868 First you look at the behavior, and then you see if it fits the pattern. 809 00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:32,328 So first you have the crime, and then you look for the excuse? 810 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:33,705 Objection. 811 00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:35,290 Withdrawn. 812 00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:42,881 Everything cuts both ways. 813 00:39:43,673 --> 00:39:46,801 What we call premeditation, they call a syndrome. 814 00:39:47,10 --> 00:39:49,846 | can't believe anybody on that jury's gonna buy it. 815 00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:52,432 It's all gonna boil down to race. 816 00:39:53,975 --> 00:39:57,604 Abuse is just something for the jury to hang their hat on. 817 00:39:57,812 --> 00:40:00,648 You wanna do the cross on Bowen tomorrow? 818 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:03,359 Because of my skills or my gender? 819 00:40:03,735 --> 00:40:04,819 Both. 820 00:40:06,487 --> 00:40:07,906 Claire, | want to win. 821 00:40:07,989 --> 00:40:09,324 So do you. 822 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:16,122 MARTHA: He was always on me. 823 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,542 He said my chest was too small. 824 00:40:20,668 --> 00:40:22,337 He said | smelled. 825 00:40:23,296 --> 00:40:25,298 All Americans smell bad. 826 00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:28,593 | could never do anything right. 827 00:40:30,303 --> 00:40:34,515 | started believing that all | was good for was being a whore. 828 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:41,856 And after you came home, what happened? 829 00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:45,652 Every day | was afraid he was going to show up. 830 00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:48,71 It's why | changed my stage name. 831 00:40:48,112 --> 00:40:50,406 | Knew he had the money to find me. 832 00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:54,118 But why would he, when he sent you home? 833 00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:59,791 Maybe deep down | thought it was crazy, 834 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:03,294 but | felt trapped, 835 00:41:04,45 --> 00:41:06,297 like | couldn't run anymore. 836 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:10,301 | had to do something to stop him. 837 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,264 What did you do? 838 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:19,560 | met with him, just to tell him how | felt. 839 00:41:20,228 --> 00:41:24,482 In the bar, when he started touching me, | was afraid to say anything. 840 00:41:25,942 --> 00:41:28,361 He wanted to go back to his room. 841 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:31,656 | don't Know why | said yes. 842 00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:37,245 We got there, and just the way he looked at me, 843 00:41:37,745 --> 00:41:39,622 like | was nothing... 844 00:41:41,124 --> 00:41:43,835 | was afraid of what he was gonna do. 845 00:41:45,962 --> 00:41:47,880 The gun was in my hand. 846 00:41:50,883 --> 00:41:53,511 | don't know what | did next. It's just a blur. 847 00:41:58,641 --> 00:41:59,851 Thank you. 848 00:42:00,727 --> 00:42:04,439 Miss Bowen, during your examination by Dr. Olivet, 849 00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:09,777 you stated, quote, "The smallest thing | did wrong, I'd catch hell." 850 00:42:10,278 --> 00:42:12,155 Do you remember that statement? 851 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:13,281 Yes. 852 00:42:13,406 --> 00:42:16,159 Miss Bowen, do you recognize these books? 853 00:42:17,785 --> 00:42:18,828 Yes. 854 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:20,872 I'm referring to People's 18 through 20. 855 00:42:20,913 --> 00:42:22,874 These books were found in your apartment. 856 00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:25,501 This one's titled Defending Her Life: 857 00:42:25,585 --> 00:42:28,46 A Battered Woman Tells Her Story. 858 00:42:28,129 --> 00:42:31,883 Please read this passage, the one with the orange highlight. 859 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:39,390 "| couldn't do anything right. 860 00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:43,102 "Every little thing | did wrong, he'd punch me." 861 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:49,358 Now, please read this passage from 862 00:42:49,442 --> 00:42:52,737 Enough Is Enough: Battered Women Fight Back. 863 00:42:55,198 --> 00:42:57,700 "| stood over him while he slept. 864 00:42:58,201 --> 00:43:01,662 "| wanted to make him feel the way | felt when he beat me. 865 00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:03,664 "The gun was in my hand." 866 00:43:05,917 --> 00:43:07,919 Please continue reading. 867 00:43:11,47 --> 00:43:12,757 "| was nothing to him. 868 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,802 "| had to do something to stop the pain." 869 00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:21,516 Miss Bowen? You don't understand. 870 00:43:22,475 --> 00:43:25,478 Just look what he did to me. Look. 871 00:43:26,20 --> 00:43:28,22 What else was | gonna do? 872 00:43:30,441 --> 00:43:32,944 "The jury is instructed that it may consider this evidence 873 00:43:33,27 --> 00:43:36,30 "only as it relates to consciousness of guilt." 874 00:43:36,989 --> 00:43:38,866 Are we agreed on the language? 875 00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:40,118 Fine with me. 876 00:43:40,201 --> 00:43:41,452 No problem here. 877 00:43:41,536 --> 00:43:42,620 Good. 878 00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:47,83 Next point, "The jury may not consider the victim's background or origins 879 00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:49,127 "in making its determination." 880 00:43:49,335 --> 00:43:50,503 That's not sufficient, Your Honor. 881 00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:52,839 This case demands a much stronger statement. 882 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,549 It's funny how we completely disagree. 883 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:57,468 | want the jury to consider all the factors that effect 884 00:43:57,552 --> 00:44:00,805 my client's reasonable belief that her life was in danger. 885 00:44:00,888 --> 00:44:04,851 You'd also like to pack the jury with the widows of World War Il veterans. 886 00:44:04,934 --> 00:44:07,103 That's the sum total of her case, Your Honor. 887 00:44:07,186 --> 00:44:10,982 If this victim were white, Miss Bowen would have taken a plea months ago. 888 00:44:11,65 --> 00:44:13,526 Now, let's stay focused, Mr. McCoy. 889 00:44:13,776 --> 00:44:18,614 With all due respect, Your Honor, you know what people can feel 890 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:21,284 about certain minorities in this city. 891 00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:24,704 Racism poisons practically every trial we see here. 892 00:44:24,787 --> 00:44:27,81 Mr. McCoy is talking in generalities. 893 00:44:27,165 --> 00:44:32,03 And the defense would like to turn the jury into a panel of racists. 894 00:44:33,379 --> 00:44:35,506 The court must take a stand. 895 00:44:36,924 --> 00:44:39,218 All right, let me see what you have. 896 00:44:46,475 --> 00:44:49,770 ..and lastly, 1 will instruct you as follows. 897 00:44:51,105 --> 00:44:56,694 You may not consider Mr. Hayashi's race or country of origin 898 00:44:56,986 --> 00:44:59,906 or prior acts when making your decision. 899 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:04,410 | instruct you this as a matter of law. 900 00:45:05,786 --> 00:45:12,43 Your duty is to pass judgment on Martha Bowen, not on the victim. 901 00:45:12,793 --> 00:45:15,213 And your personal feelings about the Japanese people, 902 00:45:15,254 --> 00:45:17,840 their culture, or their government 903 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,803 has no place in a jury room. 904 00:45:24,13 --> 00:45:28,476 You swore an oath to put aside such considerations. 905 00:45:29,477 --> 00:45:34,106 | instruct you now to live up to that oath, 906 00:45:35,191 --> 00:45:36,525 and | thank you. 907 00:45:38,945 --> 00:45:41,614 Madam Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 908 00:45:41,656 --> 00:45:43,366 Yes, Your Honor, we have. 909 00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:46,369 On the sole count of the indictment, murder in the Second Degree, 910 00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:47,495 how do you find? 911 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,830 We find the defendant not guilty. 912 00:45:50,915 --> 00:45:53,417 The jury is dismissed. Court is adjourned. 913 00:46:09,16 --> 00:46:10,810 Mr. Nakahara, I'm sorry. 914 00:46:11,60 --> 00:46:14,730 | was in the Midwest last year for the opening of an auto plant. 915 00:46:14,814 --> 00:46:16,691 4,000 new jobs. 916 00:46:16,899 --> 00:46:20,27 When | left, someone threw paint on my car. 917 00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:22,989 It was disturbing, but expected. 918 00:46:29,36 --> 00:46:32,748 My guess, tomorrow the papers will call this a victory for women's rights. 919 00:46:32,832 --> 00:46:35,960 Yeah. And a giant leap for ignorance.