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[Announcer] THE VICTIM.

MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD LAST NIGHT YOU COULD BE INTERESTED IN.

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BLONDE NAMED JESSICA COSTELLO.

CLEANING LADY FOUND HER NAKED, TIED UP, STRANGLED, DRUGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

[Announcer] THE SUSPECT... DRUG-ADDICTED MOVIE STAR NEIL AVEDON.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HIP-DEEP IN A RAPE HOMICIDE.

[Announcer] THE BETRAYAL.

[Hoffman] RICHARD CROSS INFORMS ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR HIM.

- TED, LET ME EXPLAIN. - YOU'RE FIRED.

[Announcer] A MARRIAGE UNRAVELS.

WE WANT HALF THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE LAW FIRM.

- HAS IT REALLY COME TO THIS? - I'M TIRED OF LIVING ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TABLOIDS.

- YOU THINK I LIKE IT? - I THINK YOU LOVE IT.

[Announcer] A FRIEND TO LEAN ON.

- COME HOME WITH ME. - I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

JUST THIS ONE NIGHT.

[Announcer] ILLNESS REVEALED.

I HAVE THIS HEADACHE. IT JUST WON'T GO AWAY.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF FOR ONE SECOND.

- YOU JUST... YOU KNOW, JUST... - RICHARD? RICHARD!

- CALL 911! - RICHARD HAS AIDS.

IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE UNTIL IT KILLS HIM.

MAYBE HE KILLED MY SISTER AND HE DOESN'T EVEN REMEMBER IT.

[Announcer] THE TRIAL.

YOU'RE GONNA DEPEND ON ME, AND YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME,

AND YOU WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

[Announcer] THE JURY DELIBERATES.

IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIND OUT WHETHER THAT MAN...

IS GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

ALL 12 JURORS MUST AGREE TO THE DECISION.

[Chris] WHATEVER THE WORD IS FROM THAT JURY, WE ARE GONNA DEAL WITH IT.

I'M JUST WAITING TO HEAR IF THEY'RE GONNA LOCK ME UP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

THE AVEDON JURY HAS BEEN IN DELIBERATION SINCE LAST THURSDAY.

SATURDAY'S HALF-DAY SESSION BROUGHT A SURPRISE...

WHEN THE FOREPERSON ASKED THAT CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE TRANSCRIPT...

BE READ BACK TO THE JURY.

FELICIA NORELL ON LINE TWO. SHE WANTS TO BE YOUR FIRST POST-VERDICT INTERVIEW.

- [Crowley] AND OF DR. GRAHAM LESTER... - HELLO, FELICIA.

THAT'S QUITE A REQUEST, GIVEN WHAT YOU DID THE LAST TIME I LET NEIL SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

UNBELIEVABLE. NO HARD FEELINGS. JUST A LONG MEMORY.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT WOULD MEAN I'M DECLINING THE INTERVIEW.

I'M NOT GONNA COMMENT ON MY DIVORCE. GOOD-BYE, FELICIA.

TAKING THEIR DUTY VERY SERIOUSLY.

- THEY'RE GONNA CONVICT. - YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

TEN THOUSAND PAGES OF TESTIMONY, THEY ONLY WANNA HEAR ABOUT MY CONFESSION.

THEY'RE GONNA CONVICT.

THEY COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN CONFIRMING THAT THE TESTIMONY WAS BOGUS, TO ACQUIT.

- GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP. - I CAN'T SLEEP.

EVERY DAY I THINK THIS COULD BE THE LAST DAY OF MY FREEDOM.

TED, LINE THREE.

NO MORE MEDIA REQUESTS. TAKE A MESSAGE.

IT'S NOT THE MEDIA. IT'S THE CLERK.

TED HOFFMAN.

THANK YOU.

JURY'S REACHED A VERDICT.

LET'S GO.

[Crowd Shouting]

NEIL, ARE YOU SCARED?

YOU'RE GONNA WALK, NEIL! MY TAROT CARDS ARE NEVER WRONG!

THE JURY WASN'T OUT TOO LONG. IS THAT GOOD OR BAD FOR NEIL?

EXCUSE US. SEE YOU INSIDE. EXCUSE US.

GOOD MORNING, NEIL. ANY THOUGHTS THIS MORNING?

ANY PREDICTIONS? COME ON. TALK TO ME, TED.

- [Shouting Continues] - EXCUSE US.

NEIL! NEIL! NEIL!

[Shouting Continues]

ALL RISE. THE HONORABLE BETH BORNSTEIN, JUDGE PRESIDING.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. PLEASE TAKE A SEAT.

WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE PEOPLE VERSUS AVEDON.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A VERDICT.

WE DO, YOUR HONOR.

[Judge Bornstein] DID YOU BRING THE VERDICT FORM?

- I DID. - PLEASE CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE SIGNED IT PROPERLY.

PLEASE HAND THE FORM TO THE BAILIFF.

[Sighs]

[Crowley] THE FOREPERSON, A 57-YEAR-OLD BOOKKEEPER,

KNOWN ONLY AS JUROR NUMBER FIVE, HAS RISEN TO HAND THE VERDICT TO THE BAILIFF.

MADAM FOREPERSON, IS THIS A TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICT?

- YES, IT IS. - BEFORE MY CLERK READS THIS VERDICT,

I WANT TO WARN EVERYONE IN THIS COURTROOM...

THAT IF THERE'S ANY ACTING UP OR HYSTERICS,

YOU WILL BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.

WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE.

[Judge Bornstein] HOW SAY YOU?

[Clerk] "WE, THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION,

"THE PEOPLE V. NEIL AVEDON,

"IN THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE...

"FOR THE PREMEDITATED AND DELIBERATE TAKING OF ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE...

"DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY RAPE,

FIND THE DEFENDANT, NEIL AVEDON, GUILTY."

[Spectators Chattering] TO WIT, VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 187-A...

AND 189 OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

AS CHARGED IN COUNT ONE OF THE INFORMATION.

YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE JURY POLLED.

JUROR NUMBER ONE, IS THIS YOUR TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICT?

YES. JUROR NUMBER TWO?

- IT IS. - JUROR NUMBER THREE?

YES.

IT MOST CERTAINLY IS.

- YES. - YES.

- YES. - YES.

- YES. - YES, IT IS.

- YES. - [Man] YES.

[Chris] YOU'RE OKAY.

WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT STEP.

[Judge Bornstein] JURORS, THIS COURT THANKS YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND TIME.

YOU ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SPEAK TO EITHER OF THE PARTIES,

ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO APPROACH YOU.

YOU ARE EXCUSED. THE BAILIFF WILL SEE YOU OUT.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE MOVES THAT THIS VERDICT BE SET ASIDE.

- DENIED. - WE MOVE TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL AT THIS TIME.

- SO NOTED. - WE ASK THAT MR. AVEDON'S BAIL BE CONTINUED PENDING APPEAL.

THE PEOPLE VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE ANY BAIL.

THIS COURT IS IN AGREEMENT.

MR. AVEDON, YOU'VE BEEN FOUND GUILTY. BAIL IS REVOKED.

THE DEFENDANT IS REMANDED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE MEN'S JAIL UNTIL SENTENCING.

WE ARE ADJOURNED. PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM.

[Chattering]

CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS.

MR. GARFIELD. WELL DONE.

KEEP BREATHING, BUDDY. THERE'S AN ENTIRE APPEAL PROCESS.

GOOD JOB, KID. THANKS.

PREPARE YOURSELF, NEIL. THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE GONNA BE THE TOUGHEST.

YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT. DON'T PANIC.

LOOK AT ME, NEIL.

NO MATTER WHAT, DO NOT PANIC.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?

TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND GIVE ME YOUR SOCKS.

TEDDY. IT'S PROCEDURE.

THEY'LL WANT YOUR BELT AND YOUR TIE TOO.

YOU'LL BE OKAY.

[Guard] LET'S GO. THIS IS WRONG.

THIS IS ALL WRONG.

[Muted Cheering]

THE JURY HAS SPOKEN. JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED,

AND WE'VE SENT A MESSAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY...

THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A PRIORITY IN LOS ANGELES.

ALL OF US IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY OWE A DEEP DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE POLICE...

AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE...

WHO HAVE WORKED SO TIRELESSLY TO RETURN THIS VERDICT.

[Applause] AND THAT, OF COURSE, INCLUDES OUR LEAD PROSECUTOR,

MIRIAM GRASSO. [Cheering]

[Cheering Continues] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THIS OFFICE,

OF MY SUPERB ASSOCIATE, MARK WASHINGTON,

D.A. GARFIELD'S LEADERSHIP.

BUT IN OUR VICTORY, LET US NOT FORGET...

THAT A YOUNG GIRL'S LIFE HAS BEEN LOST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- [Crowd Shouting] - ANY STATEMENT?

HOW'S NEIL? IS HE ON SUICIDE WATCH?

JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED TODAY. THIS IS A MISTAKEN VERDICT...

FUELED BY SUSPECT EVIDENCE AND INNUENDO.

THE JURORS ARE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEIR PASSIONS WERE INFLAMED.

NEIL AVEDON WOULD NOT, COULD NOT AND DID NOT KILL JESSICA COSTELLO.

WE ARE GOING TO AGGRESSIVELY APPEAL THIS WRONG-HEADED VERDICT,

AND YOU WILL FIND, AS I'VE SAID ALL ALONG,

THAT THE TRUE KILLER OF JESSICA COSTELLO IS NOT NEIL AVEDON.

- THANK YOU. - [Crowd Shouting]

EXCUSE ME. YOU PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT, MY MAN.

YOU'RE A WORTHY OPPONENT. THE GAME'S NOT OVER, ROGER.

IT IS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THAT'S RIGHT.

BY THE TIME THE COURT OF APPEALS MAKES THIS RIGHT,

YOU'LL BE INTO YOUR SECOND TERM AS GOVERNOR,

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM RICHARD CROSS.

YOU KNOW WHY YOU COULD NEVER RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, TEDDY?

YOU HAVEN'T LEARNED THE FINE ART OF LOSING GRACEFULLY.

MAYBE. BUT I KNOW HOW TO WIN WITHOUT STACKING THE DECK.

[Reporters Clamoring]

MR. HOFFMAN! MR. HOFFMAN!

REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE PREMISES, CONNIE, AND TAKE THE VILLAGE PEOPLE WITH YOU.

LEWIS... TELL MS. NORELL HE HASN'T CHANGED HIS STANCE AS OF YET.

LOUIS, ALL WE WANT IS FIVE MINUTES. NO TED. JUST, "WE'RE IN THE OFFICES OF"...

IF WE LET YOU UP, WE LET EVERYONE UP. OUT. OUT.

[Chattering Continues]

SORRY, SIR. YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE.

I'M DELIVERING A PIZZA. NOBODY HERE ORDERED A PIZZA.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. COULD I JUST CALL MY OFFICE?

NO, NO, NO. TAKE YOUR BOX AND YOUR HIDDEN CAMERA...

AND GET OFF THIS FLOOR, OKAY?

WOULD YOU SIGN THIS RELEASE? NO, I WOULD NOT.

[Louis] PLEASE, CONNIE. I CANNOT LET YOU UP THERE. I TOLD YOU...

PROMISE ME, LOUIS. CONNIE, HAVE I EVER LET YOU DOWN BEFORE?

IF I SAY YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE LIST, YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE LIST.

I'M HOLDING YOU TO THAT. LOUIS, HI. I NEED TO TALK TO TED.

HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO CONSIDER A CONVERSATION AFTER 2:00 TODAY.

GREAT. N-NO. NO.

NOT YOU, JUSTINE. LOUIS, THIS IS URGENT.

YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AREA CODE FIRST.

AS YOU MAY HAVE GATHERED, THIS IS NOT A GOOD DAY.

I HAVE INFORMATION TED'S GONNA WANT, AND I'M NOT LEAVING THIS OFFICE UNTIL HE HEARS IT.

WE DO MISS YOU AROUND HERE, JUSTINE.

HEY, JUSTINE. HOW ARE YOU?

LISA, GET ME 10 MINUTES WITH TED.

I'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU WHEN HE GETS BACK.

THANK YOU.

CHRIS, YOU OKAY?

I BLEW IT. I BLEW THE TRIAL.

IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT, CHRIS.

NO. I'M THE GUY WHO EXAMINED CROSS.

I ALSO SHOULD'VE TALKED NEIL OUT OF TAKING THE STAND.

I COULD'VE DONE IT.

THERE WERE A MILLION VARIABLES THAT WENT INTO THIS VERDICT.

YOU'RE RIGHT. I JUST WISH I WASN'T ONE OF THEM.

NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE DEFENSE,

BECAUSE THEY DID PUT ON A MASTERFUL CASE, GIVEN WHAT THEY WERE UP AGAINST,

WHAT THEY FAILED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE JURY WAS THAT NEIL AVEDON WAS INNOCENT.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, DAVID, THE DEFENSE HAS NO BURDEN TO PROVE ANYTHING.

LEGALLY THAT'S TRUE, BUT...

WE'VE MADE EVERY CHANNEL. PULL UP A CHAIR.

TED HOFFMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES DID NOT GIVE THEM ONE.

[Dana] I'M AFRAID I HAVE TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON WITH YOU.

TED HOFFMAN DID FLOAT HIS "UNHOLY THREE" THEORY...

AT CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

BUT LET'S FACE IT. IF HOFFMAN REALLY BELIEVED...

THAT RICHARD CROSS WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH GRAHAM LESTER AND HIS NURSE,

YOU'D HAVE EXPECTED HOFFMAN TO HAVE EXAMINED CROSS HIMSELF.

INSTEAD, HE PASSED HIM OFF TO HIS SECOND CHAIR, CHRIS DOCKNOVICH,

AND THAT COMMUNICATED TO THE JURY A SECONDARY STATUS...

- THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING. - TED HOFFMAN'S COMMENTS...

ABOUT RICHARD CROSS WERE BEGINNING TO SOUND PATHETIC.

HE SEES CONSPIRACY EVERYWHERE HE TURNS.

HE'S GIVING OLIVER STONE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY.

I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THE PARTICULARS OF OUR DELIBERATION,

BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHEN WE TOOK OUR FIRST INFORMAL VOTE...

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT.

THAT I WILL SAY.

[Gary] THERE IS ONE PIECE OF BUSINESS I MUST CLEAR UP.

OVER AND OVER, THE PRESS ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED...

THAT NEIL AVEDON'S LEGAL DEFENSE WAS PAID FOR BY THE STUDIO.

HE WORKED FOR US. HE MADE A MOVIE,

DEADBOLT, WHICH IS NOW OUT FOREIGN AND AVAILABLE ON VIDEO.

BUT WE NEVER PAID FOR HIS DEFENSE. WE HAD NO PART IN HIS DEFENSE.

[Laughs] I'M NO OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

BUT FRANKLY, IF WE HAD BEEN INVOLVED,

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT OUTCOME IN COURT TODAY.

SADLY, NEIL AVEDON IS EXACTLY WHERE HE SHOULD BE TODAY.

AND, YES, I AM CONTEMPLATING A SLANDER SUIT AGAINST HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES...

FOR THEIR EGREGIOUS ATTEMPTS TO IMPLICATE ME...

IN THE DEATH OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

THEY'RE A RUTHLESS GROUP...

LED BY AN IMMORAL TACTICIAN WHO WOULD STOP AT NOTHING...

FIRST RULE OF A LOST VERDICT: DON'T ATTEND THE WAKE.

WE TOOK IT ON THE CHIN TODAY.

BUT IT'S THE END OF ROUND THREE. THAT'S ALL.

NOW WE GET BACK UP, GO TO WORK ON THE APPEAL. WE STILL HAVE A CLIENT BEHIND BARS.

PERSONALLY, I HAVE THE WILL BUT NOT THE WAY.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU HEAR ME TELL NEIL A MURDER TRIAL'S A MARATHON?

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. SOME STRETCHES YOU COAST,

YOU RETURN TO FUNDAMENTALS.

THIS IS OUR TIME TO ORGANIZE, REGROUP.

ARE YOU CONSIDERING ANY KIND OF REGROUPING STAFF-WISE, TED?

BECAUSE IF YOU ARE, I'D CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND...

IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE AT SECOND CHAIR.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I NEED FROM YOU, CHRIS, IT'S TO STAND FAST.

I DIDN'T HIRE ANY OF YOU TO SEE IF YOU COULD DO THE JOB.

I HIRED YOU BECAUSE I KNEW YOU COULD.

THIS CASE, FROM THE START, HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET OUR ARMS AROUND.

WE'VE HAD A SETBACK. IT'S NO ONE PERSON'S FAULT.

I CONSIDER IT TEMPORARY.

IT MAY ULTIMATELY PROVE TO BE A BONA FIDE FAILURE.

BUT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IN LIFE...

THAT YOU LEARN MORE FROM YOUR DEFEATS THAN YOU'LL EVER LEARN FROM YOUR VICTORIES.

GO HAVE LUNCH, ON THE FIRM.

SEE YOUR FAMILIES. ANSWER YOUR MAIL.

LIFE DOES GO ON.

THEN COME BACK HERE, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I UNDERSTAND JUSTINE WANTS MY EAR.

AND THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS WHY HIS NAME IS ON THE DOOR.

JUSTINE.

TED, IF THE VERDICT HAD GONE ANOTHER WAY, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

BUT I DON'T THINK NEIL SHOULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS...

WHEN ANOTHER MAN IS GUILTY.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION, YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.

CHRIS.

[Clears Throat]

RICHARD CROSS HAS AIDS.

NOT A RUMOR, NOT CONJECTURE. HE'S GOT IT, FULL-BLOWN.

- OH, MAN. - HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS?

I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL WHEN HIS PHYSICIAN TOLD JULIE.

HE COLLAPSED THE OTHER NIGHT. HE'S IN STAGE FOUR AIDS DEMENTIA.

HE WAS JUST IN COURT. HE LOOKED FINE.

THEY'VE HAD HIM ON STEROIDS. IT MASKS THE EFFECTS.

IT CERTAINLY WOULD EXPLAIN HIS BEHAVIOR IN COURT.

WHAT WAS JULIE'S RESPONSE?

SHE WAS SHOCKED BUT NOT SURPRISED.

HAVE YOU TOLD ANYONE ELSE? NO.

IF JESSICA KNEW, SHE MAY HAVE THREATENED TO GO PUBLIC WITH IT.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL THE MOTIVE CROSS NEEDED TO KILL HER.

AND WITH THE DEMENTIA, HE MIGHT VERY WELL NOT REMEMBER.

IF RICHARD CROSS KILLED JESSICA AND REALLY IS IN THE LAST STAGES OF AIDS,

HE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BY TELLING US.

HE WAS AT CEDARS. I'D BE HAPPY TO GO WITH YOU.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER IF CHRIS HANDLES IT ALONE, JUSTINE.

I HOPE I'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YOU HAVE.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO?

NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF. BUT THANK YOU.

CALL ME FROM CEDARS.

YOU DON'T HOLD OUT MUCH HOPE CROSS IS STILL THERE, DO YOU?

RICHARD CROSS HAS ALWAYS MANAGED TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF US.

IF HE'S DYING, IT JUST MIGHT ALLOW US TO CATCH UP.

I KNOW HE'S GONE, DOCTOR. THAT'S PRETTY EVIDENT.

WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS WHERE HE'S GONE TO.

AS I'VE TOLD YOU, I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY.

THEN YOU'RE IN VIOLATION OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH,

BECAUSE RICHARD CROSS ISN'T THE ONLY LIFE AT STAKE HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WHAT I'M SAYING IS OTHER LIVES WILL BE LOST...

IF I DON'T FIND CROSS BEFORE HE DIES.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HELP YOU.

[Woman On P.A., Indistinct]

LARRY KING'S OFFICE ON TWO. NO WORD YET FROM FRANCESCA CROSS,

BUT I'LL PENCIL HER IN WHEN SHE CALLS.

AND YOUR WIFE. WHAT LINE?

SHE'S HERE.

ANNIE?

HI. EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

YEAH. I'M HERE TO SEE IF EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU.

COME IN.

I'LL TELL LARRY KING WE'LL GET BACK.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU ON TV ALL DAY.

HOW'RE YOU HOLDING UP? I'M FINE.

YOU FOOL EVERYONE BUT ME.

I SEE YOU ON EVERY CHANNEL, A MICROPHONE STUCK IN YOUR FACE,

RESPONDING TO THESE RUDE, RIDICULOUS QUESTIONS.

YOU LOOK SO STRONG AND STEADY.

NO ONE COULD GUESS HOW BADLY YOU'VE BEEN HURT.

BECAUSE THE JURY DIDN'T GET BEHIND YOU,

DIDN'T SEE THE LOGIC, YOUR LOGIC.

FOR THREE MONTHS YOU SHOWED THEM THE WAY, AND THEY IGNORED IT.

AND THAT HURTS.

YEAH. IT HURTS LIKE HELL.

COME HOME WITH ME TONIGHT.

WE'LL ORDER IN FROM THE IVY AND PLAY SCRABBLE WITH LIZZIE.

NO TV, NO VERDICT.

AREN'T YOU WORRIED THAT'LL CONFUSE HER?

CONFUSE HER HOW? GET HER HOPES UP...

THAT THE DIVORCE IS OFF, THAT WE'RE A FAMILY AGAIN.

TED, WE ARE A FAMILY.

WHETHER YOU AND I ARE MARRIED OR NOT,

LIZZIE AND I ARE YOUR FAMILY.

I THOUGHT THIS DOOR WAS CLOSED.

JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T LIVE TOGETHER...

DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T LOVE EACH OTHER.

WOULD YOU BE HERE IF I'D WON TODAY?

WOULD YOU NEED ME IF YOU'D WON TODAY?

COME ON. LET'S GO HOME.

[Hoffman] ARNOLD, LET'S GO.

THIS IS THE BRIEF ON POST-CONVICTION BAIL.

THIS IS THE LIST OF CASE CITATIONS YOU SHOULD MAKE DURING ORAL ARGUMENT.

DID YOU SHEPARDIZE THOSE CASES, ARNOLD? YES, CHRIS. GOOD YOU ASKED.

I SENT A GUY TO PHOENIX. HE'LL BE AT THE FREEDMAN CLINIC BY THIS AFTERNOON.

IF THERE'S ANYONE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING BOUGHT, HE'LL FIND 'EM AND BUY THEM.

TELL HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT HOW MUCH FOR. HE KNOWS.

[Hoffman] THE DEFENSE WOULD ASK THE COURT TO RECONSIDER THE ISSUE OF BAIL.

[Judge Bornstein] ON WHAT BASIS SHOULD THE COURT DO THAT?

NEIL AVEDON, WHILE OUT ON BAIL, NEVER MISSED A DAY OF COURT.

HE'S DEMONSTRATED THAT HE'S NOT A FLIGHT RISK.

HE SHOULD BE FREE ON BAIL PENDING THE DETERMINATION OF HIS APPEAL.

[Grasso] YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE WOULD OPPOSE THE SETTING OF BAIL.

GIVEN THE CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES,

GIVEN THAT THE DEFENDANT NOW STANDS CONVICTED RATHER THAN ACCUSED,

THE FACT THAT HE HASN'T FLED JURISDICTION UNTIL NOW...

HARDLY PROVIDES A COMPELLING ARGUMENT FOR HIS RELEASE.

MY CLIENT'S FACE IS KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD, MS. GRASSO.

WHERE IS HE GONNA GO?

HE HAS ACCESS TO FUNDS. HE CAN GO WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HIS FACE IS KNOWN.

YOUR MOTION FOR BAIL IS DENIED, COUNSEL.

WE HAVE SUPPORTING PAPERS. WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY BE READ BEFORE THE COURT RULES.

I'VE ALREADY RULED. SUBMIT YOUR PAPERS TO THE CLERK.

- MAY I BE HEARD, YOUR HONOR? - I'VE RULED, COUNSEL.

THE DEFENDANT IS REMANDED TO CUSTODY.

[Sighs]

LET'S GO, MR. AVEDON.

[Spectators Murmuring]

[Hoffman] NEIL?

YOUR HONOR, MAY I... MAY I HAVE 30 SECONDS WITH MY CLIENT?

GO AHEAD.

[Panting]

NEIL, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.

WE'RE GONNA SEE YOU LATER.

I'M EXPECTING TO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.

I WANT YOU TO HANG IN AND LET ME WORK ON WHAT I'M WORKING ON.

OKAY, NEIL?

NEIL, LET GO OF THE TABLE.

COME ON.

HOW'S NEIL TAKING IT, TED? HE'S DOING FINE.

WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM, TED? WE HAD TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO HE WASN'T REFUSING TO LEAVE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU HAVE GROUNDS FOR A NEW TRIAL? ABSOLUTELY. EXCUSE US.

I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GET WITH ARNOLD AND LISA...

FOR AN APPEAL OF HER RULING ON BAIL.

DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE? SO THAT WOULD BE NO.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST TAKE A SHOT.

WITH THAT IN MIND, CAN I TALK TO YOU ABOUT JUSTINE?

GIGI FASANELLA CALLED FROM THE LARRY KING SHOW.

SHE NEEDS YOU AT THE STUDIO NO LATER THAN 4:30.

DO YOU WANT THEM TO SEND A CAR? NOT NECESSARY.

I HAVE A LONG LIST OF CALLS. I WON'T GIVE THEM TO YOU. THANK YOU.

WHAT JUSTINE DID WAS DEAD WRONG.

WHEN YOU FIRED HER, I THOUGHT YOU WERE 100% RIGHT.

[Sighs] I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME.

GIVEN WHAT SHE'S DONE SINCE THEN,

YOU WOULDN'T BE BETRAYING ANY PRINCIPLES IF YOU BROUGHT HER BACK IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TRUST HER.

I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU CAN.

[Intercom Beeps]

YES?

SEND HER IN.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I WAS AT THE ACCOUNTANTS IN CENTURY CITY WHEN I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

WHAT IS IT, TEDDY?

WHAT'S WRONG?

RICHARD HAS AIDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT.

IN THE EVENT YOU DIDN'T, I FELT AN OBLIGATION AS A FRIEND TO TELL YOU.

YOU ARE A FRIEND, TEDDY. A VERY DEAR ONE.

AND I'VE KNOWN RICHARD WAS H.I.V. POSITIVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?

IT'S BECOME SELF-EVIDENT. HE'S GRAVELY ILL.

IF, UM...

IF YOU ARE AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT ANY RISK, YOU NEEDN'T BE.

WHEN RICHARD WAS DIAGNOSED...

ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO NOW...

HE WAS FORTHRIGHT ENOUGH TO TELL ME.

I WAS TESTED EVERY MONTH FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

I'M FINE, AND SO ARE YOU.

AT LEAST HE HAD THE DECENCY TO TELL YOU.

HE WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT HE NOT GIVE THIS DISEASE TO ANYONE ELSE.

NOT THAT HE'S JOINED THE PRIESTHOOD.

BUT HE'S CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH EXPLORING...

THE ONE PART OF HIS NATURE THAT APPARENTLY GIVES HIM PLEASURE:

WATCHING.

AN INTEREST I NEVER SHARED.

WAS ANYONE ELSE AWARE OF HIS CONDITION?

I CAN'T IMAGINE SO.

RICHARD'S AN INTENSELY PRIVATE,

VERY SECRETIVE MAN.

FORGIVE MY SELF-INTEREST,

BUT DO YOU THINK HIS ILLNESS COULD HAVE FACTORED INTO JESSICA'S DEATH IN SOME WAY?

YOU MEAN BLACKMAIL? POSSIBLY.

I DON'T THINK HE KILLED THAT GIRL, TEDDY.

WHY NOT?

RICHARD ISN'T SOMEONE WHO GETS HIS HANDS DIRTY.

HE SITS BACK AT AN EXQUISITE REMOVE,

LOOKING AT THE REST OF US GO ABOUT OUR LIVES.

COOL, DETACHED,

ALWAYS WATCHING, VOYEUR THAT HE IS.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HE'S SO ILL.

IF YOU SEE HIM, TELL HIM THAT HE'S IN MY PRAYERS.

NOT TO SOUND UNCHARITABLE,

I'M NOT SURE HE DESERVES YOUR PRAYERS, FRANCESCA.

REGARDLESS, THE ENTERPRISE IS GOOD FOR MY SOUL.

GOOD-BYE, TEDDY.

[Hoffman] PLANNING TO TAKE ANY TIME OFF?

I'VE GOT A MULTIPLE HOMICIDE TRIAL STARTING ON MONDAY. HOW ABOUT YOU?

THE EINHORN CASE OUT IN SANTA MONICA GOES TO TRIAL THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH.

IT CAN'T BE GOOD FOR YOU WHAT WE DO.

WHO EVER SAID IT WAS?

THESE ARE FOR YOU, FOLKS, COMPLIMENTS OF THE SHOW.

HMM. GEE. SUSPENDERS.

WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE TWO OF YOU ON THE SHOW.

THANK YOU. IT'S NICE TO BE BACK.

AND THANKS FOR THE BRACES.

MIRIAM GRASSO, DO YOU HOLD OUT ANY CHANCE...

THAT THAT JURY MANAGED TO CONVICT THE WRONG MAN?

I RESOLVED, LARRY, ANY DOUBT I HAD BEFORE WE WENT TO TRIAL.

AS CERTAIN AS I CAN BE ABOUT ANYTHING, I'M CERTAIN WE'VE CONVICTED THE RIGHT MAN.

TED HOFFMAN, HOW LONG ARE YOU PREPARED TO DRAG THIS OUT?

AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

YOU'RE GONNA FILE APPEAL AFTER APPEAL AFTER APPEAL?

I WILL PETITION WHATEVER APPELLATE FORUMS ARE AVAILABLE TO ME. YOU BET.

LET'S TAKE A CALL. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, HELLO.

[Woman] HI, LARRY. HI.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. HOFFMAN.

I'M GUESSING, BUT I'D SAY THAT IF YOUR CLIENT TOLD YOU...

THAT HE HAD RAPED AND MURDERED THAT GIRL,

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING ANY DIFFERENT.

AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? YOU ARE WRONG.

I WOULDN'T HAVE PUT HIM ON THE WITNESS STAND TO PROCLAIM HIS INNOCENCE.

BUT YOU WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO REPRESENT HIM?

THE GUILTY AS WELL AS THE INNOCENT ARE ENTITLED TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

IF I SIGNED ON TO DO THE JOB, I'D FULFILL MY OBLIGATION.

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, YOU'RE NEXT. GO AHEAD, CALLER.

[Woman] YEAH, LARRY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. HOFFMAN.

I HAD A DAUGHTER WHO WAS RAPED AND MURDERED TWO YEARS AGO THIS NOVEMBER.

SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD. I'M SORRY.

WELL, THE MAN THAT DID IT TO HER ALSO HAD A SMART LAWYER,

AND THAT LAWYER MANAGED TO GET THE CHARGES KNOCKED DOWN TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER,

TO WHICH THEY PLEADED GUILTY AND FOR WHICH THIS MAN WILL BE OUT OF PRISON IN SEVEN YEARS.

SO MY QUESTION IS...

[Clears Throat] DOES MR. HOFFMAN THINK THAT JUSTICE WAS DONE?

BASED ON THE FACTS AS YOU PRESENTED THEM, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

THANK YOU, CALLER.

LARRY, CAN I JUST SAY THAT, UM, TED HOFFMAN DOES HIS JOB.

HE DOES IT WELL. AND THE TRUTH IS...

THE JUSTICE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK IF HE DOESN'T DO IT.

FAIR ENOUGH. TED, I ASKED MIRIAM THIS EARLIER. LET'S TURN IT AROUND FOR YOU.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE, ANY THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND,

THAT THAT JURY CONVICTED THE RIGHT MAN?

NO.

NO CHANCE AT ALL? NO CHANCE AT ALL.

WE'VE GOTTA TAKE A BREAK. DON'T GO AWAY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[Quiet Chattering]

FIND OUT WHEN WE GET TO SEE A COPY OF NEIL'S SENTENCING REPORT.

I HAVE A CALL IN TO THE JUDGE'S CLERK.

AND GET ME A LIST OF SHRINKS FOR NEIL.

I WANT TO DISCUSS WHAT'S GONNA BE IN HIS REPORT TO THE JUDGE.

OKAY.

HOW BAD WAS I?

IT WASN'T BAD AT ALL.

WHEN I SIT AT HOME AND ACTUALLY WATCH MYSELF DO ONE OF THESE THINGS,

I ALWAYS GET A LITTLE SICK TO MY STOMACH.

[Laughs]

LET'S SEE HOW WE'RE PLAYING IN PEORIA.

[Man] NEXT IN LINE. THAT'LL BE $9.50.

HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.

NEXT, PLEASE.

NEXT, PLEASE!

YOUR CHANGE. MISTER, YOUR CHANGE!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

SOMEWHERE IN JESSICA COSTELLO'S APARTMENT IS A CAMERA.

WHAT MAKES YOU SAY THAT?

RICHARD CROSS IS A VOYEUR.

WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE JULIE COSTELLO TOLD US.

WE KNOW IT BECAUSE FRANCESCA CROSS TOLD US.

GIVEN THAT, AND GIVEN THAT HE HAS LIMITLESS RESOURCES,

IT MAKES SENSE THAT HE WOULDN'T LIMIT HIS VIEWING PLEASURE...

TO THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN HE WAS PHYSICALLY PRESENT.

AND I'LL BET THERE WERE THINGS HE WANTED TO SEE MORE THAN ONCE.

WHICH MEANS THERE'S A V.C.R.

WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEWHERE THERE MAY BE A VIDEOTAPE OF THE MURDER.

SO WHAT DO WE DO?

WE CALL RAY VELACEK, TELL HIM TO MEET US OVER THERE.

WHAT'S UP, TED?

THERE'S A CAMERA AND A TAPE DECK HIDDEN SOMEPLACE IN THAT APARTMENT.

YOU KNOW THAT FOR A FACT?

I KNOW IT IN MY GUT.

IS THERE ANYONE LIVING THERE?

NO. CROSS HAS KEPT IT VACANT SINCE THE MURDER.

ANY WAY FOR US TO GET IN, SHORT OF BREAKING AND ENTERING?

NO WAY THAT'S IN TIME FOR US TO DO ANY GOOD.

LET EDDIE AND ME GO IN. YOU AND CHRIS TAKE A RIDE. I DID THAT ONCE, RAY.

YOUR PREDECESSOR GOT HIMSELF KILLED DOING MY BIDDING...

WHILE I WAS HOME SLEEPING IN MY BED.

THIS TIME YOU GO IN, I GO IN.

LET'S DO IT.

WHERE DO WE START?

BEDROOM AND BATHROOM'S THE ONLY PLACE THEY WOULD PUT A CAMERA.

LET'S DO THE CEILING FIRST.

THERE MAY NOT BE A CAMERA IN HERE.

THERE IS A CAMERA IN HERE.

GIVE ME SOME MORE LIGHT.

- YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. - FIND THE DECK.

IT'S IN THE CLOSET.

YEP.

IT'S DOWNSTAIRS.

[Chris] LET'S CHECK THE GARAGE.

[Pounding]

NOW WE GOT US A GAME.

HI, JUSTINE. HI, TED. HI, CHRIS.

COME ON INTO MY OFFICE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP US.

I HOPE THEY AMOUNT TO SOMETHING.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU YOUR JOB BACK.

- THANK YOU. - I'M GUESSING HERE THAT YOU WANT IT BACK.

YEAH. I'VE NEVER STOPPED FEELING AS THOUGH I WERE A PART OF THIS PLACE, TED.

I'VE NEVER STOPPED FEELING AS THOUGH I HAD TO MAKE AMENDS FOR WHAT I DID.

I OWED THAT TO YOU... AND TO NEIL,

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT I WAS EVER GETTING MY JOB BACK.

I HATED LIKE HELL TO LET YOU GO.

- [Knocking] - DETECTIVE POLSON'S HERE.

CHRIS'LL BRING YOU UP TO DATE.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, DETECTIVE. WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE AT THIS HOUR?

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A NINE-TO-FIVE KIND OF GUY, TED. I THOUGHT I MIGHT FIND YOU HERE.

AND SO YOU HAVE.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ANY REASON...

TO STOP BY JESSICA COSTELLO'S APARTMENT RECENTLY, WOULD YOU?

WHY DO YOU ASK?

SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMEONE BROKE IN THERE TONIGHT.

IS THAT RIGHT?

ANY IDEA WHY SOMEONE WOULD'VE DONE THAT?

MY FIRST GUESS WOULD BE TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, GIVEN THE NOTORIETY OF THIS CASE,

IT COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN SOUVENIR HUNTERS.

I DIDN'T REALLY COME HERE TO SPECULATE ALOUD WITH YOU, TED.

WHY DID YOU COME HERE?

I GOT A PARTIAL PLATE FROM A NEIGHBOR THAT MATCHES UP WITH YOURS.

AND I FOUND A PIECE OF BLACK ELECTRICIAN'S TAPE OVER THE LENS OF THE SECURITY CAMERA.

DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOING THERE, TED?

I WAS LOOKING FOR A HIDDEN CAMERA AND A V.C.R.

DO YOU REALIZE YOU COMMITTED A FELONY?

BEFORE YOU ARREST ME, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO LEARN...

THAT WE FOUND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT?

BECAUSE IT MEANS THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOMEWHERE THERE'S A TAPE OF THE MURDER.

ASSUMING SUCH A TAPE EXISTED, WHERE WOULD IT BE FOUND?

MY GUESS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN RICHARD CROSS'S POSSESSION.

WHAT HE WAS DOING ON THAT SECURITY CAMERA THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER WAS RETRIEVING IT.

ACCORDING TO YOUR THEORY,

RICHARD CROSS EITHER KILLED THIS GIRL HIMSELF...

OR PAID SOMEONE TO HAVE HER KILLED.

IF A TAPE EXISTED, WHY WOULDN'T HE HAVE DESTROYED IT?

BECAUSE HE'S A VOYEUR. HE LIKES TO WATCH IT.

HELP ME FIND HIM, ARTHUR.

THERE'S NO LONGER AN OPEN INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE.

OFFICIALLY, THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO.

OTHER THAN LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU BREAK THE LAW.

[Door Opens]

I DID IT TO MYSELF.

I WAS A DRUNK AND I WAS A DOPE FIEND.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE BEATING YOURSELF UP OVER THAT.

I DIDN'T DO THE ONE SMART THING THAT I COULD'VE DONE,

WHICH WAS LISTEN TO MY LAWYER AND KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT!

- DON'T DWELL ON IT, NEIL. - YOU WERE RIGHT.

YOU SAID IF I TOOK THE WITNESS STAND, I'D CONVICT MYSELF.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DID IT, NEIL. "WHAT DID IT"?

WHAT DID IT WAS ME, TEDDY! ME. I DID IT.

I LIVED A BAD LIFE, AND NOW I'M PAYIN' FOR IT.

THEY'RE GONNA PUT ME IN PRISON FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

MAYBE NOT.

ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME ABOUT APPEALS NOW?

I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT WE FOUND A CAMERA...

AND A V.C.R. IN JESSICA COSTELLO'S APARTMENT TONIGHT.

I THINK THERE'S A VIDEOTAPE OF JESSICA'S MURDER.

WHERE IS IT?

SOMEWHERE UNDER RICHARD CROSS'S CONTROL.

- WHERE IS HE? - WE DON'T KNOW YET.

[Pounds Fist]

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT HE'S GOT FULL-BLOWN AIDS.

OH, GREAT.

THAT MEANS HE'S GOT NOTHING TO LOSE BY TELLING US THE TRUTH.

[Door Lock Buzzes]

ASSUMING YOU FIND HIM IN TIME.

WE WILL FIND HIM.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, WE WILL FIND HIM.

WHAT IF YOU DON'T?

I'M SCARED, TEDDY.

I AM SO SCARED.

[Sobbing] OH, GOD, AM I SCARED.