1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,708 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:06,649 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,707 --> 00:00:08,584 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:11,384 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,445 --> 00:00:13,083 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,916 --> 00:00:17,224 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING) 7 00:00:19,086 --> 00:00:20,997 I go out with my friends, you get mad at me. 8 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:22,499 So, now I take you along, and you get... 9 00:00:22,556 --> 00:00:23,899 You actually like these people? Yeah. 10 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:24,992 I grew up with those guys. 11 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:27,299 You got bigger. None of you grew up. 12 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,705 Just get me a cab. At 2:00 a.m.? 13 00:00:30,464 --> 00:00:31,909 We have to walk over to the avenue. 14 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,638 There's a gypsy... 15 00:00:37,471 --> 00:00:39,542 I know how to handle this. 16 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:40,844 Hey, pal. 17 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:43,417 Oh, jeez. 18 00:00:44,077 --> 00:00:47,115 9 mm to the head, blood all over the car. 19 00:00:47,180 --> 00:00:49,854 (SIRENS WAILING) And we found this in a puddle on the backseat. 20 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:52,287 Well, you got the shell casing. How about the slug? 21 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:55,231 They're digging it out of the dash, along with half this guy's brains. 22 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:56,962 Chauffeur license. 23 00:00:57,758 --> 00:01:01,035 "Daniel Johnson, 111 West 114th Street." 24 00:01:01,094 --> 00:01:03,870 That's it for ID. Wallet's gone and cash box is empty. 25 00:01:03,931 --> 00:01:05,501 I'm gonna hold onto this. 26 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:06,737 So, how long has he been dead? 27 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,973 Well, the way the blood's settled, about four hours, tops. 28 00:01:09,036 --> 00:01:10,515 Around midnight. 29 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:13,415 Hell of a way to greet the new day, right? 30 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:15,350 (DISPATCHER CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 31 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:16,547 Anything in there? 32 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:18,146 Well, that guy wasn't. 33 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:21,021 Bartender says he would've remembered a black customer. 34 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,651 Are those the two kids who found the body? 35 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:23,820 Yeah. 36 00:01:24,151 --> 00:01:26,722 Hiya. How you doing? You all right? 37 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:30,566 Yeah. Sandy's a little shook up. Yeah. 38 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:34,128 When you came out, did you see anybody at all out here on the street? 39 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:35,432 No, no one. 40 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:37,634 All right, now, did either one of you touch that cab? 41 00:01:37,698 --> 00:01:40,804 I knocked on the window. Tommy opened the front door. 42 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:43,404 Okay, if you think of anything. 43 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:47,877 These radio cars, they pick up fares that Yellow Cabs won't. 44 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:51,214 Hey, Logan. Found this stuck in the visor. 45 00:01:52,813 --> 00:01:56,283 "Daniel Johnson, Corporal. Awarded the Purple Heart." 46 00:01:56,350 --> 00:01:57,556 Desert Storm. 47 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:00,989 Compared to this, driving across the sand in Kuwait 48 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,533 must've been a piece of cake. 49 00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:57,185 Johnson's the 43rd cabby killed in the last 12 months. 50 00:02:57,444 --> 00:02:59,924 These guys have shorter lifespans than fruit flies. 51 00:02:59,980 --> 00:03:01,891 Especially the gypsies. 52 00:03:02,315 --> 00:03:04,693 This one leaves behind a wife and a six-year-old son. 53 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:06,628 You talk to the driver's last fare? 54 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:11,135 Yeah, 69-year-old lady. Takes her home from her bingo game every Monday night. 55 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:14,862 That was at 10:00, and the dispatcher said he was headed home after that. 56 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:18,740 He was killed around midnight? What was he doing for two hours? 57 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:27,041 Rickie, honey, go in Momma's room. You can watch cartoons. Come on. 58 00:03:27,107 --> 00:03:30,179 Come on, Rick. We're just gonna talk to your mom for a couple of minutes, okay? 59 00:03:30,243 --> 00:03:31,278 (RICKIE MUMBLING) 60 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:32,482 Okay. 61 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:38,128 I told him his father's on a trip. 62 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:43,596 Do you ever catch any of these robbers? 63 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:46,365 Well, that would depend on the circumstances of the robbery. 64 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:48,064 What do you mean? 65 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:49,334 Well, for instance, 66 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:52,570 the dispatcher said your husband quit work at 10:00 p.m. 67 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:53,633 So? 68 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,438 Well, we were wondering, do you have any idea 69 00:03:55,502 --> 00:03:57,709 what he might have been doing at midnight? 70 00:03:57,771 --> 00:04:00,115 Same thing he was always doing. 71 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,976 He was working. 72 00:04:02,109 --> 00:04:05,386 Radio cars aren't supposed to pick up street fares. 73 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,024 But they do, huh? 74 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:11,388 I opened a restaurant a year ago. 75 00:04:11,885 --> 00:04:14,764 It's not making any money yet. So, Danny... 76 00:04:17,324 --> 00:04:20,032 We needed every dime he could bring in. 77 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:23,166 Okay. 78 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:26,036 Now, could you describe any valuables he had with him? 79 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:28,579 There's a chance that they'll turn up. 80 00:04:32,272 --> 00:04:34,343 They said you'd need this. 81 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:38,849 His watch, ring, credit cards. It's all there. BRISCOE: Thank you. 82 00:04:40,347 --> 00:04:41,724 (SIREN WAILING) 83 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,423 Cab robbery, huh? 84 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:46,123 That narrows it down to anybody who went out last night. 85 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:48,427 Yeah, if it was a cab robbery. 86 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:51,697 Well, you heard her. They needed the money. He was working. 87 00:04:52,359 --> 00:04:55,135 He was driving the company car around for a couple of hours 88 00:04:55,195 --> 00:04:56,196 late at night. 89 00:04:56,263 --> 00:05:00,678 What he was doing and what he told the wife are not necessarily the same thing. 90 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:03,847 He told me he was going home. 91 00:05:03,904 --> 00:05:05,679 His wife said he was picking up fares. 92 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:08,686 The drill sergeant? She says a lot of things. 93 00:05:08,842 --> 00:05:12,346 She called here yesterday during Johnson's break and bit his head off. 94 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:14,956 Maybe he didn't want to go home. 95 00:05:15,015 --> 00:05:17,495 So, the Johnsons weren't getting along? 96 00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:20,862 Money problems. The guy was always nosing around for an advance. 97 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:24,800 Okay, so, to make ends meet, he picks up a couple of fares after his shift is over. 98 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:28,465 No, we don't do street fares. Radio calls only. 99 00:05:28,728 --> 00:05:33,074 Look, Bryant, we are not the Hack Bureau. 100 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:36,780 All we wanna know is what Danny Johnson was doing last night. 101 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:40,276 I wanted to help the guy out. 102 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:44,379 I told him, "Keep the car. Earn what you can. It's your license." 103 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:45,684 Isn't that a little dangerous? 104 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:47,053 BRYANT: Danny knew the risks. 105 00:05:47,214 --> 00:05:49,421 Two months ago, some punk pulls a gun on him, 106 00:05:49,482 --> 00:05:51,655 and by some miracle a cop catches him, 107 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:54,722 and he gets off with two years for attempted robbery. 108 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:56,829 We'll talk to the governor. 109 00:06:00,393 --> 00:06:03,237 Their car-wash policy must be once every leap year. 110 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:05,742 There's a million overlapping prints on that cab. 111 00:06:05,799 --> 00:06:07,506 Well, what about the ones on top? 112 00:06:07,567 --> 00:06:11,105 Funny. I got some partials. Bring me somebody's fingers. 113 00:06:11,271 --> 00:06:13,478 This from the victim's pocket? "3RF"? 114 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:14,644 HOECK: Yeah. 115 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,710 Three is the coat, right? Right. 116 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:19,384 What are the keys doing in his pocket? 117 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:24,492 If a robber pulls you over, even if you kill the engine, the keys stay in the ignition. 118 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:27,054 Well, he must have been parked, and he was getting out. 119 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:29,861 There's nothing to get out on the block for, except Noonan's. 120 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:33,336 A black guy'd have to be awful thirsty to walk into that bar at midnight. 121 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,934 Unless he's meeting somebody. 122 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:40,338 I already told you yesterday, I didn't have a black customer last night 123 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,006 or the night before that or the night before that. 124 00:06:43,103 --> 00:06:46,607 Yeah, well, we were just wondering if maybe somebody here was waiting for him. 125 00:06:46,673 --> 00:06:49,847 I pour drinks and listen to gripes. I don't get their social calendars. 126 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,186 Danny, two drafts. Irish, neat. 127 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:55,189 Okay, about midnight, was anybody sitting alone 128 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:56,989 like they were waiting for somebody to come in? 129 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:00,088 Sorry. Yeah. Steve what's-his-name. 130 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:03,930 When he come out of the can, asked if anybody was looking for him. You know. 131 00:07:04,024 --> 00:07:06,504 BRISCOE: Yeah. Steve what is his name? 132 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:08,505 You know how many Steves we get in here? 133 00:07:09,696 --> 00:07:11,573 You wanna give it a shot? 134 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:14,771 I don't know. I might've been thinking of somebody else. 135 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:20,943 Okay, well, I guess we'll camp out here a few nights. 136 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,850 Let's interrogate anybody coming through the door. 137 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:25,549 I wouldn't expect much of a cash flow. 138 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:33,796 Steve Breck, 139 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:36,498 but you didn't hear it from me. 140 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:39,930 Buddy of mine was a no-show. 141 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:43,105 Took a dump, then I left. 142 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:45,168 Nice detail. 143 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:48,178 So that puts you outside Noonan's around midnight, right? 144 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,474 I wasn't wearing a watch. 145 00:07:50,537 --> 00:07:51,538 (DOOR OPENING) 146 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,285 Mr. Breck here's a lonely guy. 147 00:07:54,341 --> 00:07:56,947 He goes to bars and hangs out in the men's room. 148 00:07:57,811 --> 00:07:59,688 He's about to become less lonely. 149 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:03,284 Your fingerprint matches a partial on the cabby's door. 150 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:05,563 The front driver's side. 151 00:08:06,286 --> 00:08:07,560 Partial? 152 00:08:08,355 --> 00:08:10,096 So, that could be a lot of guys. 153 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:13,262 Yeah, but you're the one with a record for assault and loan sharking, 154 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,431 so it might as well be you. 155 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:23,275 I was waiting for Johnson. He doesn't show. 156 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:26,716 So, I go outside. There's his cab. 157 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,822 I open the door to check. He's already dead. 158 00:08:31,311 --> 00:08:34,053 How much was he into you for, Mr. Breck? 159 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,826 You think I'm gonna whack a guy, so I meet him at my neighborhood bar? 160 00:08:38,885 --> 00:08:41,525 Maybe he promised to pay you and then showed up empty-handed. 161 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:43,329 Yeah, so I kill him? That'll make him pay. 162 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:44,892 How much, Mr. Breck? 163 00:08:44,958 --> 00:08:48,337 Fifteen grand, but I never saw any of it. 164 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:53,575 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 165 00:08:58,071 --> 00:09:02,645 The 2-0 has got a guy trying to use one of Danny Johnson's credit cards right now. 166 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:04,279 Urban Footwear. 167 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:07,481 Well, I guess it's not him, 'cause he's here. 168 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:11,327 He looked like a homeless. You should see his socks. 169 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:15,560 His credit card lit up my machine. Past due, over limit and stolen. 170 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:16,927 What did this guy do? 171 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,298 We'll let you know. Thanks. 172 00:09:18,358 --> 00:09:20,770 I just wanted a pair of wingtips. 173 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:23,763 Where'd you get the credit card, Ronald? 174 00:09:23,830 --> 00:09:26,834 It's mine. Sorry it's overdue. 175 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:31,741 No, Ronald, the man whose name is on that card was murdered last night. 176 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:40,385 I found it after the man threw it out. 177 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:43,727 It's mine. What man threw it out? 178 00:09:45,452 --> 00:09:48,058 The big man. In the dumpster. 179 00:09:48,221 --> 00:09:51,725 Ronald, now, think hard, what did the big man look like? 180 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,502 He had a snake. I saw it when he took off his jacket. 181 00:09:58,565 --> 00:10:00,408 He was carrying a snake? 182 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:02,103 On his T-shirt. 183 00:10:03,503 --> 00:10:04,607 It said snake. 184 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:07,174 It said a snake, or it was a snake? 185 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,719 I don't know. 186 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:12,081 Ronald, can you take us where this dumpster is? 187 00:10:16,316 --> 00:10:20,731 Last time we sifted a dumpster, the investigating officer got in here himself. 188 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:23,593 That's fascinating. I think you missed a spot over there. 189 00:10:28,461 --> 00:10:32,204 Santana, Abraxas. Who would wanna take a bite out of that? 190 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,244 Hey, what's that there? 191 00:10:40,073 --> 00:10:43,282 Extra large, green plaid 192 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:46,047 with lots of dried brown. 193 00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:50,951 The blood on the jacket is a 96% match with Johnson's. 194 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:53,725 Figures. Any hints about the jacket's owner? 195 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:57,094 The trick was sorting through the crap from the dumpster. 196 00:10:57,190 --> 00:11:01,366 Most of that was on the surface, but ingrained in the fibers, grease. 197 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:04,074 So, he spills his french fries when he eats. 198 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:07,168 Industrial grease, and something else. 199 00:11:07,967 --> 00:11:09,947 Bits of this in the pocket. 200 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,342 Kind of looks like Silly Putty. 201 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:15,943 Great. We look for a gigantic first-grader. 202 00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:19,683 It's plumber's compound. Seals pipe threads. 203 00:11:20,647 --> 00:11:21,853 Plumber? 204 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,753 That thing they clean out drains with is a snake, right? 205 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:27,423 A picture of a snake that said "Snake." 206 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:31,733 Big and bald? That would be Charlie Kovac. Good plumber. 207 00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:33,632 You know where we can find him? 208 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:37,338 The pain in the ass calls me Tuesday morning and says he's not coming in, ever. 209 00:11:37,564 --> 00:11:39,840 Did he happen to mention if he hit the lotto? 210 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:41,572 Maybe he's looking for better health benefits. 211 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:42,908 He didn't share it with me. 212 00:11:42,969 --> 00:11:45,779 Well, why don't you share his home address with us? 213 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:54,318 The super says he saw him go out about an hour ago. 214 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:58,328 He keeps this place about as clean as his jacket. 215 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,897 (DISPATCHER CHATTERING ON POLICE RADIO) 216 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:04,196 Lennie. 217 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,867 You know anybody that eats their Corn Flakes frozen? 218 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:11,968 Whoever told him to hide stuff in the freezer got it mixed up. 219 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:15,069 It's supposed to be diamonds in the ice tray. 220 00:12:17,203 --> 00:12:19,547 And what have you got, about $15,000? 221 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:21,844 Yeah. 222 00:12:24,777 --> 00:12:28,691 If I'm not mistaken, Ben Franklin's face is covered with blood. 223 00:12:35,021 --> 00:12:36,694 (LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING) 224 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,594 The personal touch. 225 00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:44,004 It's not easy, all things considered. 226 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:47,408 Mrs. Johnson, you recognize this man? 227 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:52,140 His name is Charles Kovac. 228 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:55,216 We think he killed your husband. 229 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:57,845 So, then, you got him? 230 00:12:57,911 --> 00:13:00,858 No, but we're looking for him, and we're watching his apartment. 231 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:02,358 We thought maybe you could help us. 232 00:13:02,415 --> 00:13:04,326 Your husband ever mention him? 233 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:08,757 You think Danny knew the robber who killed him? 234 00:13:08,855 --> 00:13:10,960 That doesn't make any sense. 235 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:12,995 Actually, what doesn't make any sense 236 00:13:13,059 --> 00:13:16,302 is that your husband had $15,000 on him when he was killed. 237 00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:18,471 $15,000? 238 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:22,403 He was carrying it to pay off a loan shark. 239 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:25,415 This has to be a mistake. 240 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:28,008 Forgive me, Mrs. Johnson, but I look around at this place, 241 00:13:28,074 --> 00:13:30,418 it must've been pretty expensive to open. 242 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:33,480 Maybe your husband borrowed the money for you? 243 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:36,855 I saved eight years for this place. 244 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:40,256 I've got budget to work through till 1999. 245 00:13:40,319 --> 00:13:44,324 Until my name gets around, I'm lucky if I clear a few hundred dollars a week. 246 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:46,063 So, maybe you needed a little help. 247 00:13:46,125 --> 00:13:48,662 You think a loan shark would wait five years for his money? 248 00:13:48,728 --> 00:13:50,969 Well, you were married to him, Mrs. Johnson. 249 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:53,874 I mean, you didn't know what was going on? 250 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,237 No. 251 00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:56,402 (BRISCOE SIGHING) 252 00:13:56,469 --> 00:14:00,144 Did your husband have any friends who might've known what he was up to? 253 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,112 Danny had a lot of friends. 254 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,223 Yeah, I'm gonna miss the guy. 255 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,792 You couldn't be unhappy when Danny was in the room. 256 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:16,226 What was it, his sense of humor or his winning smile? 257 00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:17,996 Danny was generous. 258 00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:20,833 You ever hear how he got his Purple Heart? 259 00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:22,334 He's over in Kuwait 260 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:26,241 with a truck of Chinese-smuggled beer that he's bought for $1,000. 261 00:14:26,733 --> 00:14:29,111 He's got it sold to an officer's mess for $2,000. 262 00:14:29,802 --> 00:14:33,215 Meanwhile, I'm lying in a hospital bed 10 miles away, 263 00:14:33,506 --> 00:14:36,680 so Danny detours to drop off some freebies. 264 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:41,487 This takes him through a minefield. Boom! Shrapnel in the foot. 265 00:14:41,948 --> 00:14:44,053 Not much of a business head, huh? 266 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,052 Danny would've made it someday. 267 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:48,929 Problem was, he was living like he already had. 268 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:53,198 One Saturday, when his wife was still working at Contini's, Danny has the kid, 269 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:55,205 and the kid wants to go fishing. 270 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:58,299 So, wife says take the two-hour cruise off Sheepshead Bay. 271 00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:02,174 Not Danny. Danny charters a boat. 272 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:05,512 I caught six bluefish. 273 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:09,818 He was the Miller High Life guy. 274 00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:12,447 Never an empty glass when Danny Johnson was in the bar. 275 00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:15,220 It doesn't take too many boat charters and rounds for the house 276 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:16,783 to run up some debt. 277 00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:20,422 You think Kovac was hanging around and saw the goodies flowing? 278 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:23,600 None of Johnson's friends recognized the photo. 279 00:15:24,357 --> 00:15:27,429 Kovac's only priors are small-time possession. 280 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:30,531 Maybe there's a drug dealer out there who connects them. 281 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,738 You know, as far as we can tell, 282 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:36,542 the only thing that Johnson was addicted to was a good time. 283 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,209 Anybody turn up Kovac? 284 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,306 Mmm-mmm. 285 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:42,148 He must've spotted our stakeout and run. 286 00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:46,285 Here, Kovac was arrested twice last year at the same place. 287 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:49,518 A drug alley off East 110th Street. What? 288 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:52,888 The guy lives in Chelsea. 289 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,398 He can get a fix a lot closer than East Harlem. 290 00:15:56,022 --> 00:15:58,525 Maybe he has a home away from home. 291 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:01,227 (SIREN BLARING) 292 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:05,871 Come here. Come here. Get against that wall. 293 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:08,344 Time to get up, Charlie. 294 00:16:08,768 --> 00:16:10,577 LOGAN: Listen up, everybody! 295 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:13,380 We are conducting a drill. 296 00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:16,948 And this is your get-out-of-jail-free card. 297 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:21,317 It's good for your next bust to the first camper who can tell us 298 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:23,656 where to find Charles Kovac. 299 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,295 How about you? 300 00:16:25,852 --> 00:16:27,195 Come here. 301 00:16:29,755 --> 00:16:31,757 I heard of Ernie Kovacs. 302 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:35,832 Cuff him. Operating heavy machinery under the influence. 303 00:16:35,895 --> 00:16:38,239 You. You got something to say, huh? 304 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:41,638 I got a probation hearing next week. 305 00:16:41,701 --> 00:16:43,874 And you want them to know what a good citizen you are, right? 306 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:46,610 I pledge allegiance every morning. Me and Kovac. 307 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:48,481 Oh, yeah? Come on, I'm listening. 308 00:16:49,408 --> 00:16:51,854 (STAMMERING) He's got a lady. Melanie something. 309 00:16:51,911 --> 00:16:53,322 Yeah? Where? 310 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:55,751 Mike. 311 00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,360 I tell you, nobody's there. 312 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:04,231 The girl who live in this apartment was away for weeks. 313 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,194 You got the keys? Yeah. 314 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:08,794 (BABY CRYING) 315 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:10,267 (WOMAN YELLING) 316 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:12,073 Okay, ready? 317 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,470 (MAN YELLING) 318 00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:25,982 (WHISTLES) 319 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:31,718 You think a lug like Kovac would blend in with this color scheme? 320 00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:34,462 He's blended into the rug, all right. 321 00:17:35,221 --> 00:17:38,225 I think Mr. Kovac has snaked his last drain. 322 00:17:38,291 --> 00:17:39,565 LOGAN: Oh, yeah. 323 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:44,770 Looks like they got him right in the heart. Small caliber. Maybe a .22. 324 00:17:45,131 --> 00:17:47,702 All right, seal up the building and get CSU over here. 325 00:17:47,767 --> 00:17:50,373 You go knock on some doors, huh? 326 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:53,610 Somebody just saved the taxpayers a lot of money. 327 00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:59,387 Another dead body? Don't plan on any long lunches. 328 00:17:59,445 --> 00:18:02,255 Hey, I'm looking on the bright side. We just solved the cabby case. 329 00:18:02,315 --> 00:18:04,693 We're pretty sure Kovac killed Danny Johnson. 330 00:18:04,850 --> 00:18:06,921 Who's Kovac? The new stiff. 331 00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:08,226 So, who killed him? 332 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:10,130 Well, he had a lot of junkie friends. 333 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:12,362 I mean, these guys kill each other all the time. 334 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,838 So, don't you think the cabby murder and Kovac:'s are related? 335 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,304 She's got a point. I was thinking about our leg-breaker, Breck. 336 00:18:24,737 --> 00:18:27,217 Johnson's brains are all over the car. 337 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:30,385 You think that mook had to open the door to see that he was dead? 338 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,616 He was looking for his $15,000. 339 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,316 Which wasn't there. 340 00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:38,017 If it was me, maybe I see somebody booking down the street, 341 00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:40,926 I'd want to find them, get my money back. 342 00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:45,098 So, why haven't I heard from you? 343 00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:47,763 You sick? Should I have sent flowers? 344 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,874 You, go away. You... Don't be a stranger. 345 00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:54,905 Took me two days to find that weasel. 346 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:56,810 A friend of yours sent us to say hello. 347 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,871 Charles Kovac. Name ring a bell? 348 00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:01,179 He's tall. He's ugly. He's got a hole in his chest. 349 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,480 Is this supposed to mean something? 350 00:19:02,541 --> 00:19:05,784 Yeah, he's the guy who stole Johnson's cash right from under your nose. 351 00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:07,916 And we think maybe that made you mad, 352 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,459 and you went and tracked him down, 353 00:19:09,515 --> 00:19:11,256 same way you found bozo over there. 354 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:13,797 Yeah? Well, I never found this dead guy. 355 00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:16,129 Well, we're still wondering how Kovac got so lucky 356 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:18,225 to hit that cabby when he was flush. 357 00:19:18,291 --> 00:19:20,237 Why are you guys on me? 358 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,670 Johnson said he was getting the money from his wife. 359 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:33,581 I tied her corporate checking to a non-collateralized credit line. 360 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:37,882 She had a strong business plan, and character still counts for something. 361 00:19:37,977 --> 00:19:40,480 This jumbo credit card you gave her, 362 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:43,322 did she withdraw $15,000 on Monday? 363 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:47,524 No, actually, her husband came in. Said they were redoing the electrical. 364 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:50,699 And you just handed over $15,000? 365 00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:54,405 In exchange for a check signed by his wife. 366 00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:57,069 Can we see it? 367 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:59,468 Of course. I have a photo image. 368 00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:14,647 Do you have any previous checks? 369 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:15,818 Of course. 370 00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:20,558 Look at that. Go back to the first one. 371 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:22,959 (LOGAN EXCLAIMS) 372 00:20:23,022 --> 00:20:26,731 Not even close. What, did she write that one with her left hand? 373 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:30,968 Guess it is a little bit off. 374 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:33,407 Yeah, by about 15 grand. 375 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:35,673 He wiped her out, and she never even knew it. 376 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:38,409 Actually, I saw some activity later that day. 377 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:41,543 Mrs. Johnson tried to withdraw $200. 378 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:45,581 There's only $22 left in the account. 379 00:20:46,212 --> 00:20:47,987 She knew, all right. 380 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:52,694 Johnson wipes out his wife's working capital. She finds out. 381 00:20:52,752 --> 00:20:55,426 An hour later, she calls him at work and rips his head off. 382 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:57,365 And that leads you to murder? 383 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:59,835 This does. We pulled up some IUDs. 384 00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:03,305 Kovac called Mrs. Johnson three hours before her husband was killed. 385 00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:06,138 If they weren't talking murder, it's a hell of a coincidence. 386 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:09,270 You think the wife told Kovac where to find her husband? 387 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,046 How did she know? 388 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:13,884 Johnson's last fare was a regular. 389 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:17,318 Every Monday night, from the bingo parlor to Lenox Avenue. 390 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:19,287 Now, the wife might have known about it. 391 00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:23,851 So, Kovac followed him from Lenox Avenue to Noonan's Bar, and bang. 392 00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:26,193 Then what happened to Kovac? 393 00:21:26,252 --> 00:21:27,560 Maybe he tried to shake her down 394 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:29,793 after we took the money out of the freezer. 395 00:21:29,855 --> 00:21:32,358 Or the grieving widow didn't want to leave a loose end. 396 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:35,406 Nice theory. You got a witness? A weapon? 397 00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:39,333 Kovac was shot with a .22. Nothing registered to the Johnsons. 398 00:21:39,532 --> 00:21:42,479 So, the whole thing hinges on that phone call. 399 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:46,915 You ever consider that Kovac could have been calling Mr. Johnson? 400 00:21:48,507 --> 00:21:51,351 You better find out if he and the wife ever crossed paths. 401 00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:53,754 Maybe he fixed her leaky faucet. 402 00:21:54,113 --> 00:21:57,185 I got two busted drain pans, a leaky water heater, 403 00:21:57,249 --> 00:22:00,287 and some genius tried to flush his kid's Nintendo down the toilet. 404 00:22:00,386 --> 00:22:04,027 All we wanna know is if Charles Kovac did a job for the Johnsons. 405 00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:08,636 My kid tells me to computerize. 406 00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,532 I don't see it. 407 00:22:10,596 --> 00:22:14,100 Well, maybe he did some work for her restaurant. A place called Dee's. 408 00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:15,941 Doesn't ring a bell. 409 00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:19,149 Wanna read the book yourselves? I got things to do. 410 00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:25,853 Hey, what about this job? Did Kovac work on this? 411 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,556 Yeah, that was him. 412 00:22:31,784 --> 00:22:34,924 Contini's, the restaurant where Mrs. Johnson used to work. 413 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,428 Eighteen years I'm here, 414 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:40,163 and all of a sudden they say my sprinklers are not up to code. 415 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:41,637 That must have set you back. 416 00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:43,435 Worse than the money, those plumbers, 417 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:45,601 they had my kitchen torn up for two weeks. 418 00:22:45,664 --> 00:22:47,610 And Denise Johnson was working here then? 419 00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:50,146 Yeah, she was here till she opened her own place. 420 00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:52,409 I've been helping her out. Giving her some advice. 421 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:54,246 This is for the night deposits, right? 422 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:55,376 Yes. 423 00:22:55,441 --> 00:22:57,114 You carry it out of here without protection? 424 00:22:57,176 --> 00:22:58,382 Nowadays? 425 00:23:01,447 --> 00:23:02,448 BRISCOE: Uh-uh. 426 00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:03,883 I have a license. 427 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:05,895 Yeah, but let me get this. 428 00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:08,761 .22. 429 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:11,097 Did Mrs. Johnson have a key to that drawer? 430 00:23:11,157 --> 00:23:13,103 She was my hostess. I trusted her. 431 00:23:13,158 --> 00:23:14,796 And did she return that key? 432 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:21,477 We've been through all this. I've got to pick up my son from school. 433 00:23:21,534 --> 00:23:25,209 You looked right at a picture of Kovac and told us you'd never seen him before. 434 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:27,774 You know how many repair people go through a restaurant? 435 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,014 But how many of them end up killing your husband? 436 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:33,086 You don't believe I loved my husband? 437 00:23:34,547 --> 00:23:37,289 What do you want us to believe, Mrs. Johnson? 438 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:41,092 You lied to us about Kovac. You lied about the $15,000. 439 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:44,327 Now we found out you had access to Contini's gun. 440 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:50,203 Maybe this man met my husband at the restaurant when he picked me up, 441 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:52,708 and they got mixed up in something together. 442 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:55,245 You told us all your husband did was work driving the cab. 443 00:23:55,301 --> 00:23:57,406 I didn't follow him around! 444 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:02,541 I have to pick up my son. 445 00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:17,195 I'm telling you, she's got ice water in her veins. 446 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:20,362 Maybe she just knows we don't have enough to arrest her. 447 00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:21,427 (BANGING ON DOOR) 448 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:27,010 It's a positive match. The gun from Contini's killed Charles Kovac. 449 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:28,238 That ought to be enough. 450 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,779 For Kovac. What about her husband? 451 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:31,576 Well, it's sort of a boxed set, isn't it? 452 00:24:31,637 --> 00:24:34,379 She knew her husband stole her money. She had contact with Kovac. 453 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,647 We don't know what went on between her and Kovac. 454 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:40,555 Yeah, because the best witness is dead because she killed him. 455 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:43,187 We let her shoot her way out of a murder charge, 456 00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:46,162 we're setting a pretty bad precedent. Do it. 457 00:24:48,454 --> 00:24:49,797 (CHILDREN CHATTERING) 458 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:53,697 Mrs. Johnson. 459 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,863 What now? 460 00:24:54,927 --> 00:24:57,134 This is Mrs. Lawson from Children's Services. 461 00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:58,402 She'll take care of the boy. 462 00:24:58,464 --> 00:24:59,704 What? 463 00:24:59,798 --> 00:25:03,245 We'd just as soon not arrest you in front of your son. 464 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,006 Rickie, Mommy has to go out tonight, 465 00:25:07,072 --> 00:25:09,643 so this lady, she's gonna baby-sit for you, okay? 466 00:25:09,875 --> 00:25:10,979 Okay. 467 00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:13,921 It's okay. 468 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,618 Denise Johnson, you're under arrest 469 00:25:16,682 --> 00:25:19,128 for the murders of Daniel Johnson and Charles Kovac. 470 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:20,390 You have the right to remain silent. 471 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:23,092 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 472 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:24,327 Do you understand that? You have the right to an attorney. 473 00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:25,391 If you cannot afford... 474 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:30,568 Two victims, two distinct crimes, 475 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:32,336 and you come up with one suspect. 476 00:25:32,831 --> 00:25:35,835 Do you people get tunnel vision from breathing the air down here? 477 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:39,007 It doesn't take a genius to connect your client to both these murders. 478 00:25:39,071 --> 00:25:42,780 Eight other people had access to the gun that killed Charles Kovac. 479 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:47,755 Five of them met Kovac while he was repairing the sprinklers at Contini's. 480 00:25:47,813 --> 00:25:51,351 Only one of them has a husband in Greenlawn, put there by Kovac. 481 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:54,557 That's right. He was put there by Kovac. 482 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:57,964 Three hours after Kovac talked to Mrs. Johnson. 483 00:25:58,023 --> 00:26:00,162 I never talked to that man. My machine must have picked... 484 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:02,205 That phone call lasted 10 seconds. 485 00:26:02,261 --> 00:26:04,901 Enough time to hear the greeting and hang up. 486 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:06,101 Or... 487 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:10,346 "Denise? Kovac. Where and when?" 488 00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:12,971 "Noonan's Bar, midnight." 489 00:26:14,106 --> 00:26:15,210 Four seconds. 490 00:26:15,274 --> 00:26:16,548 ELLIOT: As long as you're fantasizing, 491 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:19,282 you wanna tell me again why she killed Kovac? 492 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:21,051 He wanted more money? 493 00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:22,692 He tried to blackmail her? 494 00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:23,852 I see. 495 00:26:24,116 --> 00:26:27,757 She had motive to kill Kovac because she hired him to kill her husband, 496 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:31,029 and you know she hired him to kill her husband 497 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:32,727 because she killed Kovac. 498 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,965 You're driving in circles, and the jury's going to be very dizzy. 499 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:41,903 You might want to lend them your adding machine. 500 00:26:41,967 --> 00:26:44,174 JACK: As long as we lay out the whole package, Adam, 501 00:26:44,236 --> 00:26:46,273 her motives and means are perfectly clear. 502 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,818 Right. You're gonna bring charts and diagrams 503 00:26:48,874 --> 00:26:51,081 and the dead junkie accomplice, 504 00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:54,955 while Elliot shows the jury a hard-working black woman 505 00:26:55,113 --> 00:26:57,024 who's just become a single mother. 506 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:59,153 She really can't complain about being a widow 507 00:26:59,218 --> 00:27:01,129 after murdering her husband. 508 00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:04,361 I'm sure the jury'll appreciate your sense of humor 509 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:05,561 while they're trying to figure out 510 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:09,128 why Mrs. Johnson wanted her husband dead. 511 00:27:12,831 --> 00:27:15,937 Even when we were kids, Danny was the smart one. 512 00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:19,982 I used to read to him at night, till he started to correct me. 513 00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:23,709 But your brother's the one who ended up behind the wheel of a cab. 514 00:27:23,842 --> 00:27:25,515 Anything else might have required 515 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:28,581 concentrating on one thing for two weeks in a row. 516 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:31,253 Danny didn't have much follow-through. 517 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:33,796 His wife seems pretty disciplined. 518 00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:37,696 She wants what she wants. Up the ladder, one rung at a time. 519 00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:40,496 And Danny didn't fit with the program? 520 00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:42,470 Denise was the program. 521 00:27:43,495 --> 00:27:46,635 Danny should have got out of there a long time ago. 522 00:27:46,698 --> 00:27:48,700 Why didn't she just divorce him? 523 00:27:48,767 --> 00:27:52,943 When she was getting started, she needed his signature for the lease documents. 524 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:57,553 If she divorced him, she probably would have to give him half the place. 525 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:01,257 Now she doesn't have that problem, does she? 526 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,560 Look, Denise is a businesswoman. 527 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:08,257 She finds business solutions for her problems, not murder. 528 00:28:08,987 --> 00:28:10,728 Her husband was a problem? 529 00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:15,266 The last time he was here, we had to ask him to leave. 530 00:28:15,327 --> 00:28:16,397 Why? 531 00:28:18,964 --> 00:28:21,069 If you don't tell me, someone else will. 532 00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:28,082 Danny sunk some money, Denise's money, in a pyramid scheme. 533 00:28:28,140 --> 00:28:31,644 He was supposed to get rich quick by selling distributorship. 534 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,088 Danny lines up half a dozen prospects, 535 00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:37,320 brings them and their wives here to close the deal. 536 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,988 Runs up a $1,500 tab. 537 00:28:40,052 --> 00:28:43,522 Pulls six bottles of Ch?teau Margaux from the wine closet. 538 00:28:43,589 --> 00:28:45,432 $300, our cost. 539 00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:47,493 And his prospects still didn't buy? 540 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,402 They got too drunk to talk. 541 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:52,804 We had a restaurant critic here from The Times that night. 542 00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:55,505 Danny's party made so much noise, she left. 543 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:03,618 Mr. Contini, when the New York Times critic 544 00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:06,986 walked out of her restaurant because of her husband, 545 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,582 did you see the defendant shortly after that? 546 00:29:09,648 --> 00:29:11,355 Yes. The next day. 547 00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:13,954 In fact, I've never seen her so upset. 548 00:29:14,019 --> 00:29:17,000 And she did have a key to the drawer where you keep your gun? 549 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:19,865 Yes, but so do the day manager, the night manager 550 00:29:19,925 --> 00:29:21,302 and my bookkeeper. 551 00:29:21,493 --> 00:29:24,667 You don't think any of them killed Charles Kovac, do you? 552 00:29:25,397 --> 00:29:26,603 Of course not. 553 00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:29,241 Thank you. 554 00:29:30,836 --> 00:29:33,749 Day manager, night manager, bookkeeper. 555 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:36,649 You left out owner, didn't you? 556 00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:39,782 I have a key to my own desk. 557 00:29:40,045 --> 00:29:42,525 You also had an argument with Mr. Kovac 558 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:46,620 that was so loud, one of your customers called the police. Isn't that true? 559 00:29:46,818 --> 00:29:48,491 The man was a pig. 560 00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:52,327 I was losing enough business because of the repairs. 561 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:55,600 I didn't need the mess spilling into my dining room. 562 00:29:55,661 --> 00:30:00,610 So, in effect, Mr. Kovac was taking money out of your pocket. 563 00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:05,008 To some people, that's motive for murder. 564 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:09,309 Objection. This is not cross examination. It's pure speculation. 565 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:11,977 Let's move on. 566 00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:16,518 Was Danny Johnson what you would call a regular customer? 567 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:19,928 He borrowed money maybe half a dozen times. 568 00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:22,499 At first, a grand or two. 569 00:30:23,121 --> 00:30:25,067 Worked his way up to eight. 570 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:28,794 And how was Mr. Johnson able to repay these loans? 571 00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:32,469 Last time, I said, 572 00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:35,775 "Eight grand is a major obligation, Danny." 573 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:39,709 He says, "Don't worry. The wife is good for it." 574 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,385 Thank you. 575 00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:51,094 You said Danny Johnson borrowed $8,000, 576 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:55,325 but the night he died, he was supposed to repay you $15,000. 577 00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:57,628 Well, there's interest. 578 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,726 Almost 100%? 579 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:03,469 Well, that's not legal, is it? 580 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:06,736 I don't know. I didn't go to law school. 581 00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:08,004 ELLIOT: I see. 582 00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:13,407 When someone doesn't repay an illegal loan, 583 00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:16,142 what do you do? 584 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:18,753 I convince them it's in their interest to make good. 585 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:21,654 Come on, Mr. Breck. What you do is break people's legs. 586 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,886 Objection! Mr. Elliot has no basis for this... 587 00:31:23,949 --> 00:31:27,624 The People are not the only ones with a theory here, Your Honor. 588 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:29,730 Overruled. The witness will answer. 589 00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:32,492 Break legs? No, 590 00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:35,431 but a person could get hurt. 591 00:31:35,927 --> 00:31:39,534 Okay. Did you ever hurt Danny Johnson? 592 00:31:40,098 --> 00:31:41,975 I never laid a hand on him. 593 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:46,276 On the night he was killed, his payment was how many weeks overdue? 594 00:31:46,605 --> 00:31:47,743 Three. 595 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:53,321 $15,000, three weeks late, 596 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:57,389 and you never laid a hand on him? 597 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:09,198 Two murders, two cross-examinations, 598 00:32:10,195 --> 00:32:14,234 and this defense lawyer makes suspects out of your own witnesses. 599 00:32:14,666 --> 00:32:17,078 Aren't we lucky this isn't on TV? 600 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:19,115 Elliot's just blowing a lot of smoke. 601 00:32:19,171 --> 00:32:20,445 I don't think it's gonna go over. 602 00:32:20,505 --> 00:32:23,611 Well, that's fine, but you two are not the jury. 603 00:32:24,443 --> 00:32:26,650 If any of them thinks for one minute 604 00:32:26,712 --> 00:32:28,623 that the restaurant owner killed Kovac... 605 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,353 Or how about this? 606 00:32:30,849 --> 00:32:33,295 A loan shark killed Danny Johnson. 607 00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:36,162 Now, that's called reasonable doubt. Offer a plea. 608 00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:37,894 I already did. They turned it down. 609 00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:39,435 ADAM: Of course they did. 610 00:32:39,658 --> 00:32:42,537 Well, at least you've got one redeeming factor. 611 00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:44,130 And what's that? 612 00:32:44,196 --> 00:32:46,073 Saving the citizens a little money. 613 00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:48,702 Losing two cases for the price of one. 614 00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:53,476 We've got Detective Logan coming up on the stand. 615 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:58,154 He'll link Denise Johnson to Kovac and the gun that killed him. 616 00:33:01,947 --> 00:33:04,484 Mr. Kovac was behind the couch here. 617 00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:08,326 He'd been shot once in the chest with a .22 caliber pistol 618 00:33:08,387 --> 00:33:11,231 which we recovered at Contini's Restaurant. 619 00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:15,328 Did you obtain phone company reports from Mr. Kovac:'s apartment? 620 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:18,499 Yes. They showed a phone call from Mr. Kovac to Denise Johnson 621 00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:20,600 on the day of Danny Johnson's murder. 622 00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,508 Thank you, Detective. 623 00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:29,475 Did the police department make a recording of that conversation? 624 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:32,451 We usually don't investigate before a crime is committed. 625 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:36,687 Then you don't actually know that Mrs. Johnson and Kovac ever spoke. 626 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:42,125 Detective, would you read the highlighted portion of People's Eight, 627 00:33:42,187 --> 00:33:43,666 your activity report. 628 00:33:44,890 --> 00:33:48,201 "Mr. Johnson's death occurred in the course of an apparent armed robbery." 629 00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:49,397 A robbery. 630 00:33:49,461 --> 00:33:52,874 And did you find the money taken from Danny Johnson 631 00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:54,638 during the commission of that crime? 632 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:57,145 Yes, it was in Mr. Kovac:'s apartment. 633 00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:59,705 And that money, in a sense, 634 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:03,275 belonged to Mr. Breck, didn't it? 635 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:07,046 Well, it was being repaid to Mr. Breck's employers, yes. 636 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:12,228 At one point, didn't you suspect Mr. Breck of killing Kovac? 637 00:34:13,752 --> 00:34:15,060 We did talk to him. 638 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,260 In fact, you accused him of being the killer. 639 00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:21,266 That's a common interrogation technique. 640 00:34:23,929 --> 00:34:25,840 Sounds like a good one. 641 00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:31,439 Detective Logan, why did you stop pursuing other leads 642 00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,505 in the murder of Charles Kovac? 643 00:34:33,572 --> 00:34:35,916 Because the phone call from Mr. Kovac 644 00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:38,614 and the gun we recovered at Contini's Restaurant 645 00:34:38,677 --> 00:34:41,590 both point to the defendant, Denise Johnson. 646 00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:43,822 JACK: Thank you, Detective. 647 00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:46,992 Your Honor, at this time the People rest. 648 00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:51,863 The Defense moves, pursuant to CPL Section 290.10, 649 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,062 for trial order of dismissal. 650 00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:58,500 I'll hear from counsel in 15 minutes. 651 00:34:59,564 --> 00:35:03,376 A motion to dismiss at the end of the People's case is pro forma, Your Honor. 652 00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:06,211 If you think I'm wasting your time by asking to hear this one argued, 653 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:07,306 you don't have to say anything. 654 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:10,945 I've seen some blatant bootstrapping, Your Honor, but this takes the prize. 655 00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:14,479 Johnson's murder explains Kovac:'s? Kovac:'s explains Johnson's? 656 00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,992 So the evidence overlaps. Since when is that a weakness? 657 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:18,584 Without calling a single witness, 658 00:35:18,650 --> 00:35:21,028 I've established alternate theories for both murders. 659 00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,225 Right. Dead-ending in the police investigation. 660 00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:25,700 Our theory is the only one that explains both murders. 661 00:35:25,757 --> 00:35:29,830 If you assume the existence of the very plot you need to prove. 662 00:35:30,328 --> 00:35:32,137 Jack Ruby guns down Oswald. 663 00:35:32,197 --> 00:35:36,202 It might seem like whoever killed Kennedy wanted Oswald silenced, 664 00:35:36,268 --> 00:35:39,215 but only if you've already come up with a conspiracy theory. 665 00:35:39,271 --> 00:35:41,649 I have more than theory. Two men are dead. 666 00:35:41,706 --> 00:35:43,947 The defendant had access to the gun that killed one of them. 667 00:35:44,009 --> 00:35:45,545 KAYLIN: May I say something? 668 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:49,786 You're right, Mr. McCoy, the gun killed one of them, Charles Kovac. 669 00:35:50,415 --> 00:35:52,486 But regarding the murder of Daniel Johnson, however, 670 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:55,464 the People have not made a prima facie case. 671 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:57,362 I'm dismissing that count of the indictment. 672 00:35:57,422 --> 00:36:00,335 Now, that's the post holding up the People's entire tent, Your Honor. 673 00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:03,396 Without that charge, they don't have any case against my client 674 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:04,838 for the Kovac killing, either. 675 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:06,534 Hold it. Ruby did kill Oswald. 676 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:07,941 Point taken. 677 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:10,206 The Kovac: matter will go to the jury. 678 00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:11,406 Thank you, Your Honor. 679 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:12,709 Don't thank me yet. 680 00:36:12,771 --> 00:36:14,808 You're gonna have to make your case without any hint 681 00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:17,444 that Mrs. Johnson was involved in the murder of her husband. 682 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,682 I will so instruct the jury. 683 00:36:19,744 --> 00:36:21,746 But, Your Honor... What? 684 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:34,230 So, now we're trying a woman for the murder 685 00:36:34,292 --> 00:36:36,169 of the hit man she hired to kill her husband, 686 00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:38,299 but we can't mention the husband. 687 00:36:38,363 --> 00:36:43,073 Beef up the rest of the story, and dig up some hard evidence on Mrs. Johnson 688 00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:45,637 linking her to the murder of Kovac:. 689 00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:47,941 To use how? We rested our case. 690 00:36:48,006 --> 00:36:50,714 At least we'll be ready to punch holes in theirs. 691 00:36:51,276 --> 00:36:54,382 Go over the ground again with Briscoe and Logan. 692 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,320 What am I looking for? 693 00:36:56,381 --> 00:36:58,622 An eyewitness would be lovely. 694 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:04,130 Nobody saw Mrs. Johnson with Kovac. Nobody even heard the gunshot. 695 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:06,066 Okay, what else have we got? 696 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:09,901 We've got phone records, just that one call, the gun at Contini's. 697 00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:12,635 She was in the office, but no one saw her take it. 698 00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:14,199 Yeah, what's this? 699 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:16,906 It's an old attempted robbery against Johnson. 700 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:18,811 Two months before he was killed. 701 00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:22,113 Okay, the robber put a gun behind Johnson's ear and pulled the trigger. 702 00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:25,450 The gun jammed. The robber took off on foot with the gun in his hand. 703 00:37:25,510 --> 00:37:28,320 He was caught by a passing anti-crime car. 704 00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:31,953 Don't these guys usually ask for money before they pull the trigger? 705 00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:34,255 This one didn't. 706 00:37:36,855 --> 00:37:38,664 It was a Monday night. 707 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:40,234 The shooter flagged down Johnson 708 00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:43,535 right after the bingo lady, his regular Monday night fare. 709 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,871 Just like Kovac. What are the odds of that? 710 00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:49,503 We always figured Mrs. Johnson tipped Kovac to the bingo lady. 711 00:37:49,701 --> 00:37:52,409 Yeah, well, maybe she tried this once before. 712 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,821 I tried to take that cabby down, 713 00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:00,254 and it didn't go right. 714 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,218 Just like I said when I made my plea agreement. 715 00:38:04,716 --> 00:38:09,222 Are you certain, Mr. Lattimer, you weren't trying to do more than just rob him? 716 00:38:11,890 --> 00:38:14,427 I would've played gin rummy with him, except I didn't have the time, 717 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:16,267 you know what I'm saying? 718 00:38:17,729 --> 00:38:19,936 We think you may have wanted to kill him. 719 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:21,671 Read my label, miss. 720 00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:24,805 Attempted armed robbery, two-to-six. That's it. 721 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:29,385 If you were hired to kill that cab driver, and you can tell us by whom, 722 00:38:30,608 --> 00:38:32,781 we can change those numbers. 723 00:38:34,179 --> 00:38:37,092 You want me to cop to attempted murder, man? 724 00:38:38,116 --> 00:38:39,618 No, that's all right. 725 00:38:39,684 --> 00:38:41,994 That ain't good for this black man's health. 726 00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:45,634 We're not after you. We want the person who hired you. 727 00:38:50,862 --> 00:38:52,432 And if I give it up? 728 00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:55,205 You can call a cab and go home. 729 00:39:02,707 --> 00:39:03,913 (SIGHS) 730 00:39:05,376 --> 00:39:07,049 The cabby's wife. 731 00:39:08,746 --> 00:39:09,918 Name? 732 00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:11,187 Denise. 733 00:39:13,251 --> 00:39:16,824 She gave me the address to his last fare. Some old lady. 734 00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:19,128 I waved him down. 735 00:39:22,427 --> 00:39:25,408 I think I'm gonna make that phone call now, all right? 736 00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:27,875 Interesting. 737 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:30,911 Get this kid to confess to a more serious crime, 738 00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,243 and you reduce his sentence. 739 00:39:32,337 --> 00:39:34,044 He gave us Denise Johnson. 740 00:39:34,105 --> 00:39:35,550 Denise Johnson. 741 00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:37,052 You're gonna charge her 742 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:39,884 with attempted murder for the first try on her husband? 743 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:41,355 CLAIRE: I know, a tough sell. 744 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:43,916 All we have is the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. 745 00:39:43,982 --> 00:39:48,158 Johnny-come-lately, you should have connected her with this punk hit man 746 00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,755 before you rested your case. 747 00:39:49,821 --> 00:39:51,528 We'll petition the judge to reopen. 748 00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:53,296 Judge Kaylin, yeah. 749 00:39:53,658 --> 00:39:55,569 Dismissed half your case in the first place. 750 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:59,200 If I can't reopen, I'll put the hit man on as a rebuttal witness. 751 00:39:59,264 --> 00:40:00,265 Rebuttal to what? 752 00:40:00,331 --> 00:40:03,938 I'll drag some statement out of Mrs. Johnson on cross-examination 753 00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:05,072 that he can rebut. 754 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:06,911 What cross-examination? 755 00:40:07,539 --> 00:40:08,916 Your case is such a shambles 756 00:40:08,973 --> 00:40:12,546 that the defense attorney would have to be brain-dead to put her on. 757 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:16,290 She doesn't take the stand, your witness doesn't take the stand. 758 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:18,918 Then, I'll just have to convince the defense attorney 759 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:22,294 that it's in his best interest to call Mrs. Johnson. 760 00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:26,093 Best interest. 761 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:32,706 I see no grounds to reopen, Mr. McCoy. The People have rested. 762 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:34,842 We'll hear from them again in closing arguments. 763 00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:36,640 Will Your Honor please remind counsel 764 00:40:36,701 --> 00:40:40,649 that those arguments may not refer to any alleged conspiracy 765 00:40:40,705 --> 00:40:43,276 between my client and Mr. Kovac? 766 00:40:43,408 --> 00:40:45,183 Don't worry, Brian. 767 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,081 We've changed our theory of the case. 768 00:40:47,145 --> 00:40:50,615 We'll be arguing that Mrs. Johnson killed Kovac for revenge. 769 00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:51,955 Revenge? 770 00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:54,724 He killed her beloved husband. She wanted to get even. 771 00:40:54,786 --> 00:40:55,992 That's fiction, and they know it. 772 00:40:56,054 --> 00:40:59,399 We don't need your permission to present a different motive to the jury. 773 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,768 The Court's already ruled that you can't mention any testimony 774 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:04,773 regarding the murder of my client's husband. 775 00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:07,969 The jury must disregard Mrs. Johnson's role 776 00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:10,239 in the murder of her husband, not Kovac's. 777 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,644 He's right, Mr. Elliot. 778 00:41:11,703 --> 00:41:15,879 But there's no evidence that Mrs. Johnson knew Kovac killed her husband, 779 00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:18,284 so how can she avenge something she didn't know about? 780 00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:19,549 JACK: Black letter law. 781 00:41:19,611 --> 00:41:21,989 The jury can infer that she had the requisite knowledge 782 00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:23,855 if they believe she committed the act. 783 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:25,895 Right again. If you'll excuse me, 784 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:28,396 I've got a jury sitting on its thumbs in Part 27. 785 00:41:31,689 --> 00:41:33,600 That's very cute, Jack. 786 00:41:34,726 --> 00:41:36,728 But you forgot one thing. 787 00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:41,499 Revenge only makes sense if my client was sorry her husband was dead. 788 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,506 Well, the jury's going to hear that that's not the case. 789 00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,088 It was like living in quicksand. 790 00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:59,084 The more I tried to raise us up, the more Danny dragged us down. 791 00:41:59,551 --> 00:42:00,757 ELLIOT: You mean into debt? 792 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:02,263 Not just that. 793 00:42:03,054 --> 00:42:04,499 Emotionally... 794 00:42:05,590 --> 00:42:09,367 Danny's habits made home life pretty shaky. 795 00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:12,435 Mrs. Johnson, in all honesty, 796 00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:15,937 how did you feel when you heard your husband was dead? 797 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:18,205 I felt terrible. 798 00:42:19,237 --> 00:42:20,944 He was my husband. 799 00:42:21,573 --> 00:42:23,610 And how else did you feel? 800 00:42:27,445 --> 00:42:28,753 Relieved. 801 00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:32,028 And were you angry at the man who killed him? 802 00:42:33,952 --> 00:42:35,488 God help me, 803 00:42:36,621 --> 00:42:38,032 I was not. 804 00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:40,567 Thank you. 805 00:42:48,333 --> 00:42:49,573 So, 806 00:42:51,236 --> 00:42:54,149 your husband's murder was a blessing? 807 00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:56,485 No, of course not. 808 00:42:56,541 --> 00:42:59,181 But you were better off with him dead. 809 00:42:59,811 --> 00:43:03,691 All I wanted was to make something of myself. 810 00:43:03,915 --> 00:43:07,192 For myself and my son and my husband. 811 00:43:07,285 --> 00:43:08,958 But your husband was hardly helping. 812 00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:12,524 He was the father of my child. I did not want him dead. 813 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:16,868 I see. 814 00:43:17,462 --> 00:43:20,568 You just didn't care much one way or the other. 815 00:43:26,304 --> 00:43:28,147 Redirect, Mr. Elliot? 816 00:43:28,673 --> 00:43:31,153 No, Your Honor. The Defense rests. 817 00:43:32,877 --> 00:43:35,687 The People would like to call a rebuttal witness, Your Honor. 818 00:43:35,747 --> 00:43:37,090 Your Honor? 819 00:43:37,515 --> 00:43:38,823 Approach. 820 00:43:43,821 --> 00:43:45,767 What's this witness, Jack? 821 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:50,363 He will refute the defendant's testimony that she didn't want her husband dead. 822 00:43:50,695 --> 00:43:53,073 Now, how can he possibly know that? 823 00:43:53,131 --> 00:43:56,442 Because Mrs. Johnson hired him to kill her husband. 824 00:43:57,135 --> 00:43:59,308 Well, now, even if that's true, it's irrelevant. 825 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:02,510 My client is no longer on trial for killing her husband. 826 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:05,520 It goes to Mrs. Johnson's credibility. That's always relevant. 827 00:44:05,576 --> 00:44:10,047 Your Honor, this would be extremely prejudicial. 828 00:44:15,386 --> 00:44:17,832 Call your witness. Now, just a minute. 829 00:44:20,091 --> 00:44:21,365 (SIGHING) 830 00:44:21,793 --> 00:44:24,831 Jack, can we meet? 831 00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:31,572 This so-called hit man can take the stand for one reason only, 832 00:44:31,636 --> 00:44:33,513 to challenge my client's credibility. 833 00:44:33,571 --> 00:44:36,211 Judge Kaylin can instruct the jury any way he wants. 834 00:44:36,274 --> 00:44:39,255 They'll hear what they need to, and you know it. 835 00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:42,291 If they convict, I've got grounds for appeal. 836 00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:43,848 JACK: Mrs. Johnson, 837 00:44:45,383 --> 00:44:47,954 nobody likes to let a murderer walk. 838 00:44:48,119 --> 00:44:50,656 The appellate judges will know what you did. 839 00:44:54,992 --> 00:44:56,767 What are my choices? 840 00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:02,136 Man two. She does three-to-nine. 841 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:04,769 She's lucky the death penalty isn't the law yet. 842 00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:09,010 Murder two. 15-to-life. 843 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:13,784 If you wait for the jury to convict, it'll be 25. 844 00:45:19,784 --> 00:45:22,355 I grew up in a two-room apartment. 845 00:45:23,988 --> 00:45:26,093 My mother sent me and my sisters to school 846 00:45:26,157 --> 00:45:29,036 with mashed potato sandwiches for lunch. 847 00:45:30,795 --> 00:45:34,140 I pulled myself above that. 848 00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:38,337 No one helped me. Not Danny. 849 00:45:39,971 --> 00:45:42,281 People thought he was charming. 850 00:45:43,674 --> 00:45:48,089 When he took that $15,000 from me, it was not charming. 851 00:45:52,850 --> 00:45:55,160 Kovac, or the deal's off. 852 00:46:02,026 --> 00:46:05,132 After the police found the money, he called me. 853 00:46:06,297 --> 00:46:09,301 He wanted cash to get out of town. 854 00:46:12,170 --> 00:46:14,446 I took the gun 855 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,914 and I went over to his girlfriend's place. 856 00:46:20,678 --> 00:46:24,387 He would have been on my back forever, just like Danny. 857 00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:31,594 (SIGHING) 858 00:46:45,303 --> 00:46:46,338 (DOOR CLOSING) 859 00:46:46,404 --> 00:46:50,079 She killed two men. Still believes they're the bad guys. 860 00:46:51,108 --> 00:46:53,611 They interfered with her cash flow. 861 00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:57,484 No, it wasn't about money. 862 00:47:00,718 --> 00:47:05,098 Maybe it wasn't the motive, but it was her cue for passion. 863 00:47:05,148 --> 00:47:09,698 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0