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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police who
investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Officer, please, please,
my Bruno ran down there.
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Don't worry, ma'am.
We'll take care of it.
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This should put us on the
fast track for promotion.
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Yeah. Tell me about it.
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Take a look over there.
I'll look down here.
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Yeah. Right.
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(DOG YELPING)
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I think I see him.
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Here, Bruno, nice doggy.
Your mommy's looking for you.
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Scroungy little rat.
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Oh, man!
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Why do these things always
happen at the end of a shift.
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BRISCOE: Look at his
tan lines.
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He's missing a ring
and a watch.
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CURTIS: Got a wallet?
BRISCOE: No.
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CURTIS: What do
you think? 9mm?
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BRISCOE: Maybe.
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Victim number five, huh?
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Maybe.
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You think it's that mugger
who kills his victims?
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I don't think.
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No exit wound.
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Navy.
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"Stroud, Robert J.
Blood type B negative."
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Catholic.
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Funny place for
a mugging.
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CSU says that they saw
blood up on the roadway.
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Probably rolled down.
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So what happened
to the dog?
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He's with my partner.
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Where's your partner?
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Lincoln Hospital.
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The paramedics couldn't pry
the dog from his butt.
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What kind of dog?
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Chihuahua.
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Let me know how they
word the commendation.
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Anything from the scene?
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No.
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We got a time
of death yet?
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The same day
he left the ship.
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The 4th, between
9:30 and 11:00 p.m.
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Five victims in six weeks.
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You get a description
of the missing property?
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Yeah. Black leather wallet,
monogrammed,
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a Russian watch
he acquired in the Gulf
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and a gold wedding ring,
engraved.
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We'll add the stuff to
the pawnshop bulletins.
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Or we can get on the phones.
(GRUNTS)
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(CHUCKLES)
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Hey, it's not
rocket science.
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You check the bulletin, then
you check your inventory.
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If anything matches,
you call us.
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CURTIS: it's a Russian watch.
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Soviet? Yeah, I'll hold.
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Hi. This is Detective
Briscoe, the 27th Precinct.
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We need to add a few items to
your stolen property bulletin.
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Well, does anybody
there speak English?
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(SPEAKING SPANISH)
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Who you got?
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A whiny guy named Palumbo.
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Palumbo?
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(SPEAKING SPANISH)
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Louis? Yeah, it's Briscoe.
(LAUGHS)
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Yeah, I know, I know.
You never fenced anything in your life.
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Do me a favor
and look again.
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No, you won't get back to me, you'll
do it now or I'm coming over there.
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How many hock shops
in the five boroughs?
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I've got Mets tickets next month.
Yeah? Yeah, what kind of an item?
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Gold starburst with sapphire
and tourmalines?
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Don't move.
We'll be right over.
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And don't lose it,
and don't sell it.
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We've got a hit.
Brooch from the third victim.
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Hey, I read the papers.
I hear this guy whacks people.
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Which one?
What?
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I'm watching you, Louis.
I saw that look. Which one?
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I want protection.
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You got 14 cousins that look like a
moose herd when they get together.
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I think they can babysit you for a
few hours while we bag the guy.
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Which one?
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How about after
you bag the guy?
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Five counts.
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Murder one with special circumstances.
He ain't gonna make bail.
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Which one?
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Which one?
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Lenny Travers.
Paroled from Attica eight weeks ago.
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Armed robbery.
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Guess they didn't explain the
terms of his parole real well.
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Well, check with his PO to make
sure that's his current address
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and move on him.
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(PEOPLE CHATTERING ON RADIO)
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Last chance, Travers.
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(GUN FIRING)
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OFFICER 1: Go! Go! Go!
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Clear!
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OFFICER 2: Clear in the back!
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Yeah, you're a couple
of real heroes.
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You hid behind ESU till the guy was dead.
(MEN CHUCKLING)
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Well, next time we'll let you
take the point, Anderson.
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With that gut, you could stop a
whole clip and still keep charging.
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We cleared five murders.
What'd you do today?
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VAN BUREN: Four.
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At least try to
look busy.
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The Navy guy wasn't
shot with Travers' gun.
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Maybe Travers
had two guns.
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Well, let's go on
the assumption
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that somebody else
killed Chief Stroud.
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Here's the autopsy and
the ballistics report.
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Open a new file,
start filling it up.
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Healthy as a horse except
for one cracked rib, recent.
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Yeah. And one bullet
to the brain. More recent.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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(DOOR OPENING)
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Commander Billings?
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I'm Detective Curtis,
this is Detective Briscoe.
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Your captain said we should talk
to you about Stroud, Robert, J.
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You find the killer yet?
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BRISCOE: No. Not yet.
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But we're looking.
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When was he on
the ship last?
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He had liberty on the 4th, and he
wasn't back for quarters at 0700.
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CURTIS: What did you do?
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We placed him on
unauthorized absence.
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What was his rank?
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He was a chief
aviation mechanics mate,
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in charge of one of the crews that
refuels, maintains our aircraft.
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Did he say anything about
his plans for liberty?
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Museums? Walking tours?
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Hookers?
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He was married.
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Well, so? He's here in the Big
Apple, she's not, you know...
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BILLINGS: But she was.
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She serves on
the supply ship Lambert,
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which moored the
same day that we did.
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She's a quartermaster.
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I didn't see my husband
on the 4th.
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You're in the same port at the same
time, you don't see each other?
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What is this about?
I thought Bobby was shot by a mugger.
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You know anybody who
would've wanted him dead?
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You didn't answer
my question.
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The mugger didn't do it,
so somebody else did.
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Did Bobby have
any enemies?
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Not that I know of.
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But we were usually separated
by a continent or two.
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Were you separated
by anything else?
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Or somebody else?
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What does that mean?
You don't know or you're not gonna say?
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I'm the wrong
person to ask.
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Well, who's the right
person to ask?
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You should ask somebody who spent
more time with him than I did.
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If you'll excuse me, I have
to change for the watch.
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She have anybody in particular
to be jealous about?
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There are 3,652 sailors
on this ship.
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I don't monitor
their personal lives
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unless they have problems
with Navy regs.
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CURTIS: Anybody bring Stroud
to your attention?
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Yes. He was decorated
during the Gulf War.
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Pulled a pilot from
a burning plane on deck.
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BRISCOE: You got any
women on board?
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Sixty-four women.
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Stroud hound dog
any of them?
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Stroud's wife seems to think
he was fooling around,
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so we just need to
follow up, you know.
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BRISCOE: Could we talk to
his immediate superior?
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That would be his pilot,
Lieutenant Blair.
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He was the best crew chief
I've ever worked with.
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There was nothing he didn't
know about the F-14.
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He sleeping with
anybody on the ship?
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Not that I know of.
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You ever meet
Stroud's wife?
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Is that the direction
this is pointing?
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Well, the dial's still spinning.
Did you ever meet her?
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Briefly.
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She seem like
the jealous type?
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I don't know her well enough
to have an opinion.
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Did Stroud ever
come on to you?
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I work hard to keep my professional
relationships professional.
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Well, he must've
found you attractive.
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It's a non-issue.
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The Navy says I can't
fraternize, so I don't.
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But you would
if you could?
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No.
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You didn't find
him attractive?
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I don't sleep
with married men.
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The Navy has a rule about
that, too, and so do I.
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If there's anything specific I
can do, please let me know.
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Stroud was a fine sailor.
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Everyone on the ship
wants to see justice done.
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No, I don't know
who these kids are.
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No, I don't want you to give
him a lecture and let him go.
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Put him in a holding cell
and call his father.
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Problem?
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My son.
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Manhattan South caught him
tagging a truck.
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Arrest report.
Stroud, Robert J.
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Assault, 11-10-96.
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Bar brawl. Hampton, Virginia.
it's where the broken rib came from.
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The charges were dropped.
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Turned out Stroud
wasn't the attacker.
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Who was?
VAN BUREN: His wife.
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Witnesses said that
she started the beef,
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then he shoved her,
she threw a punch.
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He had 60 pounds on her.
How'd he get a busted rib?
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She flipped him over the bar.
Where's her arrest report?
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He refused to
press charges.
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Bet he'd like to
change his mind now.
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I had the watch that night.
I never left the ship.
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Can anybody
confirm that?
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Lieutenant Slade, Ensign Blackledge,
Machinist's Mate Wilson.
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You busted your husband's
ribs a couple of months back.
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One rib.
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I caught him
with another woman.
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Caught him, how?
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I knew he was fooling around
again, so I followed him.
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She met him at a bar.
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What'd they do?
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They were all
over each other,
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and she knew he was married.
She should've left him alone.
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How am I supposed to compete with
the poster girl for the new Navy?
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Who're we
talking about?
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His pilot. Lieutenant
high-and-mighty Blair.
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I wrote a letter of complaint to
the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
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They said they'd
investigate.
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All they did was
sweep it under the rug.
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Why would they do that?
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Please. They spent
$5,000,000 training her.
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And she's who they point to when anybody
starts screaming about discrimination.
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We're gonna need
to run ballistics
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on whatever 9mm guns you
have access to, all right?
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You're sure we're talking about the 4th?
That was a Thursday.
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Okay, thanks.
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She never left
the ship on the 4th.
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And if she killed him, she didn't
use any 9mm in the ship's locker.
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(IN SINGSONG VOICE)
Round and round we go.
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The investigation was assigned
to Commander Halibert,
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executive officer of the ship.
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Now according to his report, both
Stroud and Blair denied the allegation.
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And he just took
their word for it?
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No.
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Blair said she was
involved with a civilian,
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Halibert talked to him,
and it checked out.
246
00:12:10,263 --> 00:12:12,973
How come you didn't tell us all this
stuff the last time we were here?
247
00:12:13,803 --> 00:12:16,045
Look, I don't know where you people
think you're going with this,
248
00:12:16,106 --> 00:12:17,814
but let me tell
you something.
249
00:12:17,876 --> 00:12:21,521
Lieutenant Blair was one of the
first women in US Navy history
250
00:12:21,583 --> 00:12:24,498
to qualify for
night carrier landings.
251
00:12:24,555 --> 00:12:28,165
You think she's gonna screw that
up for some glorified deckhand?
252
00:12:28,228 --> 00:12:30,004
Who's the civilian
she was seeing?
253
00:12:30,064 --> 00:12:32,273
An engineer at GE.
254
00:12:32,636 --> 00:12:33,843
Yeah, I dated her.
255
00:12:33,905 --> 00:12:36,080
What kind of relationship
did you have?
256
00:12:36,142 --> 00:12:38,681
A dating relationship.
257
00:12:38,747 --> 00:12:40,557
Was it serious?
258
00:12:40,750 --> 00:12:43,995
I thought so,
and then she broke it off.
259
00:12:44,156 --> 00:12:45,693
You don't seem too
torn up about it.
260
00:12:46,927 --> 00:12:49,206
I'm failing to see
what makes it your business.
261
00:12:49,265 --> 00:12:50,802
Well, this is
the easy way.
262
00:12:50,868 --> 00:12:52,109
If you'd like to
come downtown...
263
00:12:52,170 --> 00:12:53,548
(SIGHS)
264
00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:55,378
What is she,
some kind of spy?
265
00:12:56,712 --> 00:12:58,056
The Navy was on
my back for weeks,
266
00:12:58,114 --> 00:12:59,492
and now you guys.
267
00:13:01,486 --> 00:13:03,525
Okay, and I'm not
doing this again.
268
00:13:04,459 --> 00:13:09,775
I dated her for six months.
When she was in New York, we went out.
269
00:13:09,834 --> 00:13:11,542
She broke up
with me last fall.
270
00:13:11,604 --> 00:13:14,018
You told the Navy it was
still going hot and heavy.
271
00:13:15,143 --> 00:13:16,317
She asked me to.
272
00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:17,381
She asked you to lie?
273
00:13:18,883 --> 00:13:21,161
Maybe stretch it
a little.
274
00:13:21,221 --> 00:13:23,100
So why'd she
break it off?
275
00:13:23,158 --> 00:13:24,968
She said she met
the man of her dreams.
276
00:13:25,763 --> 00:13:27,471
She put it that way?
The "man of her dreams"?
277
00:13:28,033 --> 00:13:29,173
She happen to
give you a name?
278
00:13:29,703 --> 00:13:31,878
No. She said it was
somebody on her ship.
279
00:13:31,941 --> 00:13:33,944
I assumed it was
another pilot.
280
00:13:34,846 --> 00:13:36,258
BLAIR: I lied to him.
281
00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:39,627
I didn't want to see him anymore.
He wouldn't leave me alone.
282
00:13:39,687 --> 00:13:41,827
Sol made up a story.
283
00:13:42,326 --> 00:13:44,068
I wasn't seeing
anybody else.
284
00:13:44,296 --> 00:13:45,970
Including Stroud?
285
00:13:46,032 --> 00:13:47,478
Including Stroud.
286
00:13:47,534 --> 00:13:49,209
What'd you do on the 4th?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
287
00:13:50,740 --> 00:13:52,550
This is Lieutenant
Commander Mclntyre
288
00:13:52,610 --> 00:13:55,092
from the Judge
Advocate General's office.
289
00:13:55,148 --> 00:13:56,857
You don't have to
answer their questions.
290
00:13:56,918 --> 00:13:58,694
I want to.
291
00:13:59,589 --> 00:14:02,663
I had liberty on the
4th, starting at 1300.
292
00:14:02,728 --> 00:14:05,301
I spent the afternoon
at the Cloisters.
293
00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:08,041
I ate dinner in a cafe
on Bleecker Street.
294
00:14:08,103 --> 00:14:11,953
No, I don't remember the name
of it, and I went to a movie.
295
00:14:12,011 --> 00:14:13,150
CURTIS: What movie?
296
00:14:13,213 --> 00:14:14,522
The Lost World.
297
00:14:14,582 --> 00:14:16,586
At a multiplex
in Times Square.
298
00:14:16,653 --> 00:14:17,860
What time?
299
00:14:17,922 --> 00:14:19,095
2100.
300
00:14:19,157 --> 00:14:21,764
Opposite ends of Manhattan,
that's a lot of traveling.
301
00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:23,104
You get any
taxi receipts?
302
00:14:23,164 --> 00:14:24,576
BLAIR: I used my car.
303
00:14:24,633 --> 00:14:25,874
You keep a car
in the city?
304
00:14:26,036 --> 00:14:27,812
At my parents' house.
In Connecticut.
305
00:14:27,872 --> 00:14:29,045
Where is it now?
306
00:14:29,108 --> 00:14:32,216
At a parking garage
on West 38th. Webber's.
307
00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:33,315
CURTIS: You mind if
we examine it?
308
00:14:33,382 --> 00:14:34,657
MCINTYRE: Not without
a warrant.
309
00:14:34,717 --> 00:14:36,892
I think Lieutenant Blair
has cooperated enough.
310
00:14:36,955 --> 00:14:39,665
You want to talk to her
again, go through me.
311
00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:43,737
Looks like the grieving
widow was right
312
00:14:43,801 --> 00:14:45,839
about the Navy protecting
their poster girl.
313
00:14:45,904 --> 00:14:47,748
And about the affair.
314
00:14:49,712 --> 00:14:51,420
You know,
we don't need a warrant
315
00:14:51,481 --> 00:14:53,792
to look at the outside
of the car.
316
00:14:55,354 --> 00:15:01,833
This is it here. She took it out last Thursday.
Yeah, here it is, the 4th.
317
00:15:01,899 --> 00:15:03,676
1:36 p.m.
318
00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,239
You remember her?
319
00:15:05,305 --> 00:15:06,808
She's what I dream about.
(CHUCKLES)
320
00:15:07,809 --> 00:15:09,414
When did she
bring it back?
321
00:15:09,780 --> 00:15:11,351
Not while I was here.
322
00:15:11,416 --> 00:15:13,158
This is one clean car.
323
00:15:13,219 --> 00:15:15,166
MAN: It was a little dusty
when she took it out.
324
00:15:15,924 --> 00:15:20,172
Here it is.
11:48, same day, p.m.
325
00:15:20,232 --> 00:15:24,809
Hey, Lennie, the tint on this window
is different than the others.
326
00:15:24,873 --> 00:15:26,251
New window?
327
00:15:29,714 --> 00:15:32,527
CURTIS: "Heinrich Muller
Exotic Cars."
328
00:15:32,620 --> 00:15:37,573
M�ller. There's an umlaut.
Heinrich's kind of a stickler for the umlaut.
329
00:15:37,629 --> 00:15:41,477
She told me somebody smashed the
window when it was parked someplace.
330
00:15:41,836 --> 00:15:43,111
She didn't get
any more specific?
331
00:15:43,807 --> 00:15:45,810
You want the truth,
I stopped listening,
332
00:15:45,877 --> 00:15:47,654
I was picturing how
she'd look in leather.
333
00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:49,690
You come to
any conclusions?
334
00:15:50,752 --> 00:15:53,063
There's Jerry.
He worked on the car.
335
00:15:53,122 --> 00:15:55,297
What'd you do with
the broken glass?
336
00:15:57,531 --> 00:15:59,011
I didn't find any
pieces in the track,
337
00:15:59,066 --> 00:16:00,307
but some had fallen
in the panel.
338
00:16:00,369 --> 00:16:01,440
They always do.
339
00:16:01,504 --> 00:16:02,847
How do you know
those are from her car?
340
00:16:02,906 --> 00:16:04,353
Custom tint job.
341
00:16:04,409 --> 00:16:05,718
Now, there was one,
a corner piece,
342
00:16:05,778 --> 00:16:08,590
with the DOT number,
there it is.
343
00:16:09,251 --> 00:16:10,596
No blood?
344
00:16:10,888 --> 00:16:12,232
You sound disappointed.
345
00:16:13,058 --> 00:16:14,732
The bullet that
shattered her window
346
00:16:14,794 --> 00:16:16,969
was fired from
inside the car.
347
00:16:17,065 --> 00:16:19,137
Forensics found powder
residue on the glass.
348
00:16:19,201 --> 00:16:20,840
How do we know
it was her car?
349
00:16:20,904 --> 00:16:23,318
'Cause the mechanic says so.
'Cause the lab says so.
350
00:16:23,375 --> 00:16:24,720
The DOT number matches.
351
00:16:24,779 --> 00:16:26,657
What does she say about it?
Nothing.
352
00:16:26,715 --> 00:16:28,491
JAG won't let us
near her.
353
00:16:28,551 --> 00:16:29,929
Did you check
her alibi yet?
354
00:16:29,987 --> 00:16:31,627
CURTIS: Nobody saw her
at the Cloisters.
355
00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,264
We canvassed every eating
place on Bleecker, no result.
356
00:16:34,329 --> 00:16:36,607
None of the employees at the
movie house ever saw her before.
357
00:16:36,666 --> 00:16:39,114
Yeah. And this is a woman
people tend to remember.
358
00:16:39,204 --> 00:16:41,584
CURTIS: She's in the Navy.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
359
00:16:41,642 --> 00:16:44,146
If we don't move
on her now...
360
00:16:44,212 --> 00:16:46,888
Talk to the D.A.
about a warrant.
361
00:16:50,658 --> 00:16:53,573
JACK: I'm not looking for a
debate, Commander Mclntyre.
362
00:16:54,130 --> 00:16:56,077
The court has issued
an arrest warrant,
363
00:16:56,133 --> 00:16:58,047
and I'm giving you
the option of arranging
364
00:16:58,105 --> 00:17:00,279
a time and place
for her to surrender.
365
00:17:02,044 --> 00:17:04,459
Thank you for
your cooperation.
366
00:17:05,350 --> 00:17:07,832
You can pick her up
2:30 p.m. Pier 88.
367
00:17:08,723 --> 00:17:10,829
I've got 2:40.
What've you got?
368
00:17:10,893 --> 00:17:12,874
I got bandits
at two o'clock.
369
00:17:14,365 --> 00:17:16,506
Where's Lieutenant Blair?
370
00:17:17,337 --> 00:17:18,875
I've been instructed
to tell you the Navy
371
00:17:18,940 --> 00:17:20,852
is asserting jurisdiction
in this case.
372
00:17:20,910 --> 00:17:21,912
We have a warrant.
373
00:17:22,346 --> 00:17:25,524
We have Lieutenant Blair.
And we're keeping her.
374
00:17:28,459 --> 00:17:31,375
I've got two Navy
lawyers in my office.
375
00:17:31,432 --> 00:17:34,905
They want all the police and lab
reports for their investigation.
376
00:17:34,972 --> 00:17:37,249
We're not thinking of ceding
jurisdiction, are we?
377
00:17:37,309 --> 00:17:40,953
We're not ceding anything until
we know what We're dealing with.
378
00:17:41,015 --> 00:17:42,586
Book some time
with the grand jury.
379
00:17:42,651 --> 00:17:44,690
Get an indictment.
Murder two.
380
00:17:45,289 --> 00:17:47,237
Cover the bases.
381
00:17:48,127 --> 00:17:51,874
We realize your office has concurrent
jurisdiction with the Navy.
382
00:17:51,935 --> 00:17:54,109
We don't want to get
into a shooting war.
383
00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:55,914
Neither do I.
384
00:17:56,509 --> 00:17:59,550
How do you intend to proceed
against Lieutenant Blair?
385
00:17:59,616 --> 00:18:02,462
Based on her statement, we believe
the shooting was accidental.
386
00:18:02,854 --> 00:18:04,698
She's admitted
shooting Stroud?
387
00:18:04,790 --> 00:18:06,999
She explained the events
to our satisfaction.
388
00:18:07,262 --> 00:18:09,334
Then you won't mind
if she explains them to us.
389
00:18:09,398 --> 00:18:10,901
It will be off the record.
390
00:18:10,967 --> 00:18:12,107
JACK: Absolutely not.
391
00:18:12,237 --> 00:18:13,546
She makes it,
she lives with it.
392
00:18:13,606 --> 00:18:15,644
So you want
a shooting war, after all.
393
00:18:15,709 --> 00:18:17,691
ADAM: We're all
in the same boat.
394
00:18:18,148 --> 00:18:20,060
We don't want to
look too accommodating,
395
00:18:20,118 --> 00:18:22,726
you don't want to
look too secretive.
396
00:18:27,498 --> 00:18:31,313
Lieutenant Blair will repeat the sworn
statement she made to the Navy.
397
00:18:31,371 --> 00:18:33,750
She will answer
no questions.
398
00:18:35,277 --> 00:18:38,557
Stroud told me he and his wife
were going to get a divorce.
399
00:18:38,617 --> 00:18:42,067
The relationship was still
wrong under Navy regulations,
400
00:18:42,123 --> 00:18:44,263
so I won't try to excuse it.
401
00:18:45,196 --> 00:18:48,577
When I found out his wife was
still in the picture, I ended it.
402
00:18:48,635 --> 00:18:51,778
I didn't want to wreck a
marriage or my career.
403
00:18:52,308 --> 00:18:55,086
But he wouldn't
stop seeing me.
404
00:18:56,315 --> 00:18:57,920
I agreed to meet him
one last time.
405
00:18:57,985 --> 00:19:00,627
We had dinner in
Manhattan. Marlowe's.
406
00:19:01,023 --> 00:19:03,665
I told him I wasn't
willing to risk my career
407
00:19:03,728 --> 00:19:05,539
to be with someone
who'd lie to me.
408
00:19:05,932 --> 00:19:09,040
I drove him back to drop
him off near the ship.
409
00:19:09,104 --> 00:19:10,277
He wouldn't get
out of the car.
410
00:19:10,339 --> 00:19:16,989
He said he wanted to keep on, I won't
use the word he used, seeing me.
411
00:19:17,819 --> 00:19:19,596
Said he liked sleeping
with a pilot.
412
00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:22,670
I tried to reason with him.
413
00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:26,372
He drew a gun and
ordered me to drive on.
414
00:19:26,435 --> 00:19:29,577
We stopped on the road above
where you found the body.
415
00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:34,093
He said if I refused to have sex
with him right then and there,
416
00:19:34,149 --> 00:19:36,426
he'd tell the CO
we'd lied about the affair.
417
00:19:36,485 --> 00:19:38,090
I said go ahead.
418
00:19:38,155 --> 00:19:41,766
He opened his door
and ordered me to get out.
419
00:19:43,064 --> 00:19:44,704
I grabbed the gun.
420
00:19:51,312 --> 00:19:55,262
Being forced to have sex is an
experience I don't need to have.
421
00:19:55,318 --> 00:19:58,426
We struggled,
the gun went off,
422
00:19:58,491 --> 00:20:02,306
the bullet zinged by my head
and shattered my window.
423
00:20:02,364 --> 00:20:05,370
We kept struggling.
The second shot killed him.
424
00:20:07,775 --> 00:20:10,655
I've never seen someone die
right in front of me.
425
00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:15,898
His eyes went dead.
There was an awareness, then nothing.
426
00:20:17,925 --> 00:20:20,339
He dropped the gun,
fell out of the car
427
00:20:20,396 --> 00:20:23,242
and rolled down
the embankment.
428
00:20:24,804 --> 00:20:26,046
And you just
left him there?
429
00:20:26,107 --> 00:20:27,142
No questions.
430
00:20:28,277 --> 00:20:30,315
We need to clarify
some points.
431
00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:31,621
Talk to me.
432
00:20:31,782 --> 00:20:33,024
(SIGHS)
433
00:20:33,086 --> 00:20:35,295
So she climbed
down the embankment
434
00:20:35,357 --> 00:20:37,531
and took his wallet
and his valuables?
435
00:20:37,593 --> 00:20:40,634
The body was lying in the
bushes for quite some time.
436
00:20:40,699 --> 00:20:42,771
Some bum must've
picked him clean.
437
00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:44,071
Where's the weapon?
438
00:20:44,138 --> 00:20:45,209
She threw it off the pier.
439
00:20:45,274 --> 00:20:46,481
LOPEZ: Our divers
recovered it yesterday.
440
00:20:46,543 --> 00:20:49,788
We confirmed it was Stroud's.
He bought it legally in Florida.
441
00:20:52,252 --> 00:20:53,927
JACK: We're not done.
We are.
442
00:20:53,989 --> 00:20:55,867
Lieutenant Blair
came here voluntarily.
443
00:20:55,926 --> 00:20:57,736
One step ahead of
an arrest warrant.
444
00:20:57,795 --> 00:21:00,142
Thank you for coming,
Lieutenant.
445
00:21:02,772 --> 00:21:05,151
In a struggle with
a guy who's 6'1",
446
00:21:05,209 --> 00:21:07,213
she's the one who's left
behind to tell the story?
447
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,424
Lieutenant Blair committed serious
infractions of military regulations.
448
00:21:11,486 --> 00:21:13,262
She will be disciplined
accordingly.
449
00:21:13,323 --> 00:21:15,532
"Accordingly"?
When our investigation is complete,
450
00:21:15,594 --> 00:21:18,008
we'll know better
where we stand.
451
00:21:22,038 --> 00:21:23,882
Have the police
trace her steps.
452
00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:27,917
Oh, yes, I remember them.
453
00:21:27,983 --> 00:21:29,895
I wanted to go, "Ditch the date,
honey, and come with me."
454
00:21:30,687 --> 00:21:32,167
Yeah, she is
a head-turner.
455
00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,603
Not her. Him.
456
00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:36,404
You got his phone number
in your little book?
457
00:21:37,766 --> 00:21:39,075
They don't have
phones where he is.
458
00:21:39,135 --> 00:21:40,980
Did you happen to overhear
any of their conversation?
459
00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:43,452
Mmm. Not really.
My impression was that
460
00:21:43,509 --> 00:21:46,925
she was upset,
he was very masterful.
461
00:21:46,982 --> 00:21:48,326
Dominating.
462
00:21:49,487 --> 00:21:50,728
What time did
they leave?
463
00:21:50,789 --> 00:21:52,701
About 9:30, 9:45.
464
00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:56,073
I offered to hail him a cab, but he
said he had a car across the street.
465
00:21:56,132 --> 00:21:58,171
Do they have phones
where you live?
466
00:22:00,173 --> 00:22:02,519
Yeah, if you want
to talk to my wife.
467
00:22:04,647 --> 00:22:07,755
Hey, he's a fun guy.
You could do worse.
468
00:22:09,355 --> 00:22:12,634
People in uniform all
look the same to me.
469
00:22:12,694 --> 00:22:15,473
This guy was wearing chinos
and a polo shirt, blue,
470
00:22:15,533 --> 00:22:17,309
maybe a tan windbreaker.
471
00:22:17,804 --> 00:22:19,512
You know how many people
I see every day?
472
00:22:19,573 --> 00:22:22,921
This would be between
9:30 and 10:00 on the 4th.
473
00:22:22,979 --> 00:22:24,516
How many people
you see then?
474
00:22:24,582 --> 00:22:29,296
Okay, hang on, that was
last Thursday, right?
475
00:22:29,358 --> 00:22:32,899
I got off at 10:00 'cause I had
to go to the Port Authority,
476
00:22:32,964 --> 00:22:35,411
and the last people
I saw were three drunks
477
00:22:35,468 --> 00:22:37,449
that come from somewhere
they don't speak English
478
00:22:37,605 --> 00:22:39,017
and don't know
what a tip is.
479
00:22:39,074 --> 00:22:40,178
Oh, yeah, I remember them.
480
00:22:40,242 --> 00:22:41,951
Z3, right?
481
00:22:42,012 --> 00:22:44,961
He was saying, "What did you think,
sex has gotta be about love?"
482
00:22:45,118 --> 00:22:46,291
She say anything back?
483
00:22:46,353 --> 00:22:48,302
Don't know,
I went to get the car.
484
00:22:48,358 --> 00:22:50,669
Guy's a real jerk,
but he tips good.
485
00:22:50,728 --> 00:22:51,730
The passenger tipped you?
486
00:22:51,797 --> 00:22:54,279
Well, he snatched the keys away
from her and got behind the wheel.
487
00:22:54,336 --> 00:22:55,337
She was barely in the car
488
00:22:55,404 --> 00:22:59,321
before he squealed out of here like
he was late for his last meal.
489
00:22:59,844 --> 00:23:00,915
She lied again.
490
00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:02,961
JACK: She had to say he was
in the passenger seat.
491
00:23:03,016 --> 00:23:05,191
That's the only way he could've
rolled down the embankment.
492
00:23:05,254 --> 00:23:06,392
ADAM: So he didn't.
493
00:23:06,890 --> 00:23:09,133
She dragged him to the edge,
pushed him over.
494
00:23:09,194 --> 00:23:12,735
This also means both shots
were fired in his direction.
495
00:23:12,801 --> 00:23:14,282
The one that
shattered the window,
496
00:23:14,337 --> 00:23:15,749
and the one that
stayed in his head.
497
00:23:15,807 --> 00:23:17,378
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
498
00:23:19,412 --> 00:23:20,653
Got our indictment.
499
00:23:20,714 --> 00:23:21,785
ADAM: Good.
500
00:23:22,418 --> 00:23:25,492
Now go arm wrestle
the Navy for jurisdiction.
501
00:23:28,962 --> 00:23:30,704
WAXMAN: You're saying that
the United States Navy,
502
00:23:30,765 --> 00:23:35,047
in order to protect a valuable
officer, would overlook murder.
503
00:23:35,608 --> 00:23:39,057
I'm saying if I chose to, I could
charge Lieutenant Blair with perjury.
504
00:23:39,113 --> 00:23:41,561
If Mr. McCoy has some
facts to share with us,
505
00:23:41,618 --> 00:23:45,091
we'd be more than happy to consider
them in our investigation.
506
00:23:45,158 --> 00:23:49,200
Their investigation amounts to taking
dictation from Lieutenant Blair.
507
00:23:49,265 --> 00:23:51,042
(SCOFFS)
That's ridiculous.
508
00:23:51,102 --> 00:23:53,913
In any event, according
to Solorio v. the US,
509
00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:55,648
the Navy can
assert jurisdiction
510
00:23:55,710 --> 00:23:57,349
over cases involving
its personnel.
511
00:23:57,412 --> 00:24:00,725
We're contending our concurrent
jurisdiction takes precedence.
512
00:24:00,784 --> 00:24:03,131
We're ready to proceed
against Lieutenant Blair
513
00:24:03,190 --> 00:24:04,670
while the Navy's
been dragging its feet.
514
00:24:04,726 --> 00:24:07,173
That's completely inaccurate.
We've recovered Stroud's weapon.
515
00:24:07,229 --> 00:24:10,213
And we've indicted Lieutenant
Blair for murder two.
516
00:24:12,105 --> 00:24:14,178
This is dated
four days ago.
517
00:24:14,911 --> 00:24:16,516
Your Honor,
this is bad faith.
518
00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:18,926
While Mr. McCoy and Mr.
Schiff were stringing us along,
519
00:24:18,984 --> 00:24:21,431
Ms. Ross was tap dancing
for the grand jury.
520
00:24:21,489 --> 00:24:23,766
They must've liked
what they heard.
521
00:24:23,825 --> 00:24:27,605
I'm afraid Lieutenant Blair is going
to have to have a civilian attorney.
522
00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:33,486
"Docket number 77134,
People v. Kirstin Blair.
523
00:24:33,542 --> 00:24:36,116
"Charge is murder in
the second degree."
524
00:24:38,619 --> 00:24:40,691
I see a defendant,
I see a prosecutor,
525
00:24:40,755 --> 00:24:42,759
why don't I see
the defense counsel?
526
00:24:42,826 --> 00:24:44,637
MILLER: I'm right here,
Your Honor.
527
00:24:45,331 --> 00:24:49,077
Though why I'm here and why my
client is here is a mystery to me.
528
00:24:49,137 --> 00:24:50,343
TISDALE: Can we get a plea?
529
00:24:50,405 --> 00:24:51,544
Not guilty, ma'am.
530
00:24:51,608 --> 00:24:54,147
The People request
bail of $250,000.
531
00:24:54,212 --> 00:24:56,695
My client has
a spotless record.
532
00:24:56,751 --> 00:24:59,631
She is a commissioned officer
in the United States Navy.
533
00:24:59,688 --> 00:25:01,191
Her word of honor
should suffice.
534
00:25:01,258 --> 00:25:02,796
We ask that she be ROR'ed.
535
00:25:02,862 --> 00:25:04,865
Her ship is about to
sail for Newport News.
536
00:25:04,932 --> 00:25:06,241
COLEMAN: With your permission,
Your Honor,
537
00:25:06,301 --> 00:25:07,747
I'm Lieutenant
Commander Coleman
538
00:25:07,803 --> 00:25:09,648
of the Judge
Advocate General's office,
539
00:25:09,707 --> 00:25:11,085
and I state for the record
540
00:25:11,143 --> 00:25:13,385
that the Navy will not
remove Lieutenant Blair
541
00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:14,892
from the jurisdiction
of this court.
542
00:25:14,949 --> 00:25:16,486
These are the same people
who don't seem to feel
543
00:25:16,552 --> 00:25:19,397
the Lieutenant's criminal
actions warrant prosecution.
544
00:25:19,456 --> 00:25:21,802
This is a federal writ of
prohibition which bars the Navy
545
00:25:21,861 --> 00:25:23,843
from transporting
or transferring
546
00:25:23,898 --> 00:25:25,811
the defendant
outside the jurisdiction.
547
00:25:26,269 --> 00:25:29,685
Has the D.A. declared war
on the US Navy, Ms. Ross?
548
00:25:29,742 --> 00:25:31,381
Just making sure,
Your Honor.
549
00:25:31,779 --> 00:25:33,316
So noted.
550
00:25:33,382 --> 00:25:35,386
The defendant is ROR'ed
551
00:25:35,453 --> 00:25:37,263
and will not leave
the jurisdiction
552
00:25:37,322 --> 00:25:39,132
without permission
from the court.
553
00:25:39,192 --> 00:25:40,501
(POUNDS GAVEL)
554
00:25:41,263 --> 00:25:45,772
Jamie, that writ of prohibition
was a little over the top.
555
00:25:46,237 --> 00:25:48,948
We're finding we need a big stick
to get the Navy's attention.
556
00:25:49,010 --> 00:25:51,150
Careful where you step.
557
00:25:51,213 --> 00:25:52,625
I'm a Lieutenant
in the Reserves.
558
00:25:52,682 --> 00:25:54,857
I was in the JAG office
in the '70s.
559
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,027
Then you know how ridiculous
the Navy's rules are.
560
00:25:57,091 --> 00:25:59,334
I can see why she tried
to cover up the affair.
561
00:25:59,395 --> 00:26:02,241
If she'll come clean now, we can discuss
dropping the charges to manslaughter.
562
00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:03,780
She's not guilty.
563
00:26:03,836 --> 00:26:05,545
(SCOFFS) Come on, Ruthie, every
time she opens her mouth,
564
00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:06,641
another lie pops out.
565
00:26:06,707 --> 00:26:08,016
Look at her statement
to the Navy.
566
00:26:08,076 --> 00:26:09,647
What statement?
567
00:26:10,681 --> 00:26:12,389
The statement
is inadmissible.
568
00:26:12,450 --> 00:26:14,431
My client wasn't
properly Mirandized.
569
00:26:14,487 --> 00:26:16,231
The spirit of
Miranda was adhered to,
570
00:26:16,291 --> 00:26:19,274
the essence of the protection
is embodied in JAG rules.
571
00:26:19,330 --> 00:26:21,311
Under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice,
572
00:26:21,366 --> 00:26:23,439
there is no right
to remain silent,
573
00:26:23,504 --> 00:26:25,986
there is no protection
against self-incrimination.
574
00:26:26,041 --> 00:26:28,044
This is the spirit
of Miranda?
575
00:26:28,111 --> 00:26:30,754
If she'd been arrested
and Mirandized by the NYPD,
576
00:26:30,817 --> 00:26:33,629
she'd still have given the same
self-serving, untruthful statement.
577
00:26:33,688 --> 00:26:36,899
If, if, if. Since that didn't
happen, we'll never know.
578
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,101
No matter how you
slice it, Mr. McCoy,
579
00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:42,444
she was not
properly Mirandized.
580
00:26:42,503 --> 00:26:44,883
The statement
is inadmissible.
581
00:26:46,143 --> 00:26:48,489
Statement or not,
the facts are on our side.
582
00:26:48,548 --> 00:26:51,498
Facts don't win cases.
Make a deal.
583
00:26:52,388 --> 00:26:54,427
I'm not handing Blair
the keys to the city.
584
00:26:54,492 --> 00:26:57,168
I'll give on sentencing, but she
has to plead to murder two.
585
00:26:57,230 --> 00:26:59,075
Why play tough?
At most it's man one.
586
00:26:59,134 --> 00:27:01,115
She acted under
extreme emotional distress.
587
00:27:01,170 --> 00:27:03,048
That's a very
charitable spin.
588
00:27:03,708 --> 00:27:05,746
The fact is, we don't know what
really happened in that car.
589
00:27:05,811 --> 00:27:08,726
She really killed him.
She really lied.
590
00:27:08,783 --> 00:27:11,163
If you weren't so starry-eyed
over the great Kirstin Blair...
591
00:27:11,222 --> 00:27:14,433
What, because I think she committed
manslaughter instead of murder? Come on!
592
00:27:15,796 --> 00:27:20,179
Adam, you want this plea, so
tell me, murder two or man one?
593
00:27:20,237 --> 00:27:23,518
Kirstin Blair is the best thing
to happen to military aviation
594
00:27:23,577 --> 00:27:25,387
since Eddie Rickenbacker.
595
00:27:25,447 --> 00:27:28,726
Her picture is on every
little girl's bedroom wall
596
00:27:28,785 --> 00:27:31,427
right next to Sally Ride.
597
00:27:31,590 --> 00:27:33,264
Your case.
598
00:27:39,354 --> 00:27:40,561
Murder two,
15-to-life.
599
00:27:40,623 --> 00:27:41,967
MILLER: Please.
600
00:27:42,025 --> 00:27:44,234
She defends herself
against an armed attacker,
601
00:27:44,296 --> 00:27:48,076
a gun, his gun,
accidentally discharges.
602
00:27:48,770 --> 00:27:50,046
We might go to man one.
603
00:27:50,808 --> 00:27:51,844
You're gonna have to go
all the way down to,
604
00:27:51,910 --> 00:27:54,552
"Oops, sorry, we made a mistake,
we're dropping the charges."
605
00:27:54,614 --> 00:27:55,753
Don't hold your breath.
606
00:27:55,817 --> 00:27:57,297
MILLER: Have you looked at
Stroud's service record?
607
00:27:57,353 --> 00:27:58,958
We've subpoenaed it.
We're still waiting.
608
00:27:59,022 --> 00:28:01,503
The man was a pig.
Come on, Kirstin.
609
00:28:01,625 --> 00:28:05,133
I see. We're going to try the defendant,
you're gonna try the victim.
610
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,081
The victim here is
Lieutenant Blair.
611
00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:15,963
You don't just jump in with an
offer that we haven't discussed.
612
00:28:16,019 --> 00:28:18,901
Excuse me, now I need permission
to join the conversation?
613
00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:20,768
And besides, we did
discuss it, with Adam,
614
00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:22,535
who doesn't seem to feel
we have much of a case.
615
00:28:22,597 --> 00:28:24,271
We can support murder
two on the evidence.
616
00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:26,474
The worst thing the woman did
was get pushed over the edge
617
00:28:26,537 --> 00:28:28,211
by the Navy and
that bastard Stroud.
618
00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,882
Every single piece
of evidence we have
619
00:28:30,945 --> 00:28:33,358
contradicts her
version of events.
620
00:28:34,084 --> 00:28:35,860
Damn it!
621
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,230
Here's Stroud's record.
622
00:28:37,924 --> 00:28:40,031
And this is
a summary of Blair's.
623
00:28:40,095 --> 00:28:44,012
Draft a new subpoena.
I want her entire record, warts and all.
624
00:28:44,069 --> 00:28:46,745
Now you're getting paranoid.
Maybe they just believe her story.
625
00:28:46,807 --> 00:28:48,913
Sure, it's a classic
she-said, he-said
626
00:28:49,010 --> 00:28:51,117
except she made sure he wasn't
around to do the he-said.
627
00:28:51,181 --> 00:28:52,684
So now it's a
she-said, you-said.
628
00:28:52,750 --> 00:28:54,560
Lying does not
help her credibility.
629
00:28:54,619 --> 00:28:56,327
If the Navy's rules
about adultery
630
00:28:56,389 --> 00:28:58,234
and fraternization
weren't so medieval,
631
00:28:58,294 --> 00:28:59,295
she wouldn't
have to lie.
632
00:28:59,361 --> 00:29:01,843
Blair knew the rules!
She didn't have to join the Navy!
633
00:29:01,899 --> 00:29:07,182
Don't you people have a murder
trial starting in 11 hours?
634
00:29:07,242 --> 00:29:08,779
And remember,
it is a murder trial,
635
00:29:08,845 --> 00:29:12,956
not a debate between Gloria
Steinem and George Patton.
636
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,800
JACK: You will hear
a fingerprint expert testify
637
00:29:20,866 --> 00:29:24,443
that the defendant was
in control of the gun.
638
00:29:26,209 --> 00:29:29,158
You will hear
ballistics evidence
639
00:29:29,715 --> 00:29:32,699
that the shooting
was not accidental.
640
00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:36,171
You will hear from witnesses
who overheard conversations
641
00:29:36,226 --> 00:29:39,108
between Mr. Stroud
and Ms. Blair
642
00:29:39,166 --> 00:29:41,273
on the night that
he was murdered.
643
00:29:41,336 --> 00:29:45,252
At the conclusion of the People's
case, you will be convinced
644
00:29:45,409 --> 00:29:49,451
that Lieutenant Blair is guilty
of murder in the second degree.
645
00:29:52,055 --> 00:29:56,768
Lieutenant Blair made two mistakes.
She fell in love with a cad,
646
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,977
and she broke the Navy's
antediluvian rules
647
00:30:00,036 --> 00:30:02,484
regarding
romantic involvements.
648
00:30:03,274 --> 00:30:06,258
She knew the Navy applies
those rules capriciously,
649
00:30:06,681 --> 00:30:09,596
different spanks
for different ranks.
650
00:30:10,053 --> 00:30:13,127
A slap on the wrist
for adulterous admirals,
651
00:30:13,259 --> 00:30:16,333
imprisonment for
philandering lieutenants.
652
00:30:17,532 --> 00:30:20,607
She and Mr. Stroud tried
to cover up their affair.
653
00:30:20,671 --> 00:30:23,552
And when Lieutenant Blair
tried to end the deception,
654
00:30:23,610 --> 00:30:25,854
Mr. Stroud showed
his true colors.
655
00:30:27,117 --> 00:30:30,032
He had a gun.
He threatened her with it.
656
00:30:30,589 --> 00:30:32,662
Far from losing control,
she kept her cool
657
00:30:32,727 --> 00:30:35,107
and was able to
withstand his attack.
658
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,947
Mr. Stroud's death
was an accident
659
00:30:40,006 --> 00:30:43,182
for which he himself
bears the responsibility.
660
00:30:45,316 --> 00:30:48,093
You will hear two
versions of this story.
661
00:30:48,186 --> 00:30:50,964
The truth lies in
Kirstin Blair's character.
662
00:31:00,409 --> 00:31:04,622
My parents taught me the essence of
good character isn't about perfection,
663
00:31:05,083 --> 00:31:08,397
it's about owning your mistakes
and learning from them.
664
00:31:08,690 --> 00:31:09,725
She's good.
665
00:31:09,792 --> 00:31:10,896
Special media training.
666
00:31:10,959 --> 00:31:12,201
MAN ON TV:
Let me ask you, Kirstin,
667
00:31:12,964 --> 00:31:16,914
what's it like landing an F-14
on a carrier deck at night?
668
00:31:16,970 --> 00:31:19,317
I mean, that sounds
really scary.
669
00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:23,119
A good pilot doesn't
even break a sweat.
670
00:31:23,182 --> 00:31:24,526
If you're going to just
sit there and worry about
671
00:31:24,584 --> 00:31:26,692
what all could go wrong,
you shouldn't be there.
672
00:31:26,756 --> 00:31:29,636
CHUCK ON TV: Why did you want
to be a Navy pilot?
673
00:31:29,694 --> 00:31:31,800
Where else could I
do what I love doing
674
00:31:31,864 --> 00:31:33,867
while at the same time
defending liberty.
675
00:31:35,069 --> 00:31:37,347
MILLER: This is the kind
of patriotism and dedication
676
00:31:37,407 --> 00:31:39,582
the Navy is willing
to sacrifice, Chuck.
677
00:31:39,644 --> 00:31:42,889
Well, they say they need their
rules about sexual conduct.
678
00:31:42,950 --> 00:31:44,794
This is not about
military necessity.
679
00:31:44,853 --> 00:31:48,327
This is about big government
trying to legislate morality.
680
00:31:48,394 --> 00:31:52,573
Not just in sexual matters, but
in every area of our lives,
681
00:31:52,635 --> 00:31:55,014
including what you can and
can't watch on television.
682
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,951
MAN: We'll continue our...
(TURNS OFF TV)
683
00:31:58,010 --> 00:31:59,854
Get a gag order.
684
00:32:04,387 --> 00:32:06,392
McNEIL: I take it you saw
the Chuck Baxter show.
685
00:32:06,459 --> 00:32:09,066
Ms. Miller seems to favor the
court of public opinion.
686
00:32:09,129 --> 00:32:11,111
MILLER: The jury is
sequestered, Jack.
687
00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:13,308
They're allowed conjugal visits.
You think they don't talk?
688
00:32:13,371 --> 00:32:15,511
They're forbidden
to discuss the case.
689
00:32:16,075 --> 00:32:18,556
I'm going to issue
the gag order, Ms. Miller.
690
00:32:18,613 --> 00:32:20,822
You and your client are
forbidden to discuss this case
691
00:32:20,884 --> 00:32:24,299
with any non-party or non-witness
outside the courtroom.
692
00:32:24,356 --> 00:32:26,565
Bailiff,
let's bring in the jury.
693
00:32:27,295 --> 00:32:31,508
She broke it off last fall, she
said she'd found real love,
694
00:32:31,569 --> 00:32:36,921
"everlasting" was the word she
used, with someone on her ship.
695
00:32:38,247 --> 00:32:40,059
No further questions.
696
00:32:41,019 --> 00:32:43,900
Isn't it true you tried to break
off the relationship last summer?
697
00:32:44,091 --> 00:32:45,867
Yes.
MILLER: Why?
698
00:32:46,630 --> 00:32:50,045
She started getting
kind of possessive.
699
00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:51,673
And it wasn't
that serious for me.
700
00:32:51,738 --> 00:32:55,314
Are you saying that the relationship
meant more to her than to you?
701
00:32:56,179 --> 00:32:57,921
Yes, it seemed that way.
702
00:32:57,982 --> 00:32:59,759
Was she obsessed
with you?
703
00:33:00,687 --> 00:33:02,326
I don't know
about obsessed.
704
00:33:02,390 --> 00:33:05,862
Was she upset when you tried to break
off the relationship with her?
705
00:33:05,929 --> 00:33:06,932
Yes.
706
00:33:06,999 --> 00:33:09,002
She didn't try to
kill you, did she?
707
00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:12,944
No.
708
00:33:14,679 --> 00:33:17,787
Thank you.
No further questions.
709
00:33:19,086 --> 00:33:21,295
MRS. STROUD: He always
came back to me.
710
00:33:21,357 --> 00:33:23,133
I guess he was
just one of those men
711
00:33:23,193 --> 00:33:25,640
who needed more than one
woman could give him.
712
00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:29,406
At any time, did he talk to
you about Lieutenant Blair?
713
00:33:31,107 --> 00:33:32,951
After I caught
them in the bar,
714
00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:36,051
he told me that she was
the one who had it bad.
715
00:33:36,116 --> 00:33:38,359
He said for him it was just
a fling like the others.
716
00:33:38,421 --> 00:33:39,800
It wasn't serious.
717
00:33:46,134 --> 00:33:48,081
Did you believe him?
Yes.
718
00:33:48,137 --> 00:33:51,348
Did you ask him to stop
seeing Lieutenant Blair?
719
00:33:51,409 --> 00:33:52,582
Yes.
720
00:33:52,645 --> 00:33:53,785
Did he stop?
721
00:33:54,415 --> 00:33:55,417
No.
722
00:33:55,484 --> 00:33:56,862
Did he tell you why?
723
00:33:58,389 --> 00:33:59,801
Answer the question,
Mrs. Stroud.
724
00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:09,216
He said that she was better in bed
than me, that she made him hotter.
725
00:34:09,275 --> 00:34:12,747
And you didn't take this as a
serious threat to your marriage?
726
00:34:12,814 --> 00:34:15,592
That's right. Then why did
you file a formal complaint?
727
00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:17,896
Why did you risk publicly
humiliating yourself
728
00:34:17,957 --> 00:34:20,803
and ruining his career
in order to stop the affair?
729
00:34:22,064 --> 00:34:24,444
I don't know.
I was angry at him.
730
00:34:25,436 --> 00:34:28,545
But he loved me. Not her.
731
00:34:31,313 --> 00:34:33,261
I investigated
the alleged relationship
732
00:34:33,317 --> 00:34:35,959
between Lieutenant Blair
and Chief Stroud.
733
00:34:36,022 --> 00:34:37,901
They denied the allegations.
734
00:34:37,959 --> 00:34:39,633
I reminded them both
735
00:34:39,696 --> 00:34:41,677
that the Uniform Code
of Military Justice
736
00:34:41,732 --> 00:34:44,374
prohibits adultery
and fraternization.
737
00:34:44,437 --> 00:34:47,387
And what's the punishment for these kinds
of violations, Commander Halibert?
738
00:34:47,676 --> 00:34:49,088
HALIBERT: The maximum?
739
00:34:49,145 --> 00:34:52,754
Court-martial, dishonorable
discharge, possible prison term.
740
00:34:54,054 --> 00:34:55,295
As a naval officer,
741
00:34:55,356 --> 00:34:57,234
would Lieutenant Blair
have been aware
742
00:34:57,293 --> 00:34:59,935
of these sanctions
prior to her affair?
743
00:34:59,997 --> 00:35:02,207
The Uniform Code
of Military Justice
744
00:35:02,269 --> 00:35:05,149
is required learning
for all naval officers.
745
00:35:05,408 --> 00:35:07,320
And she had
the affair anyway.
746
00:35:07,377 --> 00:35:09,358
Mr. Stroud must've
meant a great deal to her.
747
00:35:09,414 --> 00:35:11,224
Objection.
Withdrawn.
748
00:35:11,283 --> 00:35:13,094
No further questions.
749
00:35:16,427 --> 00:35:19,706
You put people in prison for
adultery, is that right?
750
00:35:19,932 --> 00:35:21,845
Yes.
Outside of the Middle East,
751
00:35:21,903 --> 00:35:24,385
can you name any
civilized society
752
00:35:24,941 --> 00:35:27,082
that puts adulterers
behind bars?
753
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,586
HALIBERT: I'm not
qualified to answer that.
754
00:35:29,951 --> 00:35:34,334
Our rules exist to maintain good order
and discipline within the ranks.
755
00:35:34,859 --> 00:35:39,277
You can't apply civilian
morality to military culture.
756
00:35:39,333 --> 00:35:44,810
What about sexual harassment, is
that an infraction of the rules?
757
00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:48,259
Yes. The punishment depends on
the severity of the offense.
758
00:35:48,317 --> 00:35:52,529
Defense's eight, Chief
Stroud's service record.
759
00:35:53,926 --> 00:35:55,305
Commander Halibert,
760
00:35:55,362 --> 00:36:00,178
how many sexual harassment
complaints do you see in his file?
761
00:36:01,739 --> 00:36:02,810
Eleven.
762
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:04,082
Does the file indicate
763
00:36:04,144 --> 00:36:07,593
what punishment Stroud
received for his behavior?
764
00:36:07,649 --> 00:36:10,428
I was the one who
imposed the penalty.
765
00:36:10,488 --> 00:36:13,767
He was confined to his ship and ordered
to undergo gender-sensitivity training.
766
00:36:14,362 --> 00:36:16,435
Touchy-feely classes?
767
00:36:17,335 --> 00:36:19,942
Commander, isn't it true
768
00:36:20,005 --> 00:36:22,386
that you were so busy
stamping out adultery,
769
00:36:22,444 --> 00:36:25,154
you let a sexual predator like
Stroud fall between the cracks?
770
00:36:25,215 --> 00:36:28,630
We're in a politically
mandated situation, ma'am.
771
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:29,826
It's new to us,
772
00:36:29,890 --> 00:36:34,843
but we're making every effort to meet the
expectations of the civilian authorities.
773
00:36:36,034 --> 00:36:38,481
You're doing
the best you can?
774
00:36:39,072 --> 00:36:40,074
Yes.
775
00:36:42,178 --> 00:36:44,022
Thank you, Commander.
776
00:36:48,690 --> 00:36:49,999
I'm just swatting
at an image.
777
00:36:50,059 --> 00:36:51,164
Swat harder.
778
00:36:51,228 --> 00:36:52,640
I don't have
enough ammunition.
779
00:36:52,697 --> 00:36:54,177
Blair's service record,
finally.
780
00:36:55,869 --> 00:36:58,909
Have a pleasant evening.
And good luck.
781
00:37:00,209 --> 00:37:04,092
I love the Navy's idea of unabridged.
Most of it's classified.
782
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:06,098
Now I'm getting paranoid.
783
00:37:07,623 --> 00:37:10,538
What seems to be missing
are her training records.
784
00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:12,507
She trained at
Miramar Naval Air Station.
785
00:37:12,565 --> 00:37:15,640
I called them, but all I
got was the run-around.
786
00:37:15,705 --> 00:37:16,946
What are they hiding?
787
00:37:17,007 --> 00:37:18,179
Beats me.
788
00:37:18,241 --> 00:37:19,916
But I did get the names
of the training personnel
789
00:37:19,979 --> 00:37:21,857
on the carrier
where she got qualified.
790
00:37:21,915 --> 00:37:24,260
This one, Ottenberg, left the
service a few months ago.
791
00:37:24,318 --> 00:37:26,493
He might talk.
I'm tracking him down.
792
00:37:26,956 --> 00:37:28,733
I want him in my office.
793
00:37:29,795 --> 00:37:32,334
OTTENBERG: I was landing signal
officer on the Minnesota.
794
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,075
I was there when Blair
trained for night landings.
795
00:37:35,138 --> 00:37:37,416
If they'd left it up to me, I
wouldn't have qualified her.
796
00:37:37,476 --> 00:37:39,719
Why not?
She had five downs.
797
00:37:40,014 --> 00:37:41,118
Downs?
798
00:37:42,018 --> 00:37:45,833
Major mistakes. Everybody else,
it's two downs, you're out.
799
00:37:45,891 --> 00:37:47,769
Two? They don't give you
much leeway, do they?
800
00:37:47,827 --> 00:37:50,435
No, sir. You don't want a pilot
that can't land the damn plane.
801
00:37:50,632 --> 00:37:52,306
Why'd they make
an exception for Blair?
802
00:37:54,938 --> 00:37:58,651
They were under orders to qualify
some female pilots ASAP.
803
00:37:58,713 --> 00:37:59,954
This stuff burns me up.
804
00:38:00,015 --> 00:38:01,757
What?
Qualifying female pilots?
805
00:38:01,818 --> 00:38:04,199
No, ma'am.
Qualifying bad pilots.
806
00:38:04,257 --> 00:38:05,327
She's that bad?
807
00:38:05,391 --> 00:38:06,735
She got better,
808
00:38:08,296 --> 00:38:11,212
but she's never
gonna be an F-14 pilot.
809
00:38:11,269 --> 00:38:13,945
You think I'm wrong,
listen to this.
810
00:38:14,474 --> 00:38:18,289
I kept it to cover my ass,
and I'm glad I did.
811
00:38:25,828 --> 00:38:29,802
I felt I could no longer wear the
uniform while lying to my superiors.
812
00:38:29,868 --> 00:38:32,009
MILLER: How did Mr. Stroud
take the rejection?
813
00:38:32,072 --> 00:38:33,780
BLAIR: He got very angry.
814
00:38:33,842 --> 00:38:36,758
He told me to take
the wheel and drive. I did.
815
00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:38,790
Were you afraid of him?
No.
816
00:38:38,851 --> 00:38:43,234
I can take care of myself.
I just didn't want to pour salt in the wound.
817
00:38:44,026 --> 00:38:45,665
MILLER: What happened next?
818
00:38:46,096 --> 00:38:49,238
He pulled a gun
and had me stop on the road.
819
00:38:49,302 --> 00:38:51,807
He told me to
get out of the car.
820
00:38:51,874 --> 00:38:55,187
When he turned away to open
his door, I grabbed the gun.
821
00:38:55,246 --> 00:38:58,093
We struggled.
The gun went off twice.
822
00:38:58,152 --> 00:39:02,501
One bullet shattered the driver's
window and the other killed him.
823
00:39:05,130 --> 00:39:07,612
Did you intend
to shoot him?
824
00:39:07,668 --> 00:39:09,114
No.
825
00:39:09,171 --> 00:39:11,174
It was an accident.
826
00:39:12,609 --> 00:39:15,182
The impact of the bullet had
knocked him out of the car.
827
00:39:15,247 --> 00:39:17,787
I went to see if
he was badly hurt.
828
00:39:17,853 --> 00:39:19,265
He was dead.
829
00:39:19,322 --> 00:39:21,166
MILLER: What did you do then?
830
00:39:21,225 --> 00:39:22,364
BLAIR: I drove off.
831
00:39:23,730 --> 00:39:25,141
Why did you do that?
832
00:39:25,199 --> 00:39:28,045
I left the scene to
report the accident.
833
00:39:28,103 --> 00:39:30,780
I headed back towards the ship
but by the time I got there,
834
00:39:30,842 --> 00:39:33,757
I started to see how unlikely
it was I'd be believed.
835
00:39:34,749 --> 00:39:37,561
I've seen what happens to
women who try to fight back.
836
00:39:38,488 --> 00:39:42,028
The system is stacked against
us, especially in the military.
837
00:39:42,929 --> 00:39:44,035
That seems cold.
838
00:39:44,233 --> 00:39:48,047
BLAIR: I've been trained to make
quick, calculated decisions.
839
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,024
In this case,
I made a very bad decision,
840
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,289
one I'll be sorry for
for the rest of my life.
841
00:39:54,351 --> 00:39:58,325
I can't excuse it, but I truly
thought I would not be believed.
842
00:40:01,329 --> 00:40:05,007
And, in fact, you were
right, weren't you?
843
00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:07,445
Well, I'm here.
844
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:09,315
Thank you.
845
00:40:13,384 --> 00:40:15,923
It is your contention,
846
00:40:15,988 --> 00:40:18,027
on the night of
Mr. Stroud's death,
847
00:40:18,092 --> 00:40:20,404
you were breaking
up with him?
848
00:40:20,463 --> 00:40:22,876
The man you described
as your everlasting love?
849
00:40:22,933 --> 00:40:24,175
The man of your dreams?
850
00:40:24,237 --> 00:40:25,842
Yes, I broke up with him.
851
00:40:25,906 --> 00:40:28,252
We've heard testimony
from a waiter
852
00:40:28,311 --> 00:40:32,056
and a parking lot attendant that
contradicts your story. Were they wrong?
853
00:40:32,450 --> 00:40:34,329
They didn't hear
the whole discussion.
854
00:40:34,387 --> 00:40:39,067
Mr. Stroud humiliated you.
You must've been angry.
855
00:40:39,730 --> 00:40:42,303
I have been trained
to control my emotions.
856
00:40:42,368 --> 00:40:45,079
Under all circumstances?
They never break free?
857
00:40:45,641 --> 00:40:46,780
No, they don't.
858
00:40:46,843 --> 00:40:48,255
You never lose control?
859
00:40:49,313 --> 00:40:50,886
You want to know
how I conduct myself,
860
00:40:50,951 --> 00:40:53,694
take a look at
my service record.
861
00:40:53,755 --> 00:40:57,103
When you do what I do, losing
control is not an option.
862
00:40:58,262 --> 00:41:00,437
You lose control, you die.
863
00:41:02,269 --> 00:41:04,581
People's 17.
864
00:41:07,379 --> 00:41:09,827
This is a recording
865
00:41:09,883 --> 00:41:14,267
of US Navy training
flight number 001954,
866
00:41:14,325 --> 00:41:15,805
the carrier Minnesota.
867
00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:20,211
Do you recall that
flight, Ms. Blair?
868
00:41:20,269 --> 00:41:23,946
Your Honor, I renew my objection
to this so-called evidence.
869
00:41:24,342 --> 00:41:26,688
So noted.
Go on, Mr. McCoy.
870
00:41:28,382 --> 00:41:29,726
Do you know
what's on this tape?
871
00:41:33,926 --> 00:41:35,668
I'll refresh your memory.
872
00:41:37,298 --> 00:41:40,714
The voices you'll hear belong to
Lieutenant William Ottenberg,
873
00:41:40,771 --> 00:41:43,811
landing signal officer
on the carrier Minnesota,
874
00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:46,083
and to Lieutenant Blair
875
00:41:46,148 --> 00:41:48,720
in an F-14 on approach
for a night landing
876
00:41:48,785 --> 00:41:51,700
on the carrier
off of San Diego.
877
00:41:56,899 --> 00:41:58,140
OTTENBERG:
Blair, you're next in line.
878
00:41:58,203 --> 00:41:59,409
BLAIR: Negative, I'm not.
879
00:41:59,471 --> 00:42:01,316
OTTENBERG: Check your lineup, Blair.
Watch the meatball.
880
00:42:01,374 --> 00:42:04,483
BLAIR: I can't do this!
I can barely see the deck lights.
881
00:42:04,547 --> 00:42:05,925
OTTENBERG:
Keep your scan moving.
882
00:42:05,983 --> 00:42:07,121
BLAIR: (HYSTERICALLY)
I can't! I'm gonna crash!
883
00:42:07,184 --> 00:42:08,255
OTTENBERG: Right for lineup.
884
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,459
BLAIR: I can't do it!
885
00:42:09,522 --> 00:42:11,162
OTTENBERG: Wave off
Wave off Wave off
886
00:42:11,226 --> 00:42:13,104
BLAIR: Oh, my God!
OTTENBERG: Raise your gear, raise your gear.
887
00:42:13,162 --> 00:42:14,437
BLAIR: I'm trying. Oh, God!
888
00:42:14,498 --> 00:42:16,172
OTTENBERG: Burner,
burner, burner.
889
00:42:18,805 --> 00:42:21,185
OTTENBERG: Fifty-four, what's your status?
Fifty-four?
890
00:42:21,243 --> 00:42:23,087
BLAIR: I can't do this,
Ottenberg.
891
00:42:23,145 --> 00:42:24,250
Hand me off to Miramar.
892
00:42:24,314 --> 00:42:25,453
OTTENBERG: Bring her
back around. You can do it.
893
00:42:25,517 --> 00:42:27,863
BLAIR: No. Hand me off
Let me make a ground landing.
894
00:42:27,921 --> 00:42:29,560
OTTENBERG: This is a
training flight, Lieutenant.
895
00:42:29,624 --> 00:42:31,161
You already know how
to make ground landings.
896
00:42:31,226 --> 00:42:34,073
BLAIR: Yeah, because I had good
trainers, not morons, like you.
897
00:42:34,132 --> 00:42:35,168
OTTENBERG:
Cool it, Lieutenant.
898
00:42:35,234 --> 00:42:36,235
BLAIR: You screw me over,
899
00:42:36,302 --> 00:42:38,444
I'm gonna rip you
a new one.
900
00:42:52,698 --> 00:42:54,508
Did you rip him a new one?
901
00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:01,388
I filed a report.
902
00:43:01,514 --> 00:43:04,156
Was this your first attempt
at a night landing?
903
00:43:06,890 --> 00:43:08,530
No, it was my third.
904
00:43:09,094 --> 00:43:11,633
How many years have you been
in the Navy, Ms. Blair?
905
00:43:12,132 --> 00:43:13,305
Five-and-a-half.
906
00:43:13,368 --> 00:43:15,940
This recording was
made six months ago.
907
00:43:17,407 --> 00:43:18,547
At what point did you learn
908
00:43:18,611 --> 00:43:22,391
the steely control of your
emotions you alluded to earlier?
909
00:43:28,996 --> 00:43:30,340
McNEIL: Ms. Blair?
910
00:43:37,176 --> 00:43:42,425
She doesn't have to answer,
Your Honor.
911
00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:43,932
No more questions.
912
00:44:07,029 --> 00:44:09,476
This morning
Kirstin Blair allocuted
913
00:44:09,533 --> 00:44:12,916
and pled guilty to the charge of
manslaughter in the first degree.
914
00:44:12,973 --> 00:44:15,648
Judge McNeil imposed sentence
of twelve-and-a-half-to-25,
915
00:44:15,711 --> 00:44:18,992
as agreed to by the district
attorney's office and Ms. Blair.
916
00:44:19,051 --> 00:44:21,225
Did she admit she
killed him deliberately?
917
00:44:21,288 --> 00:44:23,861
I think the guilty
plea speaks for itself.
918
00:44:23,926 --> 00:44:25,531
Not necessarily.
919
00:44:25,595 --> 00:44:27,167
Ms. Blair! Ms. Blair!
Kirstin! Kirstin!
920
00:44:27,232 --> 00:44:29,179
Kirstin,
why'd you cop a plea?
921
00:44:29,235 --> 00:44:30,613
When you have the US Navy
922
00:44:30,671 --> 00:44:32,846
and the authorities of the
New York State government
923
00:44:32,908 --> 00:44:36,016
aligned against you in
pressing an unjust charge,
924
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:39,792
well, sometimes concession
is the better part of valor.
925
00:44:39,854 --> 00:44:43,430
Our training methods
undergo constant evaluation,
926
00:44:43,494 --> 00:44:45,702
but in any
large organizations,
927
00:44:45,764 --> 00:44:47,609
things sometimes
fall through the cracks.
928
00:44:47,667 --> 00:44:49,045
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
929
00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:51,711
So, it's man one.
You were right.
930
00:44:51,775 --> 00:44:53,882
If you're trying to make
me feel better, thanks.
931
00:44:53,945 --> 00:44:56,291
It's like finding Amelia
Earhart flew to Bakersfield
932
00:44:56,350 --> 00:44:58,388
and hid out
for 50 years.
933
00:44:59,355 --> 00:45:01,233
I got over Pete Rose.
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