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Narrator:
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented
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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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(police radio chatter)
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So my brother-in-law
moves into Hell's Kitchen...
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Man:
The doctor? The genius.
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Quarter mill
on 46th Street.
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He says
he's a pioneer.
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Hope he's got a gun.
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(chuckles)
I'm just happy for the overtime.
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We do all the work,
they make all the bucks.
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Come on, I called a cab.
I'll drop you.
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Charging it
to a client.
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You live in Queens...
where're you gonna drop me?
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We'll swing over
to your place...
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No, that's okay,
I'm just gonna take a subway. It's the only exercise I get.
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- You sure?
- Sure, I do it all the time.
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Okay.
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Where to, lady?
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Gooden's pitching.
The kid should see it.
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She's never heard of negotiation?
You swap days.
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Nope... by the book,
every other weekend.
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I gotta call
my damn lawyer to take my kid to the frickin' zoo.
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Dispatch:
27 car for a signal 1056.
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Corner of Water and Vesey,
in the alley.
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27-Charlie, 10-4.
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(siren blaring)
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- Jesus.
- Central K, we have a female down.
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Need ambulance
on corner of Water and Vesey.
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Dispatch:
Roger, 27.
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(siren approaching)
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Call came in at 1:17.
We were down the corner.
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- A mugging?
- Too hysterical to talk.
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- Where's the caller?
- Joined the silent majority.
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9-1-1 anonymous.
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Probably used the payphone
around the corner.
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Found it down the block.
License says her name is Amy Newhouse.
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453 West 45th.
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I got 10 bucks says she's taken
self defense at the 92nd Street Y.
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I wish they'd teach these people
it's not worth the fight.
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Well, I doubt this one
put up much of a fight.
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- What makes you say that?
- She's preggo. Out to here.
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Tough town.
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(whistles)
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(theme music plays)
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12 hours in ER
you see everything.
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- Did you see Amy Newhouse?
- Yeah, I admitted her around 2:00 a.m.
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Roughed up,
nothing's broken.
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Scratches,
scrapes, bruises.
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It's a first for this rotation...
it looks like the patient'll be just fine.
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Paramedic said
she was pregnant.
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Yeah, maybe five,
six months.
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Well?
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Some women sneeze too hard
it causes a miscarriage.
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Others, they run a triathlon
and everything's hunky-dory.
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What's that,
a medical term?
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Partial abruption
of the fetus...
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the placenta starts to separate
from the uterine wall.
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We've got her hooked up
to fetal monitors.
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All we can do is wait and see.
You catch the guy?
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Nope.
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Belongs in a cage.
Talk about your sociopaths.
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This guy kicks her two, maybe
three times right in the belly.
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- Can you tell us
where we can find her? - Yeah, upstairs. 612, South.
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(heart monitor beeping)
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I only had $20.
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Credit cards?
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I don't have any.
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Amy, can you remember
anything about this man?
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How tall he might have been
or something he might have said?
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Cerreta:
It's okay. It's all right.
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He grabbed me from behind.
I never even saw him.
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He took my bag.
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The next thing,
I was on the ground.
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My baby, my...
(sobbing)
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He took your bag
and then he kicked you?
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What were you doing
out at that hour?
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My... my boss
kept me late.
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I work for a law firm...
Wood, Carlton & Troy.
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Has anybody
contacted your husband?
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I'm not married.
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The father?
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Chris.
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He's at work.
He's a cabbie.
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You know, I would have
given that man my money.
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- What about the baby?
- So far so good.
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New York was Amy's idea.
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She saw "Working Girl"
one too many times.
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You think that bunch of lawyers
gives a damn about her,
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keeping her there
till all hours?
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She always walk
to the subway that late?
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She's a secretary
of some hotshot partner. Jerk thinks he owns her.
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A million times I asked her
what she needed that job for, but she wanted the overtime.
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Maybe now we can
go back to Wisconsin.
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Look, I've got
to get to the hospital.
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She's gonna be okay.
The baby is a question mark.
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Great, so for 20 bucks
we might have a murder.
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He already had her bag.
He didn't need to kick her.
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And this city is known
for its mental health?
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Or maybe somebody
had something else in mind.
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Like, for instance?
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Like causing
a miscarriage.
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That's a hell of a way
to get your jollies.
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Well, run the MO
through the assault files.
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Could be this started
closer to home.
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All right,
talk to the neighbors.
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See if you can
get a read on the boyfriend.
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Ah, I'm sorry...
my hearing, you know.
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The best thing
about getting old is you only have to do it once.
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- (woman laughs)
- (Cerreta laughs)
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That Amy?
Oh, she's a doll!
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She brings me
the papers every day.
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The stairs, you know.
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They're such a nice,
young couple. And now a baby!
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So Chris was happy
about the baby?
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He thought
he was too young.
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I was his age when I was
already expecting my third.
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- Mrs. Fisher, listen.
- Hmm.
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Did you ever
hear anything...
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you know, strange
coming from their apartment?
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Well, since Sam died,
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I only turn these on
for guests.
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Are you kiddin'?
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The walls are like toilet paper.
This isn't exactly Gramercy Park.
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Did you ever hear anything
out of the ordinary?
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Put it this way, every time he's
in the mood, I know about it.
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Couple of horny toads.
Oughta be a law.
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- Any violence?
- Yeah, sure.
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The guy blew his top
every now and again.
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Did you ever see Chris
actually hit Amy?
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Last spring
she had a cast on her arm.
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And you think
Chris caused that?
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She said she fell.
Who am I to say otherwise?
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In my opinion,
the guy's a dip.
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A fare wanted
to go to Forest Hills,
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he took him
to Forest Lawn.
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- You kept him on.
- Almost a year.
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Honest beats
smart anytime.
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Was Chris on duty
Tuesday night?
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Graveyard,
12:00 to 8:00.
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How much trouble could
he get into after midnight?
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Can you tell me
where he was around 1:00?
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Somewhere on the LIE.
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Picked up a fare
at 79th and Columbus,
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took him out to Kennedy.
37 bucks on the meter,
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another 40 comin' home.
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He was in the wrong borough
at the time of the attack.
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So much for
Ken popping Barbie.
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That's no alibi.
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Hey, summer of '82, I hacked
part-time to pay tuition.
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Sometimes in the middle
of the night, I'd get lonely.
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I'd park my cab in front
of Janey Meyer's house,
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leave the meter running,
go inside,
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take care of business,
pay the fare myself.
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Which would amount to what,
about $2, $3?
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Like going
to Jersey and back.
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(laughs)
Let's go talk to the girl.
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Back home we had
the real thing... 120 pounds.
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His name was Regis.
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(laughs)
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He shouldn't have spent
the money, but that's Chris.
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So Chris was
happy about the baby?
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Mmm, it's all
he talked about.
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All he wants out of life is
a wife and half a dozen kids.
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Amy, we know about
your broken arm last spring.
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You want to tell us
how you got it?
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I fell down.
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In the middle
of a fight?
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No, I told you that...
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Amy, there's no reason
to protect Chris if he did this to you.
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What do you think,
Chris is an animal?
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He wouldn't hurt me
or his baby.
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Look, he hit her once,
he'd hit her again.
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This much is clear.
She is lying about the broken arm.
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You think he wanted
to nix the kid?
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Wait a minute, wait a minute...
wife beatings are spontaneous.
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Are you saying
he actually drove crosstown
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then waited outside
her office in order to pop her?
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All right, a theory.
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Chris wasn't
as happy about fatherhood as Amy would have us believe.
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She wouldn't get an abortion,
so it was a do-it-yourself job.
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Okay, so he loses
his temper now and then.
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But beat her enough
so she'll lose the baby?
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Anyway you look at it,
the wheel stops at the boyfriend.
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He's got buttons,
push 'em.
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I know
how it is, Chris.
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She ticks you off,
so maybe you lose your temper.
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It happens
all the time.
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Maybe I hit her once,
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but that was a long time ago,
before she got pregnant.
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I'd like to believe you,
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but whoever did this to Amy
had one thing in mind.
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You think
I would hurt my baby?
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Hey, I know how tough it is
raising a family.
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You're broke, you're young...
the last thing you need...
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We'd get by.
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(sighs)
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Chris, if you speak up now,
maybe the DA will listen.
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The DA?
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Yeah.
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- Amy's pressing charges?
- Nobody's under arrest.
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She knows
I couldn't have done this... I love her. I love the baby.
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(knocks on door)
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Amy had a miscarriage.
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Oh God!
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If the fetus was
less than 24 weeks old,
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there's no homicide,
and all we've got is assault.
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- You've got to be kidding me.
- That's the statute.
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That's great, so a bunch
of lawyers decide if you're alive enough to be murdered.
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Better yet,
it could vary state to state.
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Wonderful... good thing
they weren't traveling cross-country when he beat her.
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It would have been
like tic-tac-toe... here we charge you, here we don't.
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What do you want me to tell you,
the law always makes sense?
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Our is not to question why...
we just pick up the garbage.
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Fellas, just try to find out
how far along this girl was.
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Without the trauma,
she would have had a healthy boy.
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Can you tell us
if the fetus was 24 weeks old?
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The BPD
is 5.8 centimeters.
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Femur length's 4.4.
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My opinion?
Probably about 25 weeks.
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In other words, there's
no way to tell for sure.
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Did you check
with her regular OB?
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She says
she didn't have one.
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Look, I don't know
what to tell you.
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We take amnios,
we run sonograms,
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but the best way is the old way...
counting backwards.
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Amy, the DA does not like
hostile witnesses.
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There's always
a chance that he's gonna charge you with obstruction.
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You don't want to go
to jail for Chris, do you?
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(sighs)
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Okay...
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Chris did hit me once.
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But it was
a long time ago.
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He... he found out
I was cheating.
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With whom?
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My boss.
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Your current boss,
Mr. Alcott?
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It was his baby.
241
00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:25,019
Chris didn't know that.
242
00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:26,964
Chris thought
he was the father.
243
00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,260
Was Mr. Alcott in the office
on Tuesday night?
244
00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:36,266
Yeah, he left 10 minutes
before I did.
245
00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:42,077
I'm sorry
about the mess.
246
00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:45,379
It's been 15-hour days
since November with the take-over.
247
00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,450
Amy said that you were with her
the night of the attack.
248
00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:51,956
Yeah.
I heard about the baby.
249
00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:55,950
Look, I...
I feel responsible.
250
00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:57,792
I kept her here
late that night.
251
00:14:57,830 --> 00:14:59,889
We had to be
at the printer at 8:00 a.m.
252
00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:04,058
- I had the temp
send her flowers. - Cerreta: Mm-hmm.
253
00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:06,230
What time
did you leave?
254
00:15:06,272 --> 00:15:09,571
Oh, it must have been
about a quarter of 1:00.
255
00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:12,076
I asked her to finish
typing an opinion letter
256
00:15:12,111 --> 00:15:14,602
and fax it
to our clients in Houston.
257
00:15:14,647 --> 00:15:17,980
And then she... I just
told her she could go home.
258
00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:20,383
I knew she liked to walk,
but at that hour...
259
00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:23,616
- You see anybody hanging around
outside the building? - No, sorry.
260
00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:26,819
- Grabbed a cab,
went up to my club. - At one in the morning?
261
00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,089
I live in Mamaroneck.
262
00:15:29,128 --> 00:15:31,995
If I were to go home,
I'd just have to hop
263
00:15:32,031 --> 00:15:34,397
right back on the train
and come back to the city.
264
00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:36,799
I always stay at the club
when I'm forced to work late.
265
00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:40,396
- Is that often?
- Law isn't 9:00 to 5:00.
266
00:15:40,439 --> 00:15:45,308
So your relationship with Amy
was purely professional, right?
267
00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:48,643
My wife was
summa at Bryn Mawr.
268
00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:50,842
Amy is
a sweet young girl.
269
00:15:50,883 --> 00:15:52,817
She's not my type.
270
00:15:58,724 --> 00:16:01,352
Cerreta:
So this is the place for the other woman, huh?
271
00:16:01,393 --> 00:16:03,361
Man:
Members have their own rules.
272
00:16:03,395 --> 00:16:06,831
Wives, they take
to the Yale Club, the Knickerbocker.
273
00:16:06,865 --> 00:16:09,356
But here, it's
strictly extracurricular.
274
00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:11,198
What about Mr. Alcott?
275
00:16:12,371 --> 00:16:15,101
Nice guy, drinks Johnny Black,
straight up.
276
00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,664
Does he
drink it alone?
277
00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:18,802
Look...
278
00:16:18,844 --> 00:16:21,745
last year I picked up
an extra 10 grand
279
00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:24,874
in stock tips
in a down market.
280
00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,044
A big part of the job
is keeping quiet.
281
00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:29,953
Yeah, right.
282
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:34,153
I can get very long-winded
when I pull people in for questioning.
283
00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:36,991
Sometimes it can go
into the middle of the evening.
284
00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:41,398
And then, if I don't happen
to tell my partner what I asked you,
285
00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:43,697
that could, I don't know,
go... what?
286
00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:47,001
- At least another day.
- Oh yeah.
287
00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:48,802
All right.
288
00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,706
Off the record...
289
00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:56,176
yeah, Alcott has
a good time now and then.
290
00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:57,876
Ah-ha.
291
00:16:58,917 --> 00:17:00,578
With her?
292
00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:04,850
Yeah, Ms. Meyers
and tonic.
293
00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:07,188
Tuesday night,
was he here?
294
00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,989
Came in around 1:00.
295
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:12,759
I'm supposed to close
the place up, but what the hell... he's a regular.
296
00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:15,562
Belted down a couple,
hit the rooms upstairs.
297
00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:20,868
Chris isn't my type...
a little rough around the edges.
298
00:17:20,906 --> 00:17:23,170
But Amy must have
seen something in him.
299
00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:25,608
They get along?
300
00:17:25,644 --> 00:17:28,044
Used to be
pretty rocky.
301
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,981
But when Amy got pregnant,
Chris was all lovey-dovey.
302
00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:33,849
What about her boss,
Alcott?
303
00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:37,185
Well, a lawyer.
Enough said.
304
00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,486
Amy told us
she was seeing him.
305
00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:41,789
She said
that the baby was his.
306
00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:46,628
Set up an appointment for her
at some fancy Park Avenue OB-G YN.
307
00:17:46,665 --> 00:17:48,599
He was gonna pay
for the whole thing
308
00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:52,070
and then send her on a cruise
off to St. Thomas... real sport.
309
00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:54,299
But she didn't want
an abortion, right?
310
00:17:54,339 --> 00:17:56,239
She didn't want
to go through with it.
311
00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,936
Alcott exploded.
312
00:17:57,976 --> 00:18:00,706
The door was closed,
but you could hear him down the hall.
313
00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:08,976
What now, the security guard
saw us together?
314
00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:11,319
Actually, it was
the bartender at your club.
315
00:18:11,356 --> 00:18:15,292
I told you,
when I work late at the office, I spend the night at the club.
316
00:18:15,327 --> 00:18:18,125
Sometimes Amy brings me papers
from the office.
317
00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:20,529
I bought her a drink...
that doesn't mean we're lovers
318
00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:22,500
and it doesn't mean
that I beat her up.
319
00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:24,593
She says she was
carrying your baby.
320
00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:26,297
She's very convincing.
321
00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:28,238
Yeah?
322
00:18:28,273 --> 00:18:30,138
My daughter swears
there's a tooth fairy,
323
00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:31,870
but that doesn't
make it so.
324
00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:37,578
I have clients waiting,
if you don't mind.
325
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:45,222
Of course
he denied it.
326
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:49,393
I've been a legal secretary
for four years...
327
00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,419
they're all
risk-adverse.
328
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,959
Logan:
You ever ask him to submit to a blood test?
329
00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:59,969
He never questioned
that it was his baby.
330
00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:03,441
At this point, he denies
ever having slept with you.
331
00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:06,774
Unfortunately, it comes down
to your word against his.
332
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,803
How appropriate.
333
00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:20,357
He loved to dictate.
334
00:19:20,392 --> 00:19:23,759
The law wasn't
the only thing on his mind.
335
00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:32,163
I thought I might
need it sometime for protection.
336
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,474
Alcott's voice:
With the marital deduction trust,
337
00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:40,000
the after-tax savings
to the next generation
338
00:19:40,045 --> 00:19:42,070
will be 280,000.
339
00:19:42,114 --> 00:19:44,480
I love to see you
naked in the shower...
340
00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:46,507
- (stops tape)
- Slut.
341
00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:52,886
God, she's the one
who wanted me to make that tape, you know.
342
00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,655
She asked me to do it...
said it made her hot.
343
00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:57,525
It doesn't sound like
she's the only one.
344
00:19:57,563 --> 00:19:59,531
Come on,
it was a Christmas party.
345
00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:02,728
It was the first one
I had been to in years. I had too much to drink.
346
00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:06,704
- And she was your present?
- All right, all right, so I slept with her.
347
00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,170
It's been five
or six months.
348
00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,975
- And once she got pregnant?
- I put on the brakes once she got pregnant.
349
00:20:14,012 --> 00:20:17,914
- I begged her
to get an abortion. - So it was your baby.
350
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:20,748
She said she'd stopped
sleeping with her boyfriend.
351
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:24,745
- You believed that?
- It's a 50-50 shot... what am I gonna do?
352
00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,588
I can't afford
a paternity suit.
353
00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:30,459
I said I'd help her out financially.
I could live with that.
354
00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:34,226
True or false?
Your life is much easier if she miscarries.
355
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,598
Now hold on now.
No, no.
356
00:20:36,635 --> 00:20:39,263
The boyfriend knew
that she was sleeping around.
357
00:20:39,304 --> 00:20:41,135
He probably did it.
358
00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:43,539
She's lucky
he didn't have a shotgun.
359
00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:46,539
Yes...
360
00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,978
Chris knew
it was David's baby.
361
00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:52,279
Yeah, so how did he react
when he found out?
362
00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:56,014
He was mad, but...
363
00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:58,454
he didn't hit me.
364
00:20:58,490 --> 00:21:00,321
He didn't do this.
365
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:03,624
Hey, listen, you've been
jerkin' us around since day one.
366
00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:09,529
Look...
367
00:21:09,568 --> 00:21:13,129
Chris thought this baby
would make us rich.
368
00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:16,868
He said Alcott would have
to pay for his mistake.
369
00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:20,139
Are you telling us
that you blackmailed Alcott?
370
00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:22,043
I didn't want to do it
at first,
371
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,605
but Chris said
I was entitled.
372
00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,117
And did he pay?
373
00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:31,150
$2,000. We figured it was
like a security blanket,
374
00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:33,180
in case he tried
to fire me.
375
00:21:34,726 --> 00:21:37,957
But then Chris kept saying
that this baby was our meal ticket,
376
00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:42,330
and he was sure
that Alcott would pay big money to keep us quiet.
377
00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:45,131
I didn't say
anything before, because...
378
00:21:47,072 --> 00:21:49,404
Will we have
to go to jail?
379
00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:55,541
They're a couple of hayseeds
who thought they'd squeeze Alcott for the big bucks.
380
00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:59,038
Okay, Alcott had
a lot to lose... money, wife and kids, partnership.
381
00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:01,177
- And the other secretary...
- Beverly Kern.
382
00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:03,278
- Said he has
one hell of a temper.
383
00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:06,519
Alcott left the office knowing
that Amy would be down in a few minutes.
384
00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:10,050
He knew her route home,
he waited in the alley, and bingo.
385
00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:13,155
- Witnesses?
- One... reported the attack, disappeared.
386
00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:15,325
So you've got motive
and opportunity.
387
00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:17,301
It's all circumstantial.
388
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,270
Come on, Paul,
the guy's a lawyer.
389
00:22:19,304 --> 00:22:21,932
He's gonna be talkin' deal
before we slap the cuffs on him.
390
00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:24,464
- I'd hock the house on it!
- Assault's a possibility.
391
00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:27,535
Murder may still be a stretch
with a 24-week statute.
392
00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:29,444
I'm game if you are.
393
00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:36,918
Go.
394
00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:47,854
Excuse me, you just can't
walk in without an appointment!
395
00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:49,594
David Alcott,
you are under arrest
396
00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:51,864
for the murder of the unborn son
of Amy Newhouse.
397
00:22:51,903 --> 00:22:54,064
You have
the right to remain silent.
398
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:56,074
If you choose
to not exercise that right,
399
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:59,339
anything you say can and will
be used against you in a court of law.
400
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,778
You have the right
to an attorney...
401
00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:05,772
Bailiff:
Docket number 1422... People versus David M. Alcott.
402
00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:09,275
The charges are
murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree.
403
00:23:09,321 --> 00:23:11,312
How does
the defendant plead?
404
00:23:11,356 --> 00:23:13,449
This is absurd, Your Honor.
These charges...
405
00:23:13,492 --> 00:23:15,460
This is not a boardroom,
Mr. Alcott.
406
00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:18,258
Mr. Manley, does your client
plan to enter a plea?
407
00:23:18,296 --> 00:23:20,059
Not guilty,
Your Honor.
408
00:23:20,098 --> 00:23:23,465
- Applications?
- $250,000 bail, Your Honor.
409
00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:25,902
- What?!
- That is unconscionable!
410
00:23:25,937 --> 00:23:28,371
My client is an esteemed
member of the bar.
411
00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,102
Aren't we all,
Mr. Manley?
412
00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:33,578
It would be court-sanctioned
extortion, Your Honor.
413
00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:37,343
The People's case hardly rises
to the level of frivolity.
414
00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:40,351
Your regard for our judicial
system is admirable.
415
00:23:40,385 --> 00:23:43,946
The bail is set
at $100,000.
416
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:47,823
No way is it murder...
I just talked with Alcott.
417
00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:50,487
- You can read minds?
- No, but I can read a calendar.
418
00:23:50,529 --> 00:23:53,794
The first time
they slept together? The Christmas party.
419
00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:56,699
That's 20 weeks
before the attack.
420
00:23:56,735 --> 00:24:00,171
Good theory, only she says
they started sleeping together in early December.
421
00:24:00,205 --> 00:24:02,036
Who do you think
the jury's gonna believe?
422
00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:05,406
Come on! No witnesses,
no evidence.
423
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:07,605
Even assault
is a stretch.
424
00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:09,910
Do everyone a favor.
425
00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:12,109
Menacing.
Under the carpet,
426
00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:14,311
quick and easy.
No time.
427
00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:16,252
- A "B" misdemeanor?
- Yeah.
428
00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:18,347
Try man one...
he attacked her with intent.
429
00:24:18,390 --> 00:24:20,984
- He is innocent, Paul.
- Come on, Jer...
430
00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:23,859
He has a family,
a reputation...
431
00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:26,125
Fine, tell his family
they get visiting days.
432
00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:29,223
I need Chris and Amy
to convict Alcott,
433
00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:32,532
so why not plead him down
to petty larceny? Probation.
434
00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:36,473
On extortion?
They already admitted to blackmailing him.
435
00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:39,534
They're kids, Adam. A jury'll
acquit on sympathy alone.
436
00:24:39,578 --> 00:24:41,944
Even with them
it's rough sailing.
437
00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:45,347
No physical evidence,
only eye witness vanished.
438
00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:49,046
Alcott's going to walk
into that courtroom with a suitcase full of respect.
439
00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,317
- That's no defense.
- It's reasonable doubt.
440
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:54,883
Maybe if you want to make
a case for assault, but murder?
441
00:24:54,926 --> 00:24:58,828
The statute says 24 weeks.
Manley's got an expert.
442
00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:01,059
He's got his expert,
I've got mine.
443
00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:03,363
Yeah, you pay 'em enough,
they'll say anything.
444
00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:09,265
Chris worked nights,
I worked days.
445
00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:11,332
I was lonely.
446
00:25:11,376 --> 00:25:14,903
David didn't force me...
I wanted to go.
447
00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:18,614
When did you first start
sleeping with Mr. Alcott?
448
00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:23,546
I don't know... we started
working late on a takeover deal.
449
00:25:23,588 --> 00:25:25,681
It must have been
early December.
450
00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:30,394
And how long
had this been going on?
451
00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:32,328
Maybe a month...
452
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,195
until I got pregnant.
453
00:25:34,232 --> 00:25:36,757
Stone:
What happened when you got pregnant?
454
00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:41,328
He told me
I had to get an abortion.
455
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,500
He told me it was
the right thing.
456
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:46,272
What was
your response to that?
457
00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,579
I couldn't do it.
458
00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:53,276
And how did Mr. Alcott
react to that?
459
00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:56,344
Amy:
He threatened to fire me,
460
00:25:56,388 --> 00:26:00,119
but I told him
that I would go to the EEOC.
461
00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:05,585
In other words,
you thought you would blackmail the defendant?
462
00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,291
He owed us.
463
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:09,425
He got her pregnant...
he should pay.
464
00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:11,298
How much
should he pay?
465
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:14,100
He gave us 2,000.
I told Amy to ask for 10.
466
00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:16,972
Stone:
And what if he refused?
467
00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:19,238
We'd go to his wife,
468
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:22,440
and then we'd sue the partnership
for sex discrimination.
469
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,472
- He threw her
out of his office. - And what did you do?
470
00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:28,448
I went
to see him myself.
471
00:26:28,486 --> 00:26:31,080
I said the price
went up to 20,000.
472
00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:33,056
He said it would be
a cold day in hell
473
00:26:33,091 --> 00:26:35,457
before some white trash
screwed up his life.
474
00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:38,361
He wouldn't give
a nickel.
475
00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:42,596
Mishon:
I measured the biparietal diameter
476
00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:44,625
and the femur lengths
of the fetus.
477
00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:46,261
Indicating what, Doctor?
478
00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:49,967
- That the fetus was
25 weeks old. - Thank you.
479
00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:54,978
There are several ways
of determining the age of a fetus.
480
00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:56,981
Isn't that true,
Dr. Mishon?
481
00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:59,848
BPD measurements
can be taken inter-uterally
482
00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:04,617
by sonogram
or in a post-rejection autopsy of the fetus.
483
00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:06,817
And when did you take
these measurements, Doctor?
484
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:10,692
In an autopsy...
that certainly is the more accurate of the methods.
485
00:27:10,729 --> 00:27:12,390
Ah.
486
00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:16,127
And what is
the margin of error
487
00:27:16,167 --> 00:27:20,194
for post-rejection
BPD measurements?
488
00:27:20,238 --> 00:27:23,173
Well, that can vary
with equipment, and...
489
00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:26,006
What is the accepted
margin of error?
490
00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:29,746
Plus or minus
two to three weeks.
491
00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:32,978
So, Ms. Newhouse's fetus
could have been
492
00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:35,851
22 weeks old.
493
00:27:35,887 --> 00:27:38,014
Isn't that correct?
494
00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:40,650
Yes.
495
00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,592
Thank you, Doctor.
496
00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:45,961
Your Honor,
considering the fact
497
00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:48,966
that not even the prosecution's
expert can say with confidence
498
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,400
that the fetus in question
499
00:27:51,436 --> 00:27:54,872
is at least 24 weeks of age,
500
00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,669
I move
that the charge of murder
501
00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,869
in the second degree
be dismissed immediately.
502
00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:01,208
Your Honor,
Dr. Mishon has testified...
503
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,510
In my chambers,
gentleman.
504
00:28:03,548 --> 00:28:07,211
Mr. Stone knows full well
that he should not have brought those charges.
505
00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:11,985
It's obvious
he's only trying to back in to the lesser-charged felony.
506
00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:14,389
You should have raised
this issue in pre-trial motions.
507
00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:16,121
Oh, be serious, Ben.
508
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:19,858
I can parade a dozen experts
through that courtroom.
509
00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:23,163
You only tacked on murder
to outrage the jury.
510
00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:26,864
Now they'd convict him
for killing JFK for Godsakes.
511
00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:30,136
The age of the fetus
is a question of fact for the jury.
512
00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:33,042
No, Mr. Stone, it's
a question of law for me.
513
00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:36,175
The defendant's
motion is granted.
514
00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:41,880
There's nothing
we can do?
515
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,287
The statute is clear, but medical
science unfortunately is not.
516
00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:49,624
You mean, if it happened
two weeks later, he'd go to jail?
517
00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:51,959
The assault charges
weren't dismissed.
518
00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:54,123
He could still serve
five-to-15.
519
00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:56,599
Five years for a life?
520
00:28:56,634 --> 00:29:00,195
We heard the heartbeat.
We felt the kicks.
521
00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:02,297
I'm sorry, Amy.
522
00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:07,170
Manley's smart.
523
00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:09,043
You get
an assault conviction
524
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,640
and he claims
that any evidence relating
525
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:14,311
to the loss of the fetus
was improper.
526
00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:17,048
That's why he didn't object
to the charge prior to trial.
527
00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:19,921
If it's a mistrial,
Alcott walks away untouched.
528
00:29:19,958 --> 00:29:21,858
(phone buzzes)
529
00:29:24,295 --> 00:29:26,195
Yes?
530
00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,067
Thank you.
531
00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:32,160
Not quite untouched.
532
00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:35,661
Chris and Amy just filed
a $10-million lawsuit against Alcott.
533
00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,005
Retained counsel...
Jacob Bloom.
534
00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,909
- The king of torts?
- The prince of darkness.
535
00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:46,146
The woman miscarried. We're
talking major league suffering.
536
00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:49,881
Not to mention
the lifetime earnings potential
537
00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:52,048
of a healthy,
white male.
538
00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:55,287
You win the criminal side,
cuts my work in half.
539
00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:56,953
I'm rooting for you.
540
00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:59,361
Mr. Alcott is
bucking for a mistrial.
541
00:29:59,397 --> 00:30:01,831
This kind of publicity
won't hurt his cause.
542
00:30:01,866 --> 00:30:05,302
You've got no
limitations problem. You could have waited.
543
00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:07,600
Is this jealousy
I'm hearing?
544
00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,266
It's nausea.
545
00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:11,537
Ambulance chasing always
brings that out in me.
546
00:30:11,576 --> 00:30:16,070
Ooh, you better check
your playbill, Mr. Robinette.
547
00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:20,517
Your friends came to me
the day after she got out of the hospital.
548
00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:25,146
I had a helluva time
convincing her to wait
549
00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:27,715
for the criminal case
to begin.
550
00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:29,556
(chuckles)
551
00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:31,391
(car horn blares)
552
00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:34,193
I'll say that
was a pretty short period of mourning.
553
00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:37,429
My secretary's cat died,
she took a week off from work.
554
00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:39,527
Million dollar damages.
555
00:30:39,571 --> 00:30:42,005
It's the American dream,
I guess, but some people'll
556
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,803
make it anyway they can.
557
00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:46,606
There's always the chance
that she's suing on principle.
558
00:30:47,745 --> 00:30:49,770
What do we know
about Amy Newhouse, anyway?
559
00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:53,506
Some firms
have switched to HMOs,
560
00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:56,452
but we still stand by
your basic health coverage.
561
00:30:56,487 --> 00:31:00,082
- So check-ups aren't covered?
- Not unless they find something wrong.
562
00:31:00,124 --> 00:31:04,857
Here we go... Amy Newhouse
put in a claim February 3rd.
563
00:31:04,896 --> 00:31:06,761
Company reimbursed her
on the 18th.
564
00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:10,234
- There was something wrong?
- For most people, pregnancy is a blessing.
565
00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:13,135
Insurance companies
call it a disability.
566
00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:15,401
Do you have
her doctor's name?
567
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,204
Bernard Gluck,
36th and Third.
568
00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:23,079
Amy Newhouse.
569
00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,747
Healthy young girl.
Everything was fine.
570
00:31:27,785 --> 00:31:30,720
On February 3, you told her
she was pregnant?
571
00:31:30,755 --> 00:31:34,691
No, that was just a check-up.
I told her she was pregnant back in December, the 19th.
572
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:38,526
That boyfriend of hers...
he nearly jumped for joy.
573
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:40,428
I haven't seen her since.
How's she doing?
574
00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:42,695
Not too well.
575
00:31:43,968 --> 00:31:46,095
Alcott's voice:
Letter re: Barsky Family Trust.
576
00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:49,038
As per my prior communication,
the tax savings will benefit
577
00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:52,975
two generations without running
afoul of the generation skipping tax.
578
00:31:53,011 --> 00:31:56,469
Last night was spectacular.
579
00:31:56,514 --> 00:31:59,142
You were right,
it was worth the wait.
580
00:31:59,183 --> 00:32:01,674
Better than
I ever imagined.
581
00:32:01,719 --> 00:32:04,654
- First sight of you naked...
- (tape stops)
582
00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:07,487
So what? We admitted
he had the affair.
583
00:32:07,525 --> 00:32:10,494
It sounds to me like you
dictated that letter
584
00:32:10,528 --> 00:32:12,996
the day after
your first night with Amy.
585
00:32:13,031 --> 00:32:16,967
- There is a point to this?
- It was dated the 23rd of December.
586
00:32:17,001 --> 00:32:19,697
The day after
the Christmas party.
587
00:32:19,737 --> 00:32:21,466
(gasps)
588
00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:24,600
How many times
do I have to tell you... I told you she was lying!
589
00:32:24,642 --> 00:32:27,372
So there is no way
the baby was 24 weeks.
590
00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:29,937
You made me jump
through hoops for nothing.
591
00:32:29,981 --> 00:32:33,007
Save the theatrics, Jerry.
The murder charges were dismissed.
592
00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:37,078
The point is, her doctor says
she was already pregnant on the 19th of December.
593
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:40,454
That little... I want
this case dropped immediately
594
00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:43,119
and I want
a public apology.
595
00:32:43,161 --> 00:32:45,959
So the baby couldn't
have been mine.
596
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,068
They knew all along
that Chris was the father.
597
00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:54,230
They set Alcott up
for blackmail.
598
00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:56,001
That doesn't
affect his guilt.
599
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,032
What's important is that
he thought the baby was his.
600
00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:01,238
The creeps...
they manipulate this office,
601
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:03,110
the police, Alcott,
right from the start.
602
00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:06,048
- They're liars...
doesn't make 'em killers. - (knocks on door)
603
00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,847
Maybe the blackmail
is a camouflage.
604
00:33:07,885 --> 00:33:10,183
Maybe their ultimate goal
is a civil suit.
605
00:33:10,221 --> 00:33:13,657
There may be more to Chris
than we originally thought.
606
00:33:13,691 --> 00:33:15,989
He practiced law
in Wisconsin.
607
00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:19,624
And now he's
driving a cab?
608
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,859
Disbarred in '89.
609
00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:24,299
What are you
gonna do, Ben?
610
00:33:24,335 --> 00:33:26,803
Well, straightforward's
not gonna work with 'em.
611
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:28,999
We've gotta hit 'em
from behind.
612
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,770
If the light at the end
of that tunnel is a civil suit,
613
00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:34,334
why not seal up
the tunnel?
614
00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:36,472
Judge Burton owes you
a favor.
615
00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:38,982
Call one in.
Get me a continuance.
616
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:41,918
What the hell is
his wife's name? Sally?
617
00:33:44,088 --> 00:33:46,648
Your husband may be guilty
of many things, Mrs. Alcott,
618
00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:50,058
but we're
not convinced one of them is attacking a pregnant woman.
619
00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:53,488
You're not required
to help them, Marti.
620
00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,362
No, you're not.
621
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,300
But I'm sure your attorney
has told you
622
00:33:57,335 --> 00:34:00,031
that cause has no bearing
on the property distribution.
623
00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,936
In books,
Mr. Robinette.
624
00:34:01,973 --> 00:34:04,567
In real life,
it goes a long way.
625
00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:06,873
You'll get your divorce.
626
00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,811
You'll get his money.
627
00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:12,714
But the penalties for adultery
do not include 25 years behind bars.
628
00:34:12,750 --> 00:34:14,547
Maybe they should.
629
00:34:14,585 --> 00:34:16,815
Maybe then they would
keep their pants on.
630
00:34:16,854 --> 00:34:20,620
David will pay for this,
Mr. Robinette.
631
00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:24,388
Fine.
632
00:34:24,429 --> 00:34:27,956
If he goes to jail,
Chris and Amy's civil suit against him is a sure winner.
633
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,160
And in that case,
there'll be a lot less
634
00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:32,135
to divide up
after the divorce.
635
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,101
What are you proposing?
636
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:40,677
I'm sure
it doesn't surprise you that Mrs. Alcott has commenced
637
00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:42,941
a divorce proceeding
against her husband.
638
00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:44,971
Chris:
And you want Amy to testify?
639
00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:48,417
As a matter of fact, no.
I want you to drop the civil suit.
640
00:34:49,420 --> 00:34:51,251
Why in the world
would we...
641
00:34:51,289 --> 00:34:54,258
- For a million
dollars, that's why. - We're suing for 10 million.
642
00:34:54,292 --> 00:34:59,025
First of all, let me assure you
that Mr. Alcott's net worth is barely $2 million,
643
00:34:59,063 --> 00:35:02,328
half of which I'm claiming
for Mrs. Alcott in her divorce.
644
00:35:02,366 --> 00:35:04,664
Fraudulent conveyance.
645
00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:06,465
We'll recapture the funds.
646
00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:08,495
Very good, Chris.
647
00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:11,872
But I want you to know that I can
tie up his assets for years
648
00:35:11,909 --> 00:35:13,672
pending the divorce
settlement.
649
00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:16,339
I've already got
a restraining order on his bank accounts,
650
00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:18,848
his partnership draw
is being garnished,
651
00:35:18,883 --> 00:35:21,249
and tomorrow we start
on pendente lite maintenance
652
00:35:21,285 --> 00:35:22,946
and child support.
653
00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:26,882
I wouldn't mess with me
if I were you, Chris.
654
00:35:26,924 --> 00:35:30,018
By the time you see a dime,
it won't be worth a nickel.
655
00:35:30,061 --> 00:35:33,792
- And what's in it for you?
- Mrs. Alcott will drop the divorce proceedings...
656
00:35:33,831 --> 00:35:35,992
And I'll let
the son of a bitch rot in jail
657
00:35:36,033 --> 00:35:39,002
while I spend
whatever money he has left.
658
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:42,139
Cowan:
Take a million now...
659
00:35:42,173 --> 00:35:45,904
...drop the civil suit,
and everybody's happy.
660
00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:49,372
Amy's voice:
It was hardly worth the trouble.
661
00:35:49,413 --> 00:35:53,816
- So much
for suing on principle. - These two are unbelievable.
662
00:35:57,555 --> 00:36:00,115
Cowan's voice:
I can have a check for you tomorrow.
663
00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:03,286
Amy's voice:
Let's just take the money and get out of here.
664
00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:06,785
The grieving mother.
665
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,992
Does that
constitute proof?
666
00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:11,399
Couldn't they say
they got over it quickly?
667
00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:13,903
First of all, Chris was
the father, not Alcott.
668
00:36:13,938 --> 00:36:16,600
Chris and Amy knew that,
but made Alcott think it was his.
669
00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:19,542
- In order to blackmail him.
- In order to file a civil suit.
670
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:21,408
They weren't going
for singles.
671
00:36:21,445 --> 00:36:23,811
These people were going
for the long ball, extra bases.
672
00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:27,215
Staging this whole thing...
that's a helluva couple.
673
00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:30,948
So this whole thing
was a scam?
674
00:36:30,988 --> 00:36:34,185
- The beating, the affair?
- My guess, Chris was the anonymous caller.
675
00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:36,193
And we need you
to break his alibi.
676
00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:38,457
You're the ex-cabbie.
677
00:36:40,131 --> 00:36:41,758
(hood slams)
678
00:36:41,799 --> 00:36:43,528
Gimme the book.
679
00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,230
Yeah, sure,
for insurance purpose, we check the odometer
680
00:36:46,270 --> 00:36:48,670
of every cab
when it comes in, when it goes out.
681
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:50,867
Every cab,
every day, huh?
682
00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:54,742
You screw up the insurance,
they take away your medallion like that.
683
00:36:54,779 --> 00:36:57,839
Cab 34, be my guest.
684
00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:07,686
Guess what? He's only
half as smart as we thought.
685
00:37:07,725 --> 00:37:11,786
The kid paid off the meter,
but he didn't know that they check the mileage every day.
686
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:15,526
The only way he trekked
out to Kennedy airport is if they moved it to Times Square.
687
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:17,557
The odometer's
40 miles short.
688
00:37:17,602 --> 00:37:20,093
- And so is his alibi.
- Read 'em their rights.
689
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:24,097
We've already plead them
out on blackmail.
690
00:37:24,141 --> 00:37:26,371
Experts cannot establish
the age of the fetus,
691
00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,970
so murder's
out of the question, too.
692
00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:31,311
Is this true or false?
693
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:35,308
Amy and Chris intended
to cause a miscarriage.
694
00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,218
True, only what they did
wasn't a crime.
695
00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:39,189
But they didn't
know that.
696
00:37:39,223 --> 00:37:41,714
Famous law school
hypothetical:
697
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,227
I shoot a bullet
into the heart of a man
698
00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:46,127
who appears
to be sleeping.
699
00:37:46,163 --> 00:37:49,428
Only he wasn't sleeping,
he was dead.
700
00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:51,799
- Am I guilty?
- Not of murder?
701
00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:53,895
But I didn't know
he was already dead.
702
00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:55,963
I thought I was
committing a crime.
703
00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:58,475
Chris and Amy thought
they were committing a crime.
704
00:37:58,509 --> 00:38:01,342
So they had
a guilty mind.
705
00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:05,042
- If not for murder, for...
- Attempted murder.
706
00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:09,711
Learn from
your past mistakes, Stone.
707
00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:11,517
The fetus wasn't
legally alive,
708
00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:13,420
ergo you can't make it
legally dead,
709
00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:15,425
ergo you can't convict
on murder.
710
00:38:15,459 --> 00:38:18,257
No one's disagreeing
with you, Ms. Bayliss,
711
00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:22,027
but if you read the indictment,
your clients are being charged with attempted murder.
712
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:24,125
Same difference.
713
00:38:24,168 --> 00:38:27,934
I don't think so. A man buys
a pound of sugar thinking it's heroin.
714
00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,338
We all know it's no crime
to buy a pound of sugar.
715
00:38:30,374 --> 00:38:32,740
But, Ms. Bayliss, in every
jurisdiction in the country
716
00:38:32,777 --> 00:38:36,645
the man is convicted
of attempted possession of illegal narcotics.
717
00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:41,414
Yes, Mr. Stone, but if your man
knew for a fact it was sugar,
718
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:43,545
he's as free as a bird.
719
00:38:43,587 --> 00:38:46,283
Amy:
I hate to spoil your fun, Mr. Stone,
720
00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,487
but I assure you,
after three years of law school,
721
00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:51,927
Chris knows how to read
a murder statute.
722
00:38:51,962 --> 00:38:54,795
And I certainly knew
how long I'd been pregnant.
723
00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:58,835
She sat there and admitted
she killed her own baby.
724
00:38:58,869 --> 00:39:01,030
I swear, her pulse didn't
rise above 60.
725
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,700
They knew both the age
of the fetus and the law.
726
00:39:03,741 --> 00:39:06,266
- No murder, no attempt.
- They have proof?
727
00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:08,972
She did have an OB confirm
the home pregnancy test,
728
00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:12,210
plus our young hero Chris'
statement that he knew the statute.
729
00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:14,547
Are you trying to tell me
that a woman that smart
730
00:39:14,585 --> 00:39:17,281
would willingly
sacrifice her body?
731
00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:19,380
That's hard to believe.
732
00:39:19,423 --> 00:39:21,550
Bad and brains are not
mutually exclusive.
733
00:39:21,592 --> 00:39:24,789
Maybe she was abused,
but she was part of this thing from the start.
734
00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:27,161
If she couldn't
form the intent,
735
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,063
if she was acting
under Chris' will...
736
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:32,467
You saw her... that baby was
no more important to her than a watch,
737
00:39:32,503 --> 00:39:34,494
something she could hock
for a quick buck.
738
00:39:34,538 --> 00:39:36,369
We've got to go
forward with this.
739
00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:39,137
You fire an unloaded gun at me,
it's attempt.
740
00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:42,668
You know that the gun
is not loaded, that's nothing.
741
00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:45,614
To be acquitted, I'd
have to prove I knew the gun wasn't loaded.
742
00:39:45,649 --> 00:39:47,480
Chris and Amy will have
to prove they knew
743
00:39:47,518 --> 00:39:49,884
they weren't committing
a crime and take the stand.
744
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,115
Credibility is a question
for the jury.
745
00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:55,523
Exactly... I open up
the slightest hole in their story,
746
00:39:55,559 --> 00:39:58,221
I give the jury the opportunity,
they'll do the right thing.
747
00:39:58,262 --> 00:40:00,196
You want a jury
to ignore the evidence?
748
00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:03,200
No, Chris and Amy want
the jury to look at the law.
749
00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:05,395
I'll get the jury
to look at Chris and Amy.
750
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:08,098
Adam:
The law's supposed to be a shield, not a sword.
751
00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:10,437
They're despicable, yes.
752
00:40:10,474 --> 00:40:12,601
But by letter of the law,
they're not guilty.
753
00:40:12,643 --> 00:40:15,544
The legislature could never have conceived
of anything like this.
754
00:40:15,579 --> 00:40:18,980
But wrong should not
win by technicalities. You know that yourself.
755
00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:22,610
Get these bastards
off the street.
756
00:40:27,858 --> 00:40:31,055
Chris:
We knew that if everything went wrong and Amy miscarried
757
00:40:31,095 --> 00:40:33,393
we couldn't
be tried for murder.
758
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:36,798
We knew that
Amy'd been pregnant for less than 24 weeks.
759
00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:39,325
But you're not charged
with murder, Chris,
760
00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:41,304
you're charged
with attempt.
761
00:40:41,338 --> 00:40:43,397
It's a joke.
762
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:47,605
You think we would go through
all this and not be sure?
763
00:40:47,645 --> 00:40:51,274
- I knew it wasn't a crime.
- How's that?
764
00:40:51,315 --> 00:40:54,307
Three years, University
of Wisconsin School of Law,
765
00:40:54,351 --> 00:40:57,013
two years practicing
in Fond du Lac.
766
00:40:57,054 --> 00:40:58,715
Thank you.
767
00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:03,849
As an attorney, you are aware
that the definition of murder
768
00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:06,488
- varies from state to state.
- Chris: Sure.
769
00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:10,330
So that what constitutes murder
in Wisconsin may be different in New York?
770
00:41:10,367 --> 00:41:13,359
- That's right.
- Did you ever attend law school in New York?
771
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,531
- No, but l...
- Yes or no, sir.
772
00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:19,467
No.
773
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:21,876
But now you claim to know
the law in New York.
774
00:41:21,912 --> 00:41:24,881
I can read, Mr. Stone.
775
00:41:26,584 --> 00:41:28,814
Well, then, maybe you can
tell us, Mr. Baylor,
776
00:41:28,853 --> 00:41:31,117
what happened to your license
to practice law?
777
00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,988
- Objection... irrelevant.
- What's the credibility, Your Honor?
778
00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:35,992
Answer the question.
779
00:41:36,026 --> 00:41:38,654
It was revoked.
780
00:41:38,696 --> 00:41:40,664
You mean,
you were disbarred?
781
00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:45,968
Sir?!
782
00:41:49,540 --> 00:41:52,236
I made
a terrible mistake,
783
00:41:52,276 --> 00:41:54,244
but we didn't
break any laws.
784
00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:58,214
But you testified that
Chris intentionally hit you.
785
00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,843
You said it was
all part of your plan.
786
00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,376
We never meant
to hurt it.
787
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:07,817
I am so sorry
about the baby.
788
00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:10,759
I wish
I could take it back.
789
00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:12,625
And what about
Mr. Alcott?
790
00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,697
Does he deserve
any sympathy?
791
00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:18,531
I take it
you don't care for him?
792
00:42:18,569 --> 00:42:20,764
He cheated on his wife.
793
00:42:20,804 --> 00:42:23,739
He cheats the government
for a living.
794
00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:26,572
He deserves
whatever happens to him.
795
00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:33,046
Amy...
796
00:42:33,083 --> 00:42:35,449
have you been examined
by a doctor recently?
797
00:42:36,854 --> 00:42:38,515
Yes.
798
00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:40,888
Bayliss:
And what did he say?
799
00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:43,086
As a result of the kicks,
800
00:42:43,127 --> 00:42:46,119
there was severe damage
to my uterine wall.
801
00:42:46,163 --> 00:42:47,630
Which means?
802
00:42:47,665 --> 00:42:50,065
I'll never
have another child.
803
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:53,035
- Objection... relevance.
- Sustained.
804
00:42:53,070 --> 00:42:54,731
Thank you, Amy.
805
00:42:56,974 --> 00:42:59,033
Ms. Newhouse...
806
00:43:01,111 --> 00:43:05,241
you testified that you didn't
intend to have a miscarriage...
807
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:09,346
yet you meticulously
planned the attack
808
00:43:09,386 --> 00:43:13,755
to assure that the fetus
would be under 24 weeks of age.
809
00:43:13,791 --> 00:43:15,782
Chris said
it was a fail-safe,
810
00:43:15,826 --> 00:43:18,260
just in case something
went wrong.
811
00:43:18,295 --> 00:43:23,289
Can you tell us why
Chris was disbarred in the state of Wisconsin?
812
00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:28,899
Answer
the question, please.
813
00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:38,478
Subornation of perjury.
814
00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:40,676
Stone:
Do you know what that means?
815
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:47,181
He encouraged a witness
to lie on the stand.
816
00:43:47,224 --> 00:43:49,249
Do you think
Chris could be at it again?
817
00:43:49,293 --> 00:43:51,557
- Objection!
- Sustained.
818
00:43:54,698 --> 00:43:57,258
Ms. Newhouse,
do you know what it means
819
00:43:57,301 --> 00:44:00,862
if you can't prove
that you and Chris knew the law
820
00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:04,863
prior to committing the acts
that resulted in the death of your baby?
821
00:44:04,908 --> 00:44:08,173
Objection! The witness
is not an attorney, Your Honor.
822
00:44:08,212 --> 00:44:10,442
She's not competent
to determine this.
823
00:44:10,481 --> 00:44:13,541
On the contrary, Your Honor,
Ms. Newhouse's entire defense
824
00:44:13,584 --> 00:44:15,745
is based upon the fact
that she knew the law.
825
00:44:15,786 --> 00:44:19,449
She cannot now argue
that she is incompetent to testify as to its meaning.
826
00:44:20,891 --> 00:44:23,018
Answer the question,
young lady.
827
00:44:27,831 --> 00:44:31,597
What would
it mean, Ms. Newhouse, if you didn't know the law?
828
00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:35,595
- We would be guilty.
- Of what?
829
00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:39,402
Of attempted murder.
830
00:44:39,443 --> 00:44:41,502
Of trying
to kill your own baby.
831
00:44:42,780 --> 00:44:45,010
We committed no crime.
832
00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,313
Nobody got hurt.
833
00:45:04,535 --> 00:45:06,469
Stone:
No crime?
834
00:45:06,503 --> 00:45:08,937
I mean, what do you
call the plan
835
00:45:08,972 --> 00:45:12,237
that Christopher Baylor
and Amy Newhouse concocted?
836
00:45:12,276 --> 00:45:14,744
They lured her own employer,
David Alcott,
837
00:45:14,778 --> 00:45:16,939
into having
an affair with her.
838
00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:19,505
They convinced him that
their own pregnancy was his.
839
00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:23,008
And then they did
the unimaginable...
840
00:45:23,053 --> 00:45:25,487
they staged an attack,
841
00:45:25,522 --> 00:45:29,288
an attack in which
Christopher Baylor savagely kicked
842
00:45:29,326 --> 00:45:33,695
the mother of his own child
in the belly.
843
00:45:33,731 --> 00:45:36,325
And they say it's
no crime?
844
00:45:39,436 --> 00:45:41,996
They killed their own child
for greed.
845
00:45:42,039 --> 00:45:44,507
No crime?
846
00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:46,907
The only possible way
that this is not a crime
847
00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:49,606
is that if you can
manage to convince yourself
848
00:45:49,646 --> 00:45:52,444
that that couple
had specific knowledge
849
00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:54,576
of an obscure penal code.
850
00:45:56,053 --> 00:45:59,887
I, however, believe
that if you review the evidence
851
00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:04,155
you will find
that when they came up with this heinous plan,
852
00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:07,630
they were unaware
of the 24-week statute...
853
00:46:09,399 --> 00:46:13,631
and they are guilty of the crime that was in
their hearts all along...
854
00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:16,764
the crime
of attempted murder.
855
00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:24,471
Have you reached
a verdict?
856
00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:28,815
We have, Your Honor. We find
the defendants Amy Newhouse and Christopher Baylor
857
00:46:28,852 --> 00:46:32,982
guilty of attempt to commit
murder in the second degree.
858
00:46:33,023 --> 00:46:36,288
- Motion to set aside
the verdict? - Denied.
859
00:46:39,696 --> 00:46:43,154
Gillion should have
set aside the verdict. The only basis was horror.
860
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,966
The public is all over us
when a known criminal walks on a technicality.
861
00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:50,462
I flipped the coin.
I let the people use a technicality to convict.
862
00:46:50,507 --> 00:46:52,304
I'm sure they'll appeal.
863
00:46:52,342 --> 00:46:54,276
The jury disbelieved
their testimony.
864
00:46:54,311 --> 00:46:56,711
Last time I looked that is
not reviewable upon appeal.
865
00:46:56,747 --> 00:46:58,408
But they were
telling the truth.
866
00:46:58,448 --> 00:47:01,884
I'm not gonna lose
any sleep over it, and I don't think the jurors will either.
867
00:47:01,919 --> 00:47:04,012
- There's another bit of justice.
- What's that?
868
00:47:04,054 --> 00:47:05,988
She'll never reproduce.
869
00:47:12,196 --> 00:47:15,927
(theme music plays)
870
00:47:15,977 --> 00:47:20,527
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