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NARRATOR:In the criminal justice system
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the people are representedby two
separateyet equally important groups,
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the policewho investigate crime
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and the district attorneyswho prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Gil.
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(LAUGHS)
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Gil.
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Gil, we'll be home
in half an hour.
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Come on, Cin.
They did it in Fatal Attraction.
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Sure, with stunt doubles.
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It's now or never.
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In a couple of years, we'll need
notes from our chiropractor.
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We'll need new jobs
if we get caught.
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GIL: It would
have been great.
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It'll be great
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in half an hour with
the front door locked.
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(GUN FIRES)
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(GUNSHOT FIRES)
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(GUNSHOT FIRES)
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Are you crazy?
You stay here.
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Call 911.
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The cleaning crew doesn't
show up till after 9:00.
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I was pretty sure we were the
only ones left in the building.
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The people in this
office, you know them?
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Just to say hi.
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Like we told the other detective,
they ran a computer magazine.
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They seemed like a fun bunch.
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They always had music playing.
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Thank you.
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Body count's three. We found four shells.
Nine millimeter.
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As far as we can tell,
all the vics worked here.
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Sally Kestler, 26.
She used to have black hair.
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Nose ring's new, too.
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Along with the bullet hole.
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What's his story?
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First unit on the scene
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found him hiding in the john
over there, pale as a ghost.
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I'll bet. Be sure to check his
hands for powder residue.
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Detective Curtis
already put in a request.
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Jesse Rand, 24. Powder burns on
his shirt, bruises on his hands.
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Probably from beating on
the guy who shot him.
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Make sure Mr.
Rand gets under the microscope.
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I already got that one from Detective Curtis.
He's in there.
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Hey, I paged you three times.
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I was stuck in
the Midtown Tunnel.
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Anyway, it sounds like
you had it covered.
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Meet Edward Nicodos, the Editor-ln-Chief.
Two shots, in and out.
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Those accountants said they heard two
quick shots and then two singles.
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Right. That makes him first.
Who says it's good to be the king?
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"BYTEhead Magazine.
Feeding the head of Generation X."
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Better make that
Generation X'd out.
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I can't believe this crap.
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They were looking for
gun powder on my hands.
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Take it easy.
They were just following procedure.
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You know, if I wasn't hugging
porcelain when the shooting started,
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I'd be dead right now.
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Two weeks on the
job and I'm dead.
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Was there anyone in the office
besides the four of you?
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No, we just put
issue 14 to bed,
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and Eddie popped the cork
and ordered takeout.
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Well, between the champagne and
the General Tso's Chicken,
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my stomach started
doing wheelies.
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What about office romances?
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Maybe somebody's significant
other got jealous?
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I just did phones and errands.
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I mean, the grapevine didn't
exactly grow my way.
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Then who on your
staff would know?
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You're looking at
what's left of the staff.
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There was Eddie, and Sally,
the Senior Editor,
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and Jesse, the Associate
Publisher, and me.
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You're saying four people
ran this whole thing?
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Eddie ran a virtual office.
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There was a part-time editor in Saratoga,
and a graphics guy in Baltimore.
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Everything got done
with faxes and modems.
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Beats coming into
work every day.
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Sally Kestler's roommate says
she wasn't seeing anybody.
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And judging by his dance card, Eddie
Nicodos was seeing everybody.
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And Jesse Rand's boyfriend was
playing bass at a club last night.
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Jesse Rand?
He's the one with the powder burns?
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Yeah, shot almost point
blank near a fire exit.
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Forensics pulled some dark blue
wool fibers from under his nails.
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He probably got
his mitts on the guy.
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CSU check the fire door?
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Yeah, they found some powder residue on
the handle and a couple of dozen prints,
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mostly smudged, mostly from the vics,
and one from the kid in the john.
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Popular door.
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Yeah, it leads
to the side street,
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but it's not wired
up to an alarm.
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Well, somebody who's been
there before would know that.
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Start with former employees.
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We checked the offices,
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but the place was big on gadgets,
not personnel records.
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What about the next of kin?
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They've been notified.
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They own Nicodos Food Distribution.
It's a big operation.
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Yeah, I've been stuck behind
a few of their trucks.
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You talk to Elaine Nicodos?
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She's listed as
Executive Editor.
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I don't understand.
Edward was my baby.
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Why would somebody do this?
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Come on, Mom, sit down.
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Elizabeth, be a dear and
take the children upstairs.
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Come on, let's go.
Let's go upstairs.
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Terribly sorry for your loss, Mrs.
Nicodos.
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I buried my husband a year ago.
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I thought after his memorial yesterday,
we could move on with our lives.
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If I didn't have Peter and his
family living here with me,
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I don't know what I'd do.
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We'll help you any way we can.
Just tell us what you need.
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Well, to start with,
can you think of anybody
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who might have had a grudge against
your brother or the magazine?
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No. Nothing comes to mind.
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Eddie had a lot of friends.
Everybody liked him.
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Well, somebody he fired might
have a different opinion.
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Were you aware of any problems
with a former employee?
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If there were,
I really wouldn't know.
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But you are the Executive
Editor of the magazine, right?
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It's just a title.
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Just Eddie's way of saying thank you
for giving him the start-up money.
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So you didn't keep up with
the day-to-day over there?
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Our business is
food distribution.
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The magazine was
strictly Eddie's venture.
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We'd like to see his personnel file.
There was nothing in the office.
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He retained a business manager.
I'll have the records released to you.
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Eddie was full of ideas.
He had so much promise.
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How could someone
take him away?
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All three of them?
That's incredible.
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I'm totally floored.
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I just spoke to Sally
a few weeks ago.
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Really? We didn't think you were still
on speaking terms with the people there.
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Why, because I was fired?
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Well, that's one reason.
Another one is this letter.
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"You're a son of a bitch,
John's a son of a bitch,
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"and you can both go to hell,
the sooner the better."
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We found this in your
personnel file, Ms. Russell.
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So? I worked five months straight
giving that rag its look,
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and then I got dinged 'cause I wouldn't
let some lech play grab-ass with me.
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I'm supposed to be happy?
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The lech, that would be John?
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John Wheeler.
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I'd be in his office working,
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and all of a sudden he says
he has to take a leak.
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He unzips right there
and pees into a cup.
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Guy was a pig.
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So you complained.
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Eddie thought it was funny.
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I spelled it out for him.
It was me or John.
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So after you got
pink-slipped,
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why didn't you let a lawyer
write your hate mail for you?
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I did. She said I had
a great case,
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until she realized the
magazine had no assets.
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Well, Eddie got his
consciousness raised.
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John Wheeler was fired
two weeks ago.
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Oh, God.
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When Sally called me, she sounded worried.
John had started in on her.
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He even followed
her home one night.
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Leave me a number. I gotta finish
this piece on molecular computers.
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I got two magazines
bidding for it.
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Hey, that badge we showed you
means we got dibs on your time.
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Now, let's hear about your
problem with Sally Kestler.
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Come on. You look at some
chicks the wrong way,
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you become a serial rapist.
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You follow them home,
maybe you are.
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Big misunderstanding, that's all.
Sally never had a sense of humor.
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Did you lose yours
after she got you fired?
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That had nothing to do with it.
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Eddie was just
jealous of my talent.
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Couldn't deal with the fact that I was
the real juice behind the magazine.
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Right. You're so brilliant, you're
hustling the freelance market.
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Temporary setback.
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Look, man, I wrote
this killer review
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on this mega carnage piece of
crap CD-ROM Thrasher.
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Burned the game, the programmer,
got a lot of buzz from it.
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Eddie felt threatened.
Only room for one resident genius.
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What the hell. Mozart couldn't
hack the nine-to-five either.
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Just what masterpiece
were you creating,
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say two nights ago,
around 8:30?
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I was at Annie's Diner on Lex.
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Johnny has some fast
hands for a white boy,
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but he was never
getting a piece of this.
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Now, you, you might
have a chance.
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Not without a note
from my wife.
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What time did Johnny take off?
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Just before 9:00.
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He said he had a date with
some girl on his computer.
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So I asked him, what
is the thrill in that?
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I'm sure he types fast with one hand.
Thanks.
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So Wheeler's story checked out.
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He's quite the wordsmith.
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I read his review.
Most of it's up your alley,
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but the thumbs down part comes
through loud and clear.
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Well, a little controversy gets people talking.
Eddie couldn't have minded.
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Well, he may have
had second thoughts.
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Their latest issue, there's a
retraction printed on the last page.
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So the guys who invented the
game must've weighed in.
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Well, only five lines.
Not much of an apology.
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My girlfriend insists on
flowers and a box of Godiva.
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Well, maybe somebody came
back for the chocolates.
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Thrasher is an action-thriller
music-video-adventure experience.
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I get that riding the subway.
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So BYTEhead magazine didn't like your game.
That calls for an apology?
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They weren't
supposed to review it.
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I let Eddie Nicodos
see a prototype.
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Bastard said he wouldn't write about
it until I worked out the bugs.
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So what happened?
Eddie didn't say I'm sorry loud enough?
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I worked three years on this project.
I lost my backers.
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I've been on the phone every day,
trying to raise new capital.
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Yeah, all those busy signals
can get pretty frustrating.
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You want to tell us where you
were the night Eddie got shot?
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Right here. Look, Eddie might
have been a back-stabbing jerk,
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but I wouldn't kill him.
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At least not until my lawyer
was through with him.
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Liability here is
eight figures.
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That review damaged my
client's business reputation.
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It interfered with his
contractual relationships.
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So a lawsuit gets
your name in the paper.
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All you'll be able to do with a judgment
against the magazine is frame it.
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We didn't just sue
Eddie Nicodos.
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You found deeper pockets?
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His family's business Nicodos
Food Distribution Inc.
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Has also been
named in the suit.
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Our position is they're the
true owners of the magazine.
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We sure nailed his brother
on it at the deposition.
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Brother Peter, who never kept up
with the day-to-day at the magazine?
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We definitely
had his attention.
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Do you have a transcript
of the deposition?
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Better.
I have a videotape.
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I don't see how my mothergiving money to Eddie
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has anythingto do with this.
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That's what we'rehere to find out.
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Has your brother's magazinereceived
any other fundsfrom Nicodos Foods?
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PETER: Wait, wait, wait,wait a minute.
What do youmean, "Any other funds?"
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The start-up money camefrom my mother's
personalaccount, not the business.
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Remind me to borrow this
next time I can't sleep.
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This is all very interesting,but I've got things to do.
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Ed... No, I'm here,so you're here, too.
238
00:12:48,448 --> 00:12:50,006
It's yourproblem, Pete.
239
00:12:50,083 --> 00:12:51,573
You want to sue me,go right ahead.
240
00:12:51,651 --> 00:12:53,243
The magazine'sjudgment-proof.
241
00:12:53,319 --> 00:12:55,184
You think you cancollect from
my brother,be my guest.
242
00:12:55,254 --> 00:12:58,690
You irresponsible, spoiledbrat.
I'm sitting here,taking this... Sit down!
243
00:12:58,758 --> 00:13:00,749
Go to hell!God...
244
00:13:01,694 --> 00:13:02,854
Nice family.
245
00:13:02,929 --> 00:13:05,659
Who said we're not
the city of brotherly love?
246
00:13:08,901 --> 00:13:10,926
The lawsuit is
just a lot of smoke.
247
00:13:11,003 --> 00:13:13,801
Our business has nothing
to do with Eddie's magazine.
248
00:13:13,873 --> 00:13:15,898
My attorney assures me
we're in the clear.
249
00:13:15,975 --> 00:13:19,206
So when you didn't tell us about
it, that was just an oversight?
250
00:13:20,413 --> 00:13:21,880
I didn't think it was relevant.
251
00:13:21,948 --> 00:13:23,939
A $12 million lawsuit?
252
00:13:24,016 --> 00:13:25,677
Hey, we understand if you
didn't want us to know
253
00:13:25,751 --> 00:13:28,185
how upset you were
at your brother.
254
00:13:28,254 --> 00:13:30,051
We saw the deposition tape.
255
00:13:31,858 --> 00:13:33,382
So I overreacted.
256
00:13:33,493 --> 00:13:36,018
Eddie put us in a
vulnerable position.
257
00:13:37,130 --> 00:13:38,893
My grandfather built this firm.
258
00:13:38,965 --> 00:13:41,695
I take seriously my duty to
protect the family's interests.
259
00:13:41,767 --> 00:13:45,533
I'm not gonna sit back and let some little
shyster bleed us over a computer game.
260
00:13:45,605 --> 00:13:48,233
No, you're going to yell at your brother.
Makes perfect sense.
261
00:13:48,307 --> 00:13:52,403
We weren't twins, Detective.
We handled things differently.
262
00:13:52,478 --> 00:13:55,675
My brother was imaginative.
263
00:13:55,748 --> 00:13:57,545
BRISCOE: Well, we have
imaginations, too,
264
00:13:57,617 --> 00:14:00,814
so if you could tell us your
whereabouts the night he was killed?
265
00:14:02,889 --> 00:14:06,552
I was here. I spent the
entire day with my mother,
266
00:14:06,626 --> 00:14:10,289
the memorial service,
dinner at Periyali.
267
00:14:10,363 --> 00:14:12,558
Payroll checks don't
sign themselves.
268
00:14:12,632 --> 00:14:14,224
What time did you leave?
269
00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:18,293
Around 9:30, so I could kiss
my children good night.
270
00:14:18,371 --> 00:14:22,068
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I have people waiting for me.
271
00:14:22,141 --> 00:14:26,578
I still can't get over it.
I knew Eddie since he was in short pants.
272
00:14:26,646 --> 00:14:28,807
That kid could never sit still.
273
00:14:28,881 --> 00:14:31,179
The things his folks would
let him get away with.
274
00:14:31,250 --> 00:14:34,583
What about lately?
You see him around here with Peter?
275
00:14:34,654 --> 00:14:38,249
No. Last time he was around
here was five years ago.
276
00:14:39,358 --> 00:14:41,292
He was out of college.
277
00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,693
The old man talked him into taking
a job in the sales department.
278
00:14:44,764 --> 00:14:46,527
Not his cup of tea, huh?
279
00:14:46,599 --> 00:14:48,157
He lasted two months.
280
00:14:48,234 --> 00:14:50,361
Pete was his boss.
281
00:14:50,436 --> 00:14:54,532
They had a blowout on the loading dock
and Eddie found something else to do.
282
00:14:54,607 --> 00:14:58,839
According to your log book, you were
on duty the night he got killed.
283
00:14:58,911 --> 00:15:01,675
That's right.
I had a man out sick.
284
00:15:01,747 --> 00:15:03,977
CURTIS: Did you see
Peter come in?
285
00:15:04,050 --> 00:15:07,645
About 8:00.
He went right up to his office.
286
00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,280
He's not a talkative man.
He's always got something on his mind.
287
00:15:10,356 --> 00:15:11,380
What time did he leave?
288
00:15:11,457 --> 00:15:12,515
That I couldn't tell you.
289
00:15:12,592 --> 00:15:14,685
Sometimes he goes out
through the warehouse.
290
00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:15,749
Why do you want to know?
291
00:15:15,828 --> 00:15:19,355
Well, we got a lot of blank
spaces to fill in on our reports.
292
00:15:19,432 --> 00:15:22,458
Do you happen to know if he
keeps a gun in his office?
293
00:15:24,770 --> 00:15:26,567
No, he doesn't.
294
00:15:26,639 --> 00:15:28,368
Had to think that one over?
295
00:15:28,441 --> 00:15:32,434
Mr. Brice, if you want
to reconsider your answer...
296
00:15:35,181 --> 00:15:39,515
Mr. Nicodos' secretary keeps a
licensed handgun locked in her desk,
297
00:15:39,585 --> 00:15:41,815
for nights when she works late.
298
00:15:41,887 --> 00:15:44,048
She worries about carjackers.
299
00:15:44,123 --> 00:15:45,181
And?
300
00:15:47,793 --> 00:15:52,253
And this morning, she called
me to report it missing.
301
00:15:52,331 --> 00:15:54,822
Did Mr. Nicodos know
she had a gun?
302
00:15:55,968 --> 00:15:59,267
He signed the affidavit
for the premise permit.
303
00:15:59,338 --> 00:16:02,330
Last time she saw it was the
day before the shootings.
304
00:16:02,408 --> 00:16:05,434
And as far as she knows, Nicodos
does have a key to her desk.
305
00:16:05,511 --> 00:16:07,979
According to her permit, it's
a Ladysmith nine millimeter.
306
00:16:08,047 --> 00:16:10,174
I checked the rifling.
It's a six with a right twist,
307
00:16:10,249 --> 00:16:12,149
same as the slugs
we recovered from vics.
308
00:16:12,218 --> 00:16:14,846
Making Peter a prime
candidate for a sit-down.
309
00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,219
No point putting him in the hot
seat if we can't keep him there.
310
00:16:18,291 --> 00:16:21,419
Nicodos went straight from
the memorial to the office.
311
00:16:21,494 --> 00:16:23,519
With one stop in
between for dinner.
312
00:16:23,596 --> 00:16:27,259
Forensics found dark blue wool
fibers on one of the victims.
313
00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:31,599
I'm no Donna Karan, but I know the
right fashion for solemn occasions.
314
00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:36,870
I really don't remember
what Peter was wearing.
315
00:16:36,942 --> 00:16:38,534
I'm sure it was
something appropriate.
316
00:16:38,644 --> 00:16:40,077
Where are those people going?
317
00:16:40,146 --> 00:16:43,115
The warrant allows us to search
the whole house, Mrs. Nicodos,
318
00:16:43,182 --> 00:16:44,444
starting with your son's room.
319
00:16:44,517 --> 00:16:47,975
What do you expect to find?
It doesn't make any sense.
320
00:16:48,054 --> 00:16:52,787
That day at the memorial service, did
anything happen between your sons?
321
00:16:52,858 --> 00:16:55,691
Eddie couldn't be there.
I told him it was all right.
322
00:16:55,761 --> 00:16:58,355
He had a deadline
at the magazine.
323
00:16:58,431 --> 00:17:01,457
But you haven't answered
my question, Detective.
324
00:17:01,534 --> 00:17:03,695
What do you expect to find?
325
00:17:03,769 --> 00:17:06,465
Why don't we just wait and
see what happens, okay?
326
00:17:08,474 --> 00:17:10,908
That day is like
a blur, Detective.
327
00:17:10,976 --> 00:17:14,412
Peter was on the phone with his office,
the church and the restaurant.
328
00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:15,879
My youngest had the flu.
329
00:17:15,948 --> 00:17:18,314
Did your husband say anything
to you about his brother?
330
00:17:18,384 --> 00:17:21,751
He was disappointed that Eddie
was missing the service,
331
00:17:21,821 --> 00:17:23,721
but we really didn't
have a chance to talk.
332
00:17:23,789 --> 00:17:25,381
Just as we were about
to sit down to dinner,
333
00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:27,153
he was called away to a
meeting with his lawyer.
334
00:17:27,226 --> 00:17:29,160
Did he mention
what it was about?
335
00:17:29,228 --> 00:17:31,458
It was that lawsuit
with the magazine.
336
00:17:31,530 --> 00:17:34,590
Detective, we got grays,
taupes and pinstripes,
337
00:17:34,667 --> 00:17:36,066
but nothing in a dark blue.
338
00:17:36,135 --> 00:17:39,036
There's nothing in the other
closets, either. And no gun.
339
00:17:40,506 --> 00:17:43,839
Even money there's a blue suit
fertilizing the dump at Fishkill.
340
00:17:43,909 --> 00:17:46,070
Yeah, with a nine
millimeter in the pocket.
341
00:17:46,145 --> 00:17:49,012
Now, the mother said Eddie
skipped the old man's service.
342
00:17:49,081 --> 00:17:51,606
Maybe Peter took it personally.
Could've sent him over the edge.
343
00:17:51,684 --> 00:17:53,345
Or maybe talking
to his lawyer did.
344
00:17:53,419 --> 00:17:56,411
His wife said he ran off to a meeting
about the lawsuit after the memorial.
345
00:17:56,489 --> 00:17:59,458
Yeah, the nothing lawsuit
that just couldn't wait.
346
00:17:59,525 --> 00:18:02,221
I doubt if his lawyer will
tell us what was so pressing.
347
00:18:02,294 --> 00:18:04,387
Maybe the other
guy's lawyer will.
348
00:18:05,364 --> 00:18:07,332
How do I know why he
went to see his lawyer?
349
00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,561
I'm sure I'm not the
only thorn in his side.
350
00:18:09,635 --> 00:18:10,727
You were that day.
351
00:18:10,803 --> 00:18:14,000
You know, Lennie, we'd be remiss
if we didn't call his clients.
352
00:18:14,073 --> 00:18:15,438
They might want to
find another lawyer
353
00:18:15,508 --> 00:18:17,999
while Mr. Kaiser here is under
investigation for obstruction.
354
00:18:18,077 --> 00:18:20,602
Now, wait a minute.
I'd love to cooperate,
355
00:18:20,679 --> 00:18:23,113
but you know I can't divulge
information from my client's file.
356
00:18:23,182 --> 00:18:25,241
We're not asking about
privileged conversations.
357
00:18:25,317 --> 00:18:28,616
We just want to know what bug you
dropped in Peter Nicodos' shorts.
358
00:18:31,123 --> 00:18:33,421
I found a shell corporation.
359
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,420
Gaston Inc. It was getting $10,000
a month from Nicodos Foods.
360
00:18:39,498 --> 00:18:42,296
I believe that's how they
diverted money to the magazine.
361
00:18:42,368 --> 00:18:45,599
I served a set of interrogatories
on Nicodos' attorney that morning.
362
00:18:50,176 --> 00:18:53,907
Here we go. Penthouse E.
363
00:18:53,979 --> 00:18:57,710
You'd think with 10 grand a month, Gaston Inc.
Could afford a sign on the door.
364
00:18:57,783 --> 00:18:59,683
Not if the building
is zoned residential.
365
00:18:59,752 --> 00:19:00,912
CELIA: Who is it?
366
00:19:00,986 --> 00:19:03,580
It's the police.
Could you open up the door, please?
367
00:19:06,792 --> 00:19:08,419
Gaston Inc.
368
00:19:08,494 --> 00:19:11,054
Yes, I'm Celia Gaston.
What do you want?
369
00:19:11,130 --> 00:19:13,394
Well, we'd be more
comfortable inside.
370
00:19:17,036 --> 00:19:19,800
Excuse the mess.
I just got back from a business trip.
371
00:19:19,872 --> 00:19:22,602
What business is that,
Ms Gaston?
372
00:19:22,675 --> 00:19:25,473
I'm an interior decorator.
I have clients all over.
373
00:19:25,544 --> 00:19:27,239
Including Nicodos Foods?
374
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,044
I've done some
consulting for them.
375
00:19:31,116 --> 00:19:35,075
Ten thousand a month?
What'd you do, redecorate their warehouse?
376
00:19:36,555 --> 00:19:39,820
Peter Nicodos is a personal
friend of yours, am I right?
377
00:19:39,892 --> 00:19:41,917
A very generous
personal friend?
378
00:19:41,994 --> 00:19:43,894
I don't see how that's
any of your business.
379
00:19:43,963 --> 00:19:45,294
Believe me, it is.
380
00:19:46,866 --> 00:19:48,891
What's going on?
Is Peter in trouble?
381
00:19:48,968 --> 00:19:51,903
If you don't mind, we'll ask
the questions, Ms. Gaston.
382
00:19:51,971 --> 00:19:53,962
When was the last
time you saw Peter?
383
00:19:55,808 --> 00:19:57,833
Three nights ago.
384
00:19:57,910 --> 00:20:01,778
He came by after his dad's service.
Said he couldn't see me anymore.
385
00:20:01,847 --> 00:20:04,042
Did he give you a reason why?
386
00:20:04,116 --> 00:20:05,708
It was personal.
387
00:20:05,784 --> 00:20:07,342
Now I think you should leave.
388
00:20:08,988 --> 00:20:12,651
Ms. Gaston, his brother
Eddie was shot that night.
389
00:20:12,725 --> 00:20:14,750
We think he might
have been involved.
390
00:20:16,896 --> 00:20:18,295
Oh, my God.
391
00:20:19,732 --> 00:20:21,324
I had no idea.
392
00:20:22,735 --> 00:20:27,297
One more time, Ms. Gaston.
Did he tell you anything?
393
00:20:30,876 --> 00:20:34,710
If you don't cooperate, we can have you
arrested and held as a material witness.
394
00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:35,974
We'd rather not do that, but...
395
00:20:36,048 --> 00:20:38,278
It's because of that lawyer.
396
00:20:38,350 --> 00:20:40,113
The one suing them.
397
00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:44,749
Eddie told him who I was, and the
lawyer called Peter that day.
398
00:20:44,823 --> 00:20:46,984
He said he had
to settle the case
399
00:20:47,126 --> 00:20:49,492
or he'd tell
his family about us.
400
00:20:49,728 --> 00:20:51,093
He was being blackmailed.
401
00:20:51,163 --> 00:20:53,063
Nice move, Eddie.
402
00:20:53,132 --> 00:20:56,590
When Peter left here, did he
tell you where he was going?
403
00:20:56,669 --> 00:21:00,605
No. He was just ranting about Eddie.
He was furious.
404
00:21:00,673 --> 00:21:02,470
How furious was that?
405
00:21:04,443 --> 00:21:08,174
I've seen him mad at Eddie before,
but nothing like that night.
406
00:21:08,247 --> 00:21:11,080
Does Peter keep
a change of clothes here?
407
00:21:15,054 --> 00:21:17,113
I felt so sorry for him.
408
00:21:18,090 --> 00:21:20,854
Peter had so many obligations.
409
00:21:20,926 --> 00:21:23,451
That job he hates, his family.
410
00:21:24,563 --> 00:21:27,999
He said when he was with me,
he could just be himself.
411
00:21:29,301 --> 00:21:31,166
Looks dark blue to me.
412
00:21:32,004 --> 00:21:35,531
Okay, bad news first.
The suit's a wool-cotton blend.
413
00:21:35,608 --> 00:21:37,838
Fibers from the victim
are tropical wool.
414
00:21:37,910 --> 00:21:39,002
And the good?
415
00:21:39,078 --> 00:21:41,103
The suit had
cat hairs on the pants.
416
00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:43,671
Right, the girl has a cat.
So that's good.
417
00:21:43,749 --> 00:21:44,943
Well, the cat gets around.
418
00:21:45,017 --> 00:21:48,316
I pulled similar cat hairs off the
same victim who had the fibers.
419
00:21:48,387 --> 00:21:51,083
Nicodos might have picked up some
hairs from his girlfriend's place.
420
00:21:51,156 --> 00:21:52,783
They end up on
the guy he struggled with.
421
00:21:52,858 --> 00:21:54,291
You sure the hairs
are the same?
422
00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:57,022
I said similar. I'll have to run
tests for a positive match.
423
00:21:57,096 --> 00:21:59,121
Give me a few weeks, and
I'll sign my name to it.
424
00:21:59,198 --> 00:22:02,395
Similar's good enough for me.
I hope it's good enough for a judge.
425
00:22:06,639 --> 00:22:08,800
Mr. Nicodos.
426
00:22:08,874 --> 00:22:10,398
Excuse me.
427
00:22:10,709 --> 00:22:12,472
Can't this wait?
We're going to be late for the Met.
428
00:22:12,544 --> 00:22:14,978
Don't worry, it'll still be
there 25 years from now.
429
00:22:15,047 --> 00:22:17,811
Peter Nicodos, you're under arrest
for the murder of Edward Nicodos.
430
00:22:17,883 --> 00:22:20,317
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you do say
431
00:22:20,386 --> 00:22:23,116
can and will be used against
you in a court of law.
432
00:22:25,991 --> 00:22:29,722
"Case number 830695,
People v. Peter Nicodos Jr.
433
00:22:29,795 --> 00:22:31,888
"Three counts of murder
in the second degree."
434
00:22:33,432 --> 00:22:35,161
I'm ready for your
plea, Mr. Nicodos.
435
00:22:35,234 --> 00:22:36,428
Not guilty, Your Honor.
436
00:22:36,502 --> 00:22:38,527
Your Honor, the People ask
for remand without bail.
437
00:22:38,604 --> 00:22:40,003
Absurd, Your Honor.
438
00:22:40,072 --> 00:22:42,302
The defendant shot three
people in cold blood.
439
00:22:42,374 --> 00:22:44,365
He's wealthy, his family
owns a private plane.
440
00:22:44,443 --> 00:22:46,138
He poses a
significant flight risk.
441
00:22:46,211 --> 00:22:49,977
My client will gladly surrender his
passport and the keys to his plane.
442
00:22:50,049 --> 00:22:51,812
He has numerous ties
to the community.
443
00:22:51,884 --> 00:22:54,853
He has a wife and two small children.
He's not going anywhere.
444
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,785
The defendant
killed two witnesses.
445
00:22:56,855 --> 00:22:59,983
He's shown how far he'll
go to avoid prosecution.
446
00:23:00,059 --> 00:23:01,856
And I want him
where we can find him.
447
00:23:02,061 --> 00:23:04,120
The defendant is
remanded to custody.
448
00:23:05,197 --> 00:23:07,461
It's a disgrace, McCoy.
449
00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:11,162
My client should be home, helping
his kids with their schoolwork.
450
00:23:11,236 --> 00:23:14,899
I saw the crime scene photos.
I know how much his family means to him.
451
00:23:14,973 --> 00:23:17,066
But I'm innocent.
I didn't kill anybody.
452
00:23:17,142 --> 00:23:21,135
You've already learned the Rikers
Island theme song. Good for you.
453
00:23:21,213 --> 00:23:24,046
I'm not dealing for anything
less than a full sentence.
454
00:23:24,116 --> 00:23:27,108
You better check your cards
before you shoot the moon.
455
00:23:27,186 --> 00:23:29,086
Forensics ties him
to one of the victims.
456
00:23:29,154 --> 00:23:32,817
His fingerprints were on Eddie's desk.
He had access to the murder weapon.
457
00:23:32,891 --> 00:23:34,324
He had opportunity and motive.
458
00:23:34,393 --> 00:23:35,655
Motive being?
459
00:23:35,728 --> 00:23:37,628
Thanks to his brother,
he was being blackmailed.
460
00:23:37,696 --> 00:23:40,927
Well, then, he'd be angry at the people
blackmailing him, not at his brother.
461
00:23:40,999 --> 00:23:42,398
Not according
to Ms. Gaston.
462
00:23:42,468 --> 00:23:44,902
Well, she can't
establish motive,
463
00:23:46,638 --> 00:23:48,128
if she can't testify.
464
00:23:51,410 --> 00:23:54,345
It's black letter law, Your
Honor, as black as it gets.
465
00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:59,544
Out-of-court statements used to support the
truth of the facts stated are hearsay.
466
00:23:59,618 --> 00:24:03,520
Anything my client said to Ms.
Gaston is inadmissible.
467
00:24:03,589 --> 00:24:06,615
It is black letter, but you're
looking at the wrong law.
468
00:24:06,692 --> 00:24:09,684
Any statement by a
defendant is an admission
469
00:24:09,762 --> 00:24:11,696
and falls outside
the hearsay rules.
470
00:24:11,764 --> 00:24:15,723
That would be correct if we were talking
about a statement made by the defendant,
471
00:24:15,801 --> 00:24:19,601
not a statement made by a
third party to the defendant.
472
00:24:20,773 --> 00:24:23,207
Ms. Gaston told the police
473
00:24:23,275 --> 00:24:26,870
the plaintiff's lawyer threatened Mr.
Nicodos with blackmail.
474
00:24:26,945 --> 00:24:29,004
That's hearsay.
475
00:24:29,081 --> 00:24:30,946
He's right, Mr. McCoy.
476
00:24:31,016 --> 00:24:32,643
The statement is excluded.
477
00:24:32,718 --> 00:24:35,881
With all due respect, that doesn't
preclude her from testifying
478
00:24:35,954 --> 00:24:37,478
to the defendant's
state of mind.
479
00:24:37,556 --> 00:24:39,251
New packaging, same bad taste.
480
00:24:39,324 --> 00:24:40,951
Her observations
aren't hearsay.
481
00:24:41,026 --> 00:24:44,052
She can testify that Peter Nicodos
was angry at his brother that night,
482
00:24:44,129 --> 00:24:46,825
and according to her, angrier
than she'd ever seen him before.
483
00:24:46,899 --> 00:24:49,026
Under extraordinary
conditions, Your Honor.
484
00:24:49,101 --> 00:24:52,730
He was angry at his brother for not
attending their father's memorial.
485
00:24:52,805 --> 00:24:56,138
And this will be totally
misconstrued by a jury.
486
00:24:56,208 --> 00:24:58,768
Yeah, I have to agree.
487
00:24:58,844 --> 00:25:01,608
Under the circumstances,
the prejudicial effect
488
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,878
of Ms. Gaston's testimony will clearly
outweigh its probative value.
489
00:25:07,085 --> 00:25:10,486
I have no choice but to
preclude her from testifying.
490
00:25:13,892 --> 00:25:16,156
Judge Hynes put
in a good day's work.
491
00:25:16,228 --> 00:25:20,289
He yanks the rug out, then he sends
Peter Nicodos home for dinner.
492
00:25:20,365 --> 00:25:24,267
I shared a cubicle with
Edgar Hynes, 35 years ago.
493
00:25:24,336 --> 00:25:27,533
His heart didn't bleed then.
I doubt it does now.
494
00:25:27,606 --> 00:25:32,043
If you lost, it was fair and square.
Look on the bright side.
495
00:25:32,110 --> 00:25:33,975
He probably did you a favor.
496
00:25:34,046 --> 00:25:36,310
By knocking out
our motive witness?
497
00:25:36,381 --> 00:25:41,375
A woman who'd been given her walking
papers by her lover. Some witness.
498
00:25:41,453 --> 00:25:42,545
Check your messages?
499
00:25:42,621 --> 00:25:44,350
Rothenberg's feeling his oats.
500
00:25:44,423 --> 00:25:45,822
I don't expect a call from him.
501
00:25:45,891 --> 00:25:47,756
Lost the dialing
instructions on your phone?
502
00:25:47,826 --> 00:25:49,885
I won't shop for a deal, Adam.
503
00:25:51,463 --> 00:25:54,694
We've got the forensic evidence, we've
got the tapes from the deposition.
504
00:25:54,766 --> 00:25:56,996
It won't take much
to convince a jury,
505
00:25:57,069 --> 00:25:59,629
these brothers didn't walk
out of beau geste.
506
00:26:04,176 --> 00:26:09,546
I was at the office 10, 12 hours
every day, and sometimes weekends.
507
00:26:09,615 --> 00:26:12,277
To your knowledge, during
the weeks you worked there,
508
00:26:12,351 --> 00:26:15,047
did the defendant ever visit
the magazine's offices?
509
00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:19,614
No. I didn't even know Eddie had a
brother until I read it in the papers.
510
00:26:19,691 --> 00:26:21,215
He never talked about him.
511
00:26:22,361 --> 00:26:24,056
Earlier, we heard testimony
512
00:26:24,129 --> 00:26:26,723
that the defendant's fingerprints
were found on Eddie's desk.
513
00:26:26,798 --> 00:26:28,095
Now, let me ask you,
514
00:26:29,434 --> 00:26:32,494
were you working late the
night before the shooting?
515
00:26:32,571 --> 00:26:34,835
Yes. I was there
until midnight.
516
00:26:34,907 --> 00:26:37,398
Were you present when the
cleaning crew came around?
517
00:26:37,476 --> 00:26:40,138
Yes. They showed up
around 9:00.
518
00:26:40,212 --> 00:26:42,806
Did you see them
clean Eddie's desk?
519
00:26:42,881 --> 00:26:45,577
Yes. They wiped
everything down.
520
00:26:45,651 --> 00:26:47,016
Thank you.
521
00:26:48,453 --> 00:26:49,886
Mr. Ricardi,
522
00:26:51,723 --> 00:26:57,525
you have testified that during the two
short weeks you were at the magazine
523
00:26:57,596 --> 00:27:00,759
you were employed as a gofer.
524
00:27:00,832 --> 00:27:05,531
Now, does that mean that you ran
errands outside of the offices?
525
00:27:05,604 --> 00:27:10,405
Yes. Sure, to the printers
and advertising agencies.
526
00:27:10,475 --> 00:27:11,874
A lot of errands.
527
00:27:11,944 --> 00:27:16,210
Isn't it possible that my client dropped
in on his brother when you were out?
528
00:27:16,281 --> 00:27:18,806
Yes, it's possible, I guess.
529
00:27:18,884 --> 00:27:23,150
Now, when these shootings occurred, you
were hiding in the bathroom, correct?
530
00:27:23,221 --> 00:27:26,418
I wasn't hiding.
I was busy in there.
531
00:27:26,525 --> 00:27:30,484
So you did not see my client
shoot anyone, did you?
532
00:27:32,564 --> 00:27:34,088
No.
533
00:27:34,166 --> 00:27:36,760
No more questions for
this witness, Your Honor.
534
00:27:37,736 --> 00:27:40,637
The victim had powder
burns on his shirt,
535
00:27:40,706 --> 00:27:44,164
and there were bruises on the
knuckles of his right hand.
536
00:27:44,242 --> 00:27:46,301
JACK: What, if any,
conclusions did you make?
537
00:27:46,378 --> 00:27:49,814
I concluded the victim was
engaged in a very close struggle
538
00:27:49,881 --> 00:27:51,940
with his attacker
when he was shot.
539
00:27:52,017 --> 00:27:54,417
Did you make any other
findings, Detective Chung?
540
00:27:54,486 --> 00:27:57,478
Objection.
Side bar, Your Honor?
541
00:28:02,861 --> 00:28:07,491
Mr. McCoy is soliciting testimony
about cat hairs found on the victim.
542
00:28:07,566 --> 00:28:10,160
If that's foundation
for this report, I object.
543
00:28:10,235 --> 00:28:12,135
What's in the report,
Mr. McCoy?
544
00:28:12,204 --> 00:28:15,298
Forensics matched those hairs
to hairs found in the apartment
545
00:28:15,374 --> 00:28:16,864
of the defendant's mistress.
546
00:28:16,942 --> 00:28:19,536
Your Honor, I received
this report two days ago.
547
00:28:19,611 --> 00:28:21,169
I've barely had
time to skim it.
548
00:28:21,246 --> 00:28:23,476
This is trial by ambush.
549
00:28:23,548 --> 00:28:27,006
They got it an hour after we did, Your Honor.
Nothing was withheld.
550
00:28:27,085 --> 00:28:29,849
If they need time to prepare, we
don't object to an adjournment.
551
00:28:29,921 --> 00:28:31,582
Your Honor, it's not
a question of time.
552
00:28:31,656 --> 00:28:33,487
Our trial strategy was founded
553
00:28:33,558 --> 00:28:36,652
on the presumption the People
did not have this evidence.
554
00:28:36,728 --> 00:28:39,060
The damage can't be undone.
555
00:28:39,131 --> 00:28:42,794
I want this report and any
testimony thereto excluded.
556
00:28:44,403 --> 00:28:45,597
Granted.
Your Honor...
557
00:28:45,670 --> 00:28:50,767
Mr. McCoy, you're lucky I'm not
sanctioning you for discovery violations.
558
00:28:50,842 --> 00:28:52,366
Now, let's move on.
559
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,675
I sent Chung three memos.
560
00:28:57,749 --> 00:29:00,217
He kept promising we'd have
the report before trial.
561
00:29:00,285 --> 00:29:02,048
Have you finished
prepping Detective Curtis?
562
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,850
Yes, but he's not scheduled to
take the stand until tomorrow.
563
00:29:04,923 --> 00:29:07,323
We planned to spend the rest of
today talking about cat hair.
564
00:29:07,392 --> 00:29:09,257
Find him.
Hynes expects us to have a witness
565
00:29:09,327 --> 00:29:11,955
by the time we get
back from lunch.
566
00:29:12,030 --> 00:29:16,490
I don't know who I want to kick
most, Hynes or that lab technician.
567
00:29:16,568 --> 00:29:19,036
Jack, we haven't lost the game.
568
00:29:19,104 --> 00:29:23,063
Right. Just make sure
Curtis gets here in time.
569
00:29:23,975 --> 00:29:25,738
CURTIS: The defendant's
secretary reported
570
00:29:25,811 --> 00:29:29,508
that the nine millimeter handgun she
kept locked in her desk was missing.
571
00:29:29,581 --> 00:29:32,914
We confirmed that the defendant
had a key to the desk.
572
00:29:32,984 --> 00:29:35,350
And what can you tell us
about that missing weapon?
573
00:29:35,420 --> 00:29:38,412
It was a Smith & Wesson
Ladysmith auto.
574
00:29:38,490 --> 00:29:41,550
It had the same rifling as the
slugs recovered from the victims.
575
00:29:41,626 --> 00:29:43,856
Six lans and grooves
with a right twist.
576
00:29:44,796 --> 00:29:45,990
Thank you.
577
00:29:47,132 --> 00:29:48,997
Detective, did you know
that Smith & Wesson
578
00:29:49,067 --> 00:29:50,796
makes eight other
models of handguns
579
00:29:50,869 --> 00:29:53,394
that produce that same
rifling as the Ladysmith?
580
00:29:53,472 --> 00:29:55,303
No. Did you know that
Browning and Walther
581
00:29:55,373 --> 00:29:58,365
also make handguns that
produce that same rifling?
582
00:29:59,377 --> 00:30:00,969
No. Do you know how
many of these weapons
583
00:30:01,046 --> 00:30:03,708
are registered in the Five
Borough area? I don't.
584
00:30:03,782 --> 00:30:07,047
Well, the license division
at One Police Plaza does.
585
00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:09,212
There's just over
5,000 of them,
586
00:30:09,287 --> 00:30:12,518
and this is not counting
the unlicensed ones.
587
00:30:12,591 --> 00:30:15,458
Did you check any of those guns to see
if they might be the murder weapon?
588
00:30:15,527 --> 00:30:19,657
CURTIS: Mr. Nicodos didn't have access
to those weapons, so the answer is no.
589
00:30:19,731 --> 00:30:21,130
No further questions.
590
00:30:23,969 --> 00:30:26,369
The People rest, Your Honor.
591
00:30:26,438 --> 00:30:31,137
Your Honor, pursuant to Criminal
Procedure Law, Section 290. 10,
592
00:30:31,209 --> 00:30:34,872
the defense moves for a
trial order of dismissal.
593
00:30:34,946 --> 00:30:39,144
On the grounds that the evidence against
my client is not legally sufficient
594
00:30:39,217 --> 00:30:40,946
to prove the offense charged.
595
00:30:41,019 --> 00:30:44,147
Your Honor, the People have established
every element of the crime.
596
00:30:44,222 --> 00:30:46,850
I don't agree, Counselor.
597
00:30:46,925 --> 00:30:51,624
All counts of the indictment against Mr.
Nicodos are dismissed.
598
00:30:51,696 --> 00:30:54,256
The jury is excused.
I thank them for their time.
599
00:30:57,202 --> 00:30:59,432
Court is adjourned.
600
00:30:59,504 --> 00:31:00,994
He as good as acquitted him.
601
00:31:01,072 --> 00:31:03,563
With jeopardy attached, we
can't lay a finger on Nicodos.
602
00:31:03,642 --> 00:31:05,075
Right. Blame the judge.
603
00:31:05,143 --> 00:31:06,405
Adam, defense attorneys
604
00:31:06,478 --> 00:31:09,845
routinely move to dismiss
and judges routinely deny it,
605
00:31:09,915 --> 00:31:12,247
or they wait until
after the verdict.
606
00:31:12,317 --> 00:31:14,410
Why the big rush
to let a murderer walk?
607
00:31:14,486 --> 00:31:15,919
I don't see the big rush.
608
00:31:15,987 --> 00:31:17,045
You barely made the case.
609
00:31:17,122 --> 00:31:18,646
Because Hynes took
a chainsaw to it.
610
00:31:18,723 --> 00:31:21,351
He threw out every good
piece of evidence we had.
611
00:31:26,932 --> 00:31:30,026
If your Mr. McCoy wants to
rewrite the rules of evidence,
612
00:31:30,101 --> 00:31:32,262
give him a pencil
and point him to Albany.
613
00:31:33,805 --> 00:31:36,933
He thinks you were quick on
the draw dismissing the case.
614
00:31:37,008 --> 00:31:38,407
You agree?
615
00:31:40,679 --> 00:31:43,978
So, you invite me for a drink
just to kick dirt on my shoes.
616
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:48,786
The case was weak.
The jury probably would have acquitted.
617
00:31:48,853 --> 00:31:50,844
You had no reason to take
them out of the loop.
618
00:31:50,922 --> 00:31:53,686
Well, that's why the
ponies run at Belmont.
619
00:31:53,758 --> 00:31:57,091
Everyone has an opinion, Adam,
but since I wear the robe,
620
00:31:57,162 --> 00:31:58,322
mine's the only
one that counts.
621
00:31:58,396 --> 00:32:00,796
You're still a cocky
son of a gun, Edgar.
622
00:32:00,865 --> 00:32:04,426
Whatever. You know as well as I do
I can't discuss a case with you.
623
00:32:04,502 --> 00:32:06,367
That never stopped you before.
624
00:32:10,075 --> 00:32:12,873
I said everything I had to say
in my order of dismissal.
625
00:32:14,713 --> 00:32:16,442
I have to go.
626
00:32:16,514 --> 00:32:18,106
Say hello to Jane.
627
00:32:18,183 --> 00:32:21,016
Maybe we can all get together
for a sail around the Sound.
628
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,149
I sold the boat.
Jane filed for divorce last month.
629
00:32:26,224 --> 00:32:27,782
But thanks for asking.
630
00:32:37,402 --> 00:32:38,926
You wanted to see me?
631
00:32:42,941 --> 00:32:45,068
People v. Carruthers, 1988.
632
00:32:47,178 --> 00:32:48,236
The bell's not ringing.
633
00:32:48,313 --> 00:32:50,406
One of Ben Stone's cases.
634
00:32:50,949 --> 00:32:54,282
Hynes presided. Page 54.
635
00:32:59,491 --> 00:33:02,051
"Defense motion to suppress
a ballistics report."
636
00:33:02,127 --> 00:33:07,292
Which was turned over to the defense the
day before the expert took the stand.
637
00:33:09,367 --> 00:33:11,267
Hynes let this report in.
638
00:33:13,438 --> 00:33:17,272
Maybe he joined the Golden Agers
Club at the ACLU since then.
639
00:33:18,610 --> 00:33:19,702
No.
640
00:33:21,579 --> 00:33:22,739
No.
641
00:33:25,050 --> 00:33:28,349
The last new trick
he learned was the twist.
642
00:33:29,521 --> 00:33:30,954
He's predictable.
643
00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:37,057
Up until a couple of days ago?
644
00:33:37,128 --> 00:33:38,755
I'm afraid so.
645
00:33:42,534 --> 00:33:44,024
Look into it.
646
00:33:48,807 --> 00:33:51,776
Judge Smith's got a week to kill
before his time-share in Sun Valley,
647
00:33:51,843 --> 00:33:53,470
I tossed him a
slam-dunk robbery.
648
00:33:53,545 --> 00:33:57,208
Judge Jones wants to upscale his image,
I give him bank fraud. Happy to oblige.
649
00:33:57,282 --> 00:34:00,376
You got the Nicodos Case from Part 40?
A triple homicide?
650
00:34:00,452 --> 00:34:03,421
Right, right. I passed that
over to Judge Hynes in 49.
651
00:34:03,488 --> 00:34:04,512
Luck of the draw?
652
00:34:04,589 --> 00:34:06,853
A pair of adorable
dimples. Hynes' clerk.
653
00:34:06,925 --> 00:34:07,914
He asked for the case.
654
00:34:07,992 --> 00:34:09,186
Did he tell you why?
655
00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:10,318
I didn't ask.
656
00:34:10,395 --> 00:34:11,919
I heard Hynes
is getting divorced,
657
00:34:11,996 --> 00:34:15,227
so maybe he wanted a murder
case to cheer him up.
658
00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:18,360
Judge Hynes had just done
seven drug cases in a row.
659
00:34:18,436 --> 00:34:20,199
He wasn't looking
forward to another one.
660
00:34:20,271 --> 00:34:22,865
Did he specifically mention
the Nicodos case?
661
00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:27,503
Yes. There was a lot
of publicity about it.
662
00:34:28,947 --> 00:34:30,539
Am I done?
663
00:34:30,615 --> 00:34:34,608
Yes. And I remind you not to discuss
this interview with anybody.
664
00:34:44,262 --> 00:34:46,423
Maybe Hynes just wanted to
see his name in the papers.
665
00:34:46,498 --> 00:34:48,625
By holding the door open
for a three-time killer?
666
00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:51,863
That's not the kind of press a
judge wants on election day.
667
00:34:51,936 --> 00:34:53,164
Somebody reached out to him.
668
00:34:53,238 --> 00:34:54,262
Peter Nicodos.
669
00:34:54,339 --> 00:34:56,864
He didn't just throw darts
at the judges directory.
670
00:34:56,941 --> 00:34:58,533
He must have had
some connection to Hynes.
671
00:34:58,610 --> 00:35:00,771
Or his lawyer does.
672
00:35:00,845 --> 00:35:03,939
I'll convene a grand jury
and subpoena Hynes' records.
673
00:35:04,015 --> 00:35:08,076
Even if we can prove Nicodos
bribed Hynes, it's a B Felony.
674
00:35:08,153 --> 00:35:09,245
He can get a year.
675
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,550
Not much of a consolation
prize for three murders.
676
00:35:11,623 --> 00:35:14,421
We're not just running for
second place here, Claire.
677
00:35:14,492 --> 00:35:17,950
If he bribed the judge, he can't
hide behind double jeopardy.
678
00:35:18,029 --> 00:35:20,623
The Constitution says he can.
679
00:35:20,698 --> 00:35:24,190
I don't think the Constitution
protects rigged trials.
680
00:35:25,970 --> 00:35:28,131
Find the bribe.
We'll make the argument.
681
00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:38,342
I talked to the AG's office
and to the Ethics Committee.
682
00:35:38,416 --> 00:35:40,941
They've never had a complaint
about Nicodos' attorney.
683
00:35:41,019 --> 00:35:43,681
Well, I ran his name through
AJIS, and I talked to OCCB.
684
00:35:43,755 --> 00:35:45,620
Nothing. I mean, the guy
squeaks when he walks.
685
00:35:45,690 --> 00:35:47,715
A defense lawyer?
That'd be a first.
686
00:35:47,792 --> 00:35:48,850
Then it's a first.
687
00:35:48,927 --> 00:35:50,519
I cross-referenced
him with Hynes.
688
00:35:50,595 --> 00:35:53,393
They've never even been in the
same courtroom until Nicodos.
689
00:35:53,465 --> 00:35:56,491
And speaking of, we're not having much
luck putting him together with Hynes.
690
00:35:56,568 --> 00:35:59,799
Different hobbies, different
tailors, different alumni clubs.
691
00:35:59,871 --> 00:36:02,931
Different generations.
What about his parents?
692
00:36:03,007 --> 00:36:04,998
File's pretty thin
on Peter Nicodos Sr.
693
00:36:05,076 --> 00:36:10,275
You know, I saw something in here, some
bequest from the family business...
694
00:36:10,348 --> 00:36:15,547
Yeah, " To Yale, in memory of Peter Nicodos Sr.
, class of 1955."
695
00:36:16,254 --> 00:36:17,846
What, that does
something for you?
696
00:36:17,922 --> 00:36:20,789
Plenty. Hynes went to Yale.
697
00:36:20,859 --> 00:36:24,124
Yeah, here, Edgar
Hynes, Class of '55.
698
00:36:24,195 --> 00:36:28,154
So he and Nicodos Sr.
Drank from the same keg 40 years ago.
699
00:36:28,233 --> 00:36:31,066
You think he'd go to the wall for
one of his frat brother's kids?
700
00:36:31,135 --> 00:36:34,332
If the price is right.
What about his bank records?
701
00:36:34,405 --> 00:36:36,202
Just a lot of red ink.
702
00:36:36,274 --> 00:36:41,177
A month ago, Hynes took out a second
mortgage on his house in Sand's Point.
703
00:36:41,246 --> 00:36:44,807
Six hundred grand.
Here, take a look at this interest rate.
704
00:36:44,883 --> 00:36:46,475
Five percent, fixed.
705
00:36:46,551 --> 00:36:49,349
I had to get on my knees just
for a seven percent adjustable.
706
00:36:49,420 --> 00:36:51,854
It gets better.
According to the documents,
707
00:36:51,923 --> 00:36:54,619
he only has about a 200,000
equity in the house.
708
00:36:54,692 --> 00:36:57,422
I don't see how this guy qualifies
for anything beyond a car loan.
709
00:36:57,495 --> 00:37:00,692
Yeah, I've heard of friendly bankers,
but this sounds like love.
710
00:37:04,068 --> 00:37:05,057
BANK MANAGER:What did Fitzgerald write?
711
00:37:05,136 --> 00:37:07,730
"The very rich are different
from you and me"?
712
00:37:07,805 --> 00:37:09,796
That goes for their loans.
713
00:37:09,874 --> 00:37:11,637
Judge Hynes received
a preferential rate
714
00:37:11,709 --> 00:37:14,473
that we reserve for our
important customers.
715
00:37:14,546 --> 00:37:17,276
Well, Gatsby would be
an important customer.
716
00:37:17,348 --> 00:37:21,409
I've seen Judge Hynes' bottom line.
He's hardly in the same league.
717
00:37:21,486 --> 00:37:23,386
We made our own determination.
718
00:37:23,454 --> 00:37:24,614
What convinced you?
719
00:37:24,689 --> 00:37:28,819
His debts or the fact that
he has virtually no equity?
720
00:37:28,893 --> 00:37:33,159
Maybe there was a shortfall, but we
are entitled to make character loans.
721
00:37:33,231 --> 00:37:35,995
I really don't need to justify our
banking procedures to you, Ms. Kincaid.
722
00:37:36,067 --> 00:37:38,763
You'd rather justify them
to a grand jury?
723
00:37:38,836 --> 00:37:41,999
I can make a phone call and
schedule you for this afternoon.
724
00:37:44,676 --> 00:37:47,736
The important customer
was Elaine Nicodos.
725
00:37:47,812 --> 00:37:49,780
Her family's been banking
with us for many years.
726
00:37:49,847 --> 00:37:51,508
She spoke to you
about this loan?
727
00:37:51,583 --> 00:37:54,609
She asked us to treat Judge Hynes
as a most favored customer.
728
00:37:54,686 --> 00:37:57,086
Give him the loan at cost.
729
00:37:57,155 --> 00:37:58,884
Our accountants
ran the numbers.
730
00:37:58,957 --> 00:38:03,155
He'll be saving a little
over $300,000 in interest.
731
00:38:03,227 --> 00:38:06,890
Counting the $600,000 you loaned
him, that's quite a gift.
732
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,433
Let's say I got the sense
that if we didn't go along,
733
00:38:11,502 --> 00:38:15,063
Mrs. Nicodos would close her accounts
and take her business elsewhere.
734
00:38:15,139 --> 00:38:17,471
That we couldn't afford.
735
00:38:17,542 --> 00:38:19,840
So, they keep their moneyin the same bank.
736
00:38:19,911 --> 00:38:21,640
So do a million other people.
737
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,738
Those people don'thave Mrs.
Nicodosto scratch their backs.
738
00:38:25,817 --> 00:38:28,342
I had no idea shespoke to the bank.
739
00:38:29,387 --> 00:38:32,151
JACK: When you sawthe mortgage
papers,what did you think?
740
00:38:32,223 --> 00:38:34,555
It was bargain dayat the savings and loan?
741
00:38:34,626 --> 00:38:36,685
I only saw this woman once
742
00:38:36,761 --> 00:38:40,162
at a class reunion15 years
agowith her husband.
743
00:38:40,231 --> 00:38:41,493
I've done nothing improper.
744
00:38:41,566 --> 00:38:42,590
NO VAK: Edgar...
745
00:38:42,667 --> 00:38:45,659
HYNES:No, no, this is lunacy.
It's a vendetta.
746
00:38:56,114 --> 00:38:57,308
Adam.
747
00:38:57,382 --> 00:38:58,815
Get rid of him.
748
00:38:59,484 --> 00:39:00,644
Edgar, are you sure...
749
00:39:00,718 --> 00:39:02,049
He's sure.
750
00:39:05,790 --> 00:39:07,280
Turn that off.
751
00:39:18,436 --> 00:39:21,496
Adam, you of all people know
this is absolute garbage.
752
00:39:21,572 --> 00:39:23,267
Don't insult me, Edgar.
753
00:39:24,375 --> 00:39:25,706
You believe it?
754
00:39:28,513 --> 00:39:31,812
I personally
authorized the warrant.
755
00:39:31,983 --> 00:39:32,972
How could you?
756
00:39:34,452 --> 00:39:36,181
You're a judge,
for heaven's sake.
757
00:39:37,188 --> 00:39:38,177
Think of your oath.
758
00:39:40,525 --> 00:39:44,552
I thought after 35 years, you'd
give me the benefit of the doubt.
759
00:39:44,629 --> 00:39:46,722
The hell with the 35 years.
760
00:39:47,965 --> 00:39:49,956
You betrayed your office.
761
00:39:51,135 --> 00:39:53,968
I couldn't think about that.
762
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,037
I was being killed
by the divorce.
763
00:39:58,109 --> 00:40:01,909
Everything I worked for, Adam.
She was getting it all.
764
00:40:03,848 --> 00:40:05,042
But I...
765
00:40:06,684 --> 00:40:08,276
I needed the money.
766
00:40:10,688 --> 00:40:14,124
(STAMMERING)
Adam, can you help me here?
767
00:40:16,394 --> 00:40:18,021
You're going to prison, Edgar.
768
00:40:18,096 --> 00:40:20,428
Where and for how long
is up to you.
769
00:40:22,934 --> 00:40:28,065
Well, tell me what
to do, I'll cooperate.
770
00:40:28,139 --> 00:40:30,164
Elaine Nicodos came
to me for help.
771
00:40:30,241 --> 00:40:33,108
She said that she would
square things with the bank.
772
00:40:33,177 --> 00:40:36,237
If you let her son take a
walk on three murders.
773
00:40:36,314 --> 00:40:39,772
Adam, they have so much money.
774
00:40:41,686 --> 00:40:43,586
They would have
beaten it anyway.
775
00:40:46,357 --> 00:40:47,984
Hardly the point.
776
00:40:53,331 --> 00:40:55,356
ROTHENBERG: You sent your
troops to arrest a woman
777
00:40:55,433 --> 00:40:57,128
in front of her
own grandchildren.
778
00:40:57,201 --> 00:41:00,136
And for what? Bribery?
779
00:41:00,204 --> 00:41:02,570
Anybody ever tell you
you're a sore loser, McCoy?
780
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,074
Only when I lose,
Mr. Rothenberg.
781
00:41:05,143 --> 00:41:08,306
We have a statement
from the loan manager,
782
00:41:08,379 --> 00:41:11,212
and we have one
from Judge Hynes.
783
00:41:17,054 --> 00:41:19,147
Don't fault Edgar Hynes.
784
00:41:19,524 --> 00:41:21,424
He just took pity
on an old widow.
785
00:41:21,492 --> 00:41:26,555
Judge Hynes won't be the only officer of
the court facing charges, Mr. Rothenberg.
786
00:41:26,631 --> 00:41:28,599
I'd start thinking
about a second career.
787
00:41:28,666 --> 00:41:31,965
Let me make something
very clear, Mr. McCoy.
788
00:41:32,036 --> 00:41:34,300
No one else knew.
789
00:41:34,372 --> 00:41:37,466
Not Mr. Rothenberg,
and certainly not Peter.
790
00:41:39,177 --> 00:41:45,207
Mrs. Nicodos, you don't seem to realize
the seriousness of your actions.
791
00:41:47,385 --> 00:41:51,685
I used my influence
to save the son I have left.
792
00:41:54,292 --> 00:41:56,624
The son I might have neglected.
793
00:41:58,596 --> 00:42:00,723
It's the least
I can do for him.
794
00:42:02,767 --> 00:42:05,099
Go on, punish me.
795
00:42:05,169 --> 00:42:08,696
But Mr. Rothenberg tells me you
can't do anything to Peter.
796
00:42:08,773 --> 00:42:10,001
That's all I care about.
797
00:42:10,074 --> 00:42:12,702
Don't be so sure your son
is out of the woods.
798
00:42:12,777 --> 00:42:16,508
I'm reinstating the murder
charges and ordering his arrest.
799
00:42:17,448 --> 00:42:20,975
What part of double jeopardy
don't you understand?
800
00:42:21,986 --> 00:42:25,888
I'm well acquainted with it, Mr.
Rothenberg, and it doesn't scare me.
801
00:42:29,961 --> 00:42:32,555
ROTHENBERG: Double jeopardy was
written into the Constitution
802
00:42:32,630 --> 00:42:37,363
to protect citizens from repeated
attempts by the State to convict them.
803
00:42:37,435 --> 00:42:42,031
Finality of acquittal is the
essence of that guarantee.
804
00:42:42,106 --> 00:42:45,769
The Founding Fathers never intended double
jeopardy to go to the highest bidder.
805
00:42:45,843 --> 00:42:49,506
But it was their intent that the State
get only one bite at the apple.
806
00:42:49,580 --> 00:42:50,979
JACK: One fair bite.
807
00:42:51,048 --> 00:42:54,484
Fair is a four-letter word when
it comes to the Constitution.
808
00:42:54,552 --> 00:42:58,079
The deck is deliberately stacked
in favor of individual rights.
809
00:42:58,155 --> 00:43:02,216
There is no individual right
to profit from illegal acts.
810
00:43:02,293 --> 00:43:06,320
But you're asking this court to deny one
of our most closely held protections.
811
00:43:06,397 --> 00:43:10,333
Your Honor, jeopardy never
attached at this defendant's trial
812
00:43:10,401 --> 00:43:12,995
for the simple reason
that he never was in jeopardy.
813
00:43:13,070 --> 00:43:15,402
The judge was bribed.
The fix was in.
814
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:17,634
Point well taken.
815
00:43:17,708 --> 00:43:20,074
Your Honor, to allow
these charges to stand
816
00:43:20,144 --> 00:43:24,410
penalizes my client for the
actions of a third party.
817
00:43:24,482 --> 00:43:27,246
He had no knowledge
of this alleged bribe.
818
00:43:27,318 --> 00:43:28,910
He comes into court
with clean hands.
819
00:43:28,986 --> 00:43:30,180
JACK: It's irrelevant.
820
00:43:30,254 --> 00:43:32,484
The outcome was predetermined.
821
00:43:32,823 --> 00:43:35,053
The process was corrupted.
822
00:43:35,693 --> 00:43:38,161
The defendant cannot profit from it.
Your Honor...
823
00:43:38,229 --> 00:43:41,062
I've heard the arguments, Mr.
Rothenberg.
824
00:43:43,167 --> 00:43:46,068
Double jeopardy may be sacred,
825
00:43:46,137 --> 00:43:49,698
but not at the expense of the integrity
of the criminal justice system.
826
00:43:49,774 --> 00:43:53,710
The motion to dismiss is denied
and the charges will stand.
827
00:43:57,281 --> 00:44:00,079
You kick the system,
Mr. Nicodos,
828
00:44:00,151 --> 00:44:02,551
don't be surprised when it
turns around and bites you.
829
00:44:02,620 --> 00:44:07,353
Don't imagine for a second that
this is the end of the road, McCoy.
830
00:44:07,425 --> 00:44:09,757
We plan to pursue this all the
way to the Supreme Court.
831
00:44:09,827 --> 00:44:11,124
It's a free country.
832
00:44:12,296 --> 00:44:16,198
I'll get started on our briefs just
as soon as we convict your client.
833
00:44:16,267 --> 00:44:21,136
Claire, signal the guard that Mr.
Nicodos is ready to return to Rikers.
834
00:44:21,205 --> 00:44:24,072
There was an offer
on the table.
835
00:44:27,111 --> 00:44:29,341
Nothing less
than a full sentence.
836
00:44:29,413 --> 00:44:34,316
Right. Murder two, three
counts, concurrent sentences.
837
00:44:34,385 --> 00:44:37,843
After 25, he takes his chances
with the parole board.
838
00:44:37,922 --> 00:44:39,514
ROTHENBERG:
Your final word?
839
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:44,658
Then we have nothing
left to talk about.
840
00:44:46,330 --> 00:44:50,733
JACK: As for Mrs. Nicodos, I plan to seek
the maximum time under the statutes.
841
00:44:52,503 --> 00:44:56,337
In practical terms, that's 25
years, but I'll settle for half.
842
00:44:59,477 --> 00:45:02,913
Is that what you want for
your children, Mr. Nicodos?
843
00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:06,438
To visit their grandmother in the
geriatric ward at Bedford Prison?
844
00:45:06,517 --> 00:45:08,542
ROTHENBERG: Peter,
he's blowing smoke.
845
00:45:10,454 --> 00:45:13,753
Mr. McCoy, I'll accept your offer if you
drop the charges against my mother.
846
00:45:13,824 --> 00:45:15,883
Peter, no!
We can fight this in court.
847
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,086
Mr. McCoy?
848
00:45:17,161 --> 00:45:19,095
Mr. McCoy,
don't listen to him.
849
00:45:20,364 --> 00:45:21,626
Peter, I won't
allow you to do this.
850
00:45:21,699 --> 00:45:23,564
You're not going to jail.
851
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,270
Mr. McCoy, do we
have a deal or not?
852
00:45:42,753 --> 00:45:44,778
You got around double jeopardy.
853
00:45:45,923 --> 00:45:50,758
You climbed Everest in your
shorts on a very cold day.
854
00:45:53,197 --> 00:45:54,528
Good work.
855
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,933
As long as we stayed
out of Appellate Court.
856
00:46:00,004 --> 00:46:03,963
With their bankroll, sooner or
later they would have creamed us.
857
00:46:04,275 --> 00:46:05,970
(PHONE RINGS)
858
00:46:07,711 --> 00:46:08,769
Yes?
859
00:46:17,288 --> 00:46:18,619
Thank you.
860
00:46:22,927 --> 00:46:24,827
They found Edgar Hynes
861
00:46:26,497 --> 00:46:28,692
on the beach at Sand's Point,
862
00:46:29,834 --> 00:46:31,734
a gunshot to the head.
863
00:46:39,076 --> 00:46:40,805
Bring that over here.
864
00:46:40,855 --> 00:46:45,405
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