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[Man Narrating]
In the criminal justice system,
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the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups,
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the police, who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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There's a reason you have an alarm clock.
I'll take the subway to school.
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Not by yourself, you're not.
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[Doorbell Rings]
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Just sign for it right here,
ma'am.
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Nice day, huh?
You don't have a 13-year-old daughter.
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This, too, shall pass. Before you know
it, you'll be crying at her wedding.
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No doubt. Thanks.
You bet.
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Do we know a Mary Johnson?
Who?
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[Three Gunshots]
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Vick name is John Byrne. Just delivered
a package to this brownstone.
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On the way back to his truck,
somebody blew him away.
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A robbery?
Wallet's still in his pocket, along with the keys to his truck.
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Anybody see anything?
Woman that lives here called it in.
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A Louise Hamilton.
That's her up on the stoop.
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Okay, get a canvass going on the block.
We'll get her statement.
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You got it.
Thanks, Sarge.
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Mrs. Hamilton,
what can you tell us?
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I was making breakfast for my daughter.
I opened the door to sign for the package.
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I went back inside, and the next
thing I know, I hear gunshots.
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Scared me to death.
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Did you notice anybody hanging out
around here while you were at the door? I wasn't really looking.
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Tell them about the package, Mom.
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First of all, I don't even know
the woman who sent it to me.
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Second, the envelope?
It was empty.
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Somebody had opened it?
No, it was sealed.
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Where's the envelope now?
We're gonna need to take it with us. Sure.
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It's right inside.
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That's pretty strange. Guy delivers an
envelope... there's no letter in it.
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Something tells me
the message was for him.
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Victim was shot twice with a
.38-caliber revolver, not recovered.
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No eyewitnesses
and nothing taken from the truck.
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A random shooting?
Well, that or a setup.
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What makes you think that?
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John Byrne worked for RME Express
for six years.
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He was on his regular route.
The package he delivered was empty.
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They knew where he'd be
and what time he'd be there.
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Ed's checking with the company
about the package right now.
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Have you told him yet?
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Ah, I just haven't found
the right moment.
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So what's it been for you and me, 11 years?
Something like that.
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That's the longest
I was ever with any woman.
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Now, that's pitiful.
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The sender was listed
as a Mary Johnson.
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The return address on the airbill does not exist.
[Van Buren] What a surprise.
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Did Latent get any prints
off the envelope?
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Just Byrne's and the recipient.
It was sent from one of their retail locations in the city.
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So maybe they could track a payment
or give us a description of this Mary Johnson.
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You don't need an account or a
credit card to send an RME package.
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Nice to know someplace
still takes greenbacks. You don't require I.D. either, right?
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Right.
So no questions asked.
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Nope.
Just like the post office.
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Except we get it there faster.
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Now, maybe you remember
this woman... Mary Johnson. That doesn't 't ring a bell offhand
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Let me see the tracking number.
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Monday. Busiest day of the week.
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We had over 400 walk-ins
at this location.
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Tell you the truth, the only thing
I remember is this guy who spilled coffee all over the floor,
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And this knock-out blonde...
knee-high boots, fishnets.
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I should really call her.
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She gave you her number?
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Got it off her package.
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Ah, the male libido knows no bounds.
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The dude I used to partner with
when I was a rookie?
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If he saw a hot girl in a car,
he'd run her plates to get her number. That'd go over big with the I.A.B.
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Anyway, cash payment,
fake address, fake name.
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This is sounding more and more
like a textbook case of how to set up an RME delivery guy.
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When you absolutely, positively
have to kill somebody overnight.
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It's unbelievable.
Just a day like any other.
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Then the call comes.
Whole world changes.
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We're real sorry about your husband, Mrs. Byrne.
Thank you.
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How long have you been married?
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Seven years.
Happily?
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Very.
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Any financial problems
or romantic ones?
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Romantic?
You know, seven-year itch?
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No. Just the usual married stuff.
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Whose parents we were gonna visit
over the holidays.
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Nothing serious.
Can you think of anybody that would want to hurt your husband?
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I can't imagine.
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John was the sweetest guy, really.
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Everybody loved him.
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- John owe anybody any money?
- No, of course not.
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Uh, just our car payments.
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I mean, we weren't exactly on easy street.
We both had to work.
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[Green] You work for RME also?
Parks Department.
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You work for the city.
We know what that's like.
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John had to put in a lot of overtime
for us to make ends meet.
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He worked so hard.
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Byrne was a real decent guy.
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Everybody liked him, got along good.
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As a worker, not the best,
not the worst.
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You sound like you had some reservations
Nothing like that.
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Just a tad lazy. You know the type.
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Calls in sick when he gets the sniffles,
can't wait to punch the clock every afternoon.
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Wait a minute. His wife told us he
worked his share of overtime.
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Overtime? There's no such thing here.
You're either on the early shift or the late.
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Who was he tight with?
I mean, somebody he might have hung out with after work.
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Joe Rodriguez.
He's out on his route now.
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I can get you his 20
if you wanna talk to him.
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You get the guy who did this to Johnnie?
We're working on it, man.
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Do me a favor... when you
pick him up, give me five minutes with the son of a bitch.
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You two were close, huh?
I'm carrying the casket at his funeral.
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Me and some
of the other drivers.
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Maybe you can tell us what he was
doing in his spare time after work.
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What are you talking about?
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We know he was involved in
some extracurricular activity that he was keeping a secret from his wife.
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Really? News to me.
Come on Mr. Rodriguez
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If you're serious about helping us
find your friend's killer, step up, tell us what you know.
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Johnnie always played his personal life
pretty close to the vest,
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but I know he had a definite thing
for one of the girls on his route.
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One of the girls on his route?
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One of the secretaries
where he made a pickup every day [Green] You know her name?
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Gloria.
The Kent Foundation.
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And they were getting it on?
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Wednesdays and Fridays... whew...
Johnnie couldn't wait to get off work.
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[Phone Rings]
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Can I help you gentlemen?
We're looking for Gloria.
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Is she here today?
Yeah.
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Gloria, can you come up here
a minute, please?
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What's this about?
[Green] It's just routine.
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- Yeah?
- This is about John Byrne.
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- John Byrne?
- Delivery guy, RME Express. He's here every day.
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Oh, yeah. John.
What about him?
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He was shot yesterday.
He's dead.
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Oh, my God.
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Could we go somewhere else?
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Where did this happen?
[Green] On his route.
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From your reaction back there,
I guess he was delivering more than packages.
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You don't have to be crude
about it.
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[Green] So you were seeing him?
For a while.
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We'd go to a motel after work
a couple of days a week.
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We're gonna need the name
of the motel. You married?
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Yeah. Uh, look,
I'm not proud of what I did.
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- Where was your husband yesterday morning?
- In Atlanta, on business.
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And he doesn't know, okay?
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Besides, I stopped seeing John
two months ago.
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Let me guess... the guilt finally
won out over the excitement?
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Not exactly.
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I loved Johnnie, but he was a dog.
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I found out he had another girlfriend.
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And who would that be?
I have no idea.
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But I know that the scratch marks
on his back weren't mine,
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and from the way Johnnie talked
about his wife,
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I know they weren't hers.
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I turn the same room around
four, five times a day. How am I supposed to remember anybody?
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This guy was probably a frequent flyer.
No, I don't recognize him.
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And I don't suppose
you require I.D. to check in, huh?
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Does this look like the Plaza?
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Okay, your security cameras on the landings...
do they work?
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My rooms might be inexpensive,
but I run a safe establishment.
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Do you keep the tapes?
Ninety days.
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I want to thank you guys
for all the cool videos.
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Hey, anything interesting?
There's a couple of things so far.
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[Green] There's our boy John Byrne.
Dog!
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[Woman] Can we go in tighter on that?
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- [Green] Can we print that?
- Wait. Here's where it gets exciting.
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Nine minutes later...
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Nine minutes? These young guys
have no staying power.
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On, look at the happy couple.
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Can you freeze
on where she's kicking him?
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Yeah, back it up.
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Now, how close can you get
on her shoes?
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[Briscoe]
What's the big deal with the shoes?
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Those are Dada Vipers.
They're limited-edition sneakers.
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The only place you can get them here
is on Amsterdam in the 70s.
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Now I know
where all your overtime goes.
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We have an exclusive deal
with Dada.
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There was a line around the block
when the Vipers came in.
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We sold out of those puppies
in a day.
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You recognize her?
Yeah, that's Blair. Boy, she looks pissed!
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She one of your customers?
She works here. She's in the back.
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Yo, Blair.
Uh, was Blair working here Tuesday morning?
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We don't open till noon.
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What?
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We need to talk to you
about your kicks.
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You want to talk about my shoes?
We want to talk about who you were kicking with them.
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I don't know what you mean.
John Byrne.
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You know, the dude
that you were wrestling with at the Twilight Motel.
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What'd he say about me?
He didn't say no thing. He's dead.
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What? Dead? How?
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Somebody shot him.
So what was the melodrama about at the motel?
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How do you know so much about this?
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That bitch follow us?
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What bitch?
His wife.
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Whoa, wait a minute.
His wife knew about the two of you?
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What do you think me and Johnnie
were fighting about? Why don't you tell us?
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Adele called my house.
She was off her freaking rails.
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I told Johnnie about it
that day at the motel...
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that I wasn't gonna keep doing him
if that psycho ever contacted me again.
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That charming little story leads me to ask,
where were you Tuesday morning?
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- I was getting a bikini wax.
- Okay.
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So she called you. What'd she say?
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She said I'd better
stay away from her husband.
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And if I didn't, she was gonna
do something about it.
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The shoe salesgirl
copped to sleeping with Byrne, but we had to cut her loose.
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Her alibi panned out?
In a manner of speaking.
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Turned out she was getting a bikini wax.
It was something called a Sphinx.
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Don't ask. I wish I hadn't.
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The upshot is Byrne's wife lied to us
about the state of her marriage.
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- Said it was all hearts and flowers.
- Which moves her up to the top of your list.
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Number one, with a bullet.
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Don't bring her in just yet.
Soft-sell it, see if you can lock her into a story.
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I'm sure there are more lies
where the first one came from.
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[Motor Roaring]
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Mrs. Byrne!
[Motor Tums Off]
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Are you making any progress,
Detectives?
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- It's still early, but we got
some leads we're working on. - A suspect?
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A pretty good candidate.
Really? Who?
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- On, your husband know
a woman named Blair? - No.
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Is she somebody John worked with?
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Somebody he knew.
Is she your suspect?
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Well, it's a little too soon to tell.
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- You said you were working
the day your husband was shot? - That's right.
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Where were you exactly?
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Doing grounds maintenance
here in Riverside Park, around 81 st Street. Why?
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- That's where you were when you
got the call about your husband? - My supervisor came and found me.
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We're gonna need his name
so we can verify that.
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Do you mind if I ask why?
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Our lieutenant's a stickler
for paperwork.
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By the way, do either you
or your husband own a gun?
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No.
227
00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:07,857
I guess that about covers
everything for now. We may need to talk to you again.
228
00:14:07,914 --> 00:14:10,827
[Green] You think of anything else,
you give us a call, all right?
229
00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:16,790
Adele was definitely at work
the day her husband got shot. I remember that.
230
00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:19,200
Where was she
around 10:00 that morning?
231
00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:22,171
Working on one of the ball fields
up here by the boat basin.
232
00:14:22,228 --> 00:14:24,640
I got a call that the cops
wanted to talk to her,
233
00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:27,007
rode up there,
brought her back to the office.
234
00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:32,175
- How'd she take it?
- How do you think? Pretty damn hard. Wouldn't stop crying.
235
00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:35,082
Was anybody working with her
at the ball field?
236
00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:37,485
No. The way it works is
my crew fans out in the morning.
237
00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,183
They each do their assignments,
and then they move on to the next one.
238
00:14:40,246 --> 00:14:44,353
If somebody wanted to play hooky
for an hour or two, there's nobody watching the classroom.
239
00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:47,762
I suppose,
but Adele's Miss Dependable.
240
00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:51,666
Besides, earlier that morning,
about 8:30, 8:45,
241
00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:55,467
I cruised by the field she was working on
with a new valve for one of the water fountains.
242
00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:58,805
I saw her out there,
grooming the infield.
243
00:14:58,865 --> 00:15:00,811
Okay. Thanks, man.
244
00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:03,711
If she did it herself,
she'd have had to be on a pretty tight timetable.
245
00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:07,775
Tight, but not impossible.
Or maybe she found somebody that had a more flexible schedule.
246
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,617
What, a hired hit?
Let's check her financials.
247
00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:14,021
These people led
the all-American life.
248
00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,323
Two paychecks every two weeks,
rent payments, utilities.
249
00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,556
No two and a half kids
and a dog.
250
00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:23,328
- They didn't need a dog.
The husband was one. - I can't wait till you get married.
251
00:15:23,389 --> 00:15:28,395
Seeing as how we answer
each other's phones, you'll probably find out about that before I will.
252
00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:31,067
There is nothing unusual
in these bank statements. Yeah.
253
00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:34,236
There's not much in the Byrnes'
credit card records either.
254
00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,338
She eats three times a week
at Gardner's Caf?.
255
00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:39,576
He goes bowling every Sunday...
256
00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:43,883
and buys his underwear
from a sporting goods catalogue.
257
00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,945
Wait a second.
258
00:15:46,012 --> 00:15:50,654
Gas station charges on her account
up and down I-91, three days apart.
259
00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:55,096
Could have been visiting friends.
Or making a down payment on a hit man.
260
00:15:55,154 --> 00:16:00,160
There's a $500 cash advance
from a private A.T.M. in Bennington, Vermont.
261
00:16:00,226 --> 00:16:03,036
Be nice to find out
to who, what and where.
262
00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:07,771
Vermont's a four-hour drive.
Not if we go lights and sirens.
263
00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:17,051
You sure this is the right place?
50 West Main Street.
264
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:19,886
[Briscoe]
Home of Murray's World of Guns.
265
00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:22,449
Of all the A.T.M.'s in the world,
she picks one in a gun shop.
266
00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:25,462
Let's see what 500 bucks
buys in Vermont.
267
00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:30,297
Her name is Adele Byrne.
She came up here from New York. She used your A.T.M. a few months ago.
268
00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:33,701
A lot of people drop in
just to use the cash machine.
269
00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:35,705
I don't pay much attention.
270
00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:38,071
Well, start focusing.
Her husband was shot.
271
00:16:38,131 --> 00:16:42,671
I couldn't sell to a New York
resident even if I wanted to.
272
00:16:42,735 --> 00:16:44,681
Vermont law.
273
00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:48,207
Then you don't mind if we take a look
at your sales records for that day?
274
00:16:48,274 --> 00:16:50,311
You guys got a warrant?
No.
275
00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:55,155
But we can get one.
Ed, where do you think the A.T. F. regional office is around here?
276
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:57,558
See, Murray, it's not us
you have to worry about.
277
00:16:57,617 --> 00:17:01,565
An illegal gun sale
could get you a federal charge.
278
00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:03,567
What day was this?
279
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:05,625
March 17.
280
00:17:12,298 --> 00:17:15,507
I sold a Smith & Wesson .38 to myself.
281
00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:18,549
As a cutout for her?
Yeah.
282
00:17:18,604 --> 00:17:22,279
I wouldn't do something like this
if she had a record, you know?
283
00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:25,254
I told her I'd buy the gun
in my name,
284
00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:29,350
but she still had to wait a couple of days
till I did a background check.
285
00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:31,691
A lot of good that did.
286
00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:34,960
Can you give us the serial number
for that gun, please?
287
00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:39,295
This is ridiculous.
It's the middle of the night.
288
00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:41,360
Funny. That's the same thing
the judge said.
289
00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:44,670
I don't know what you think you're gonna find.
How 'bout the gun you bought in Vermont?
290
00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,233
Why didn't you just ask?
It's not here.
291
00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:50,042
Don't be insulted
if we don't take your word for that.
292
00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:53,049
Lennie, the place is clean.
You told us you didn't own a gun.
293
00:17:53,105 --> 00:17:55,779
I don't.
The gun I bought was stolen.
294
00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:59,653
Somebody grabbed my handbag.
I reported it to the police.
295
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,284
She filed a report with the 1-8
a month before her husband was shot.
296
00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:07,820
She said a kid came out of nowhere,
snatched her purse and took off.
297
00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:10,390
She didn't say anything
about a gun being in it.
298
00:18:10,456 --> 00:18:14,302
Yeah, and just by coincidence,
there were no witnesses to this event.
299
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:16,306
It doesn't mean it didn't happen.
300
00:18:16,362 --> 00:18:18,865
You also said she was working
the day of the shooting.
301
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:23,505
Yeah, and her work
is roaming around Riverside Park by herself all day blowing leaves.
302
00:18:23,569 --> 00:18:25,571
Riverside Park.
303
00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:29,085
If she ducks out to take care of business,
you know where she ditches the gun.
304
00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:31,849
The Hudson River.
305
00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:35,256
[Lennie] Underwater metal detectors.
306
00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:40,093
Back when I got my gold shield,
there weren't even such things as fax machines or cell phones...
307
00:18:40,152 --> 00:18:42,154
or even computers.
308
00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:45,828
Did everything
with your own two eyes. Checked ballistics, fingerprints.
309
00:18:45,892 --> 00:18:50,136
And a microscope
like we used to have in junior high chemistry class.
310
00:18:50,196 --> 00:18:52,938
Think I've stayed on this job
just to see what comes next.
311
00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:56,139
I hear we're getting
blackberries next year.
312
00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:58,204
Yeah, next year.
313
00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,509
What is up with you?
314
00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:06,017
I'm putting in my papers, Ed.
315
00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:11,992
What?
It's time.
316
00:19:12,051 --> 00:19:14,998
Wha... Really?
What are you gonna do?
317
00:19:15,054 --> 00:19:19,400
I don't know. Play golf, shoot pool,
lay around in the sun.
318
00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:21,995
If I get bored,
maybe I'll try the D.A.'s office,
319
00:19:22,061 --> 00:19:24,667
pick up an investigation
here and there.
320
00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:27,006
Ahh.
321
00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:29,137
Damn, Lennie, you...
322
00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:31,203
[Man] Hey!
323
00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:37,452
Same serial number as the one
she bought in Vermont.
324
00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:41,491
Three spent shells.
Wow.
325
00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:45,154
She hit him two out of three.
Not bad for an amateur.
326
00:19:52,491 --> 00:19:55,938
Adele Byrne.
You're under arrest for the murder of john Byrne.
327
00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:59,272
What the hell is going on?
She'll take this to go.
328
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:07,177
Just because my husband
slept with somebody doesn't mean I would kill him.
329
00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:09,742
"Slept with somebody�
doesn't 't do it justice.
330
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:13,086
Your husband had sexual narcolepsy.
He kept falling into bed.
331
00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:17,252
You found out what he was up to;
then you took that little road trip to Vermont to buy that gun?
332
00:20:17,316 --> 00:20:20,854
- I bought that gun
because I didn't feel safe. - So why did you buy it illegally?
333
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,424
The same reason anybody does.
An ordinary person can't get a gun permit in this city.
334
00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:27,164
What about the spent shells
in the cylinder?
335
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,172
I don't know who used the gun.
336
00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:32,402
Probably the kid who stole my purse.
It wasn't me.
337
00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:35,742
You lied to us about your marriage.
You didn't tell us about your husband's affairs.
338
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:38,304
Because I knew you'd bring me
down here and accuse me of this.
339
00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:42,285
And you lied about the gun.
You asked me if I had a gun. I told you I didn't.
340
00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:46,187
Right. It was stolen by some mystery punk,
so you could cover your ass.
341
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:50,125
You know something?
I don't want to say anything else until I talk to a lawyer.
342
00:20:50,182 --> 00:20:52,526
The woman's got an answer
for everything.
343
00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:55,429
Well, there's one thing
she won't be able to squirm out of...
344
00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:57,468
ballistics.
345
00:20:57,523 --> 00:20:59,469
The police spoke to Adele Byrne's supervisor.
346
00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:02,472
She was at work the day of the murder.
All morning?
347
00:21:02,528 --> 00:21:04,474
He thinks so.
It's not ironclad.
348
00:21:04,530 --> 00:21:07,477
She may have had a window
to slip away unnoticed.
349
00:21:07,533 --> 00:21:10,480
And wait for her husband
to deliver the phony package.
350
00:21:10,536 --> 00:21:13,779
What about the gun
the cops fished out of the river? It's hers.
351
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:17,048
She made a special trip out of state
to get it through a straw buyer.
352
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,918
And the motive evidence is solid.
353
00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,924
It's the oldest one in the book...
a cheating spouse.
354
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,927
She denied knowing
anything about it to the police,
355
00:21:23,983 --> 00:21:27,226
but the girlfriend says
that Adele threatened her and Adele's cell phone records show several calls.
356
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,766
More than enough to charge her.
[Cell Phone Rings]
357
00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:31,733
Southerlyn.
358
00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:34,671
I'll be right there.
[Beeps]
359
00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:37,071
Ballistics.
This should sew it up.
360
00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:40,133
We got a problem.
I don't understand. It's her gun.
361
00:21:40,199 --> 00:21:43,646
Okay. Now, here's
the Smith & Wesson .38 you gave me.
362
00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:47,650
It couldn't have been in the river
more than a couple days at most. It's still operative.
363
00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:50,152
This is a bullet
I test-fired from it.
364
00:21:50,209 --> 00:21:54,157
Five lands and grooves with a right twist.
Standard on a Smith &Wesson.
365
00:21:54,213 --> 00:21:58,161
And this is one of the bullets
taken from John Byrne's chest, also five right.
366
00:21:58,217 --> 00:22:01,323
So it's our murder weapon.
Look at the striations.
367
00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:05,435
They don't match.
368
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:08,438
Which means this gun
wasn't used to kill Mr. Byrne.
369
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:11,441
Are you 100% sure?
Look, striations don't lie, Ms. Southerlyn.
370
00:22:11,497 --> 00:22:15,274
Odds are the murder weapon
was a Smith & Wesson .38.
371
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,473
Just not this one.
Right.
372
00:22:18,571 --> 00:22:21,518
You have your doubts now?
Don't you? Adele Byrne's got a solid alibi.
373
00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:25,784
Her gun isn't the murder weapon.
Maybe she got another .38 we ain't found yet.
374
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:29,122
Why would she travel out of state to
buy a gun if she already had one?
375
00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:32,128
Three spent shells in the cylinder.
Somebody fired at something.
376
00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,130
Or someone.
377
00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:37,190
Any other shootings
in that part of town recently? We'll check it out.
378
00:22:38,524 --> 00:22:40,470
Later.
379
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:44,474
Hey. Ed Pachuco. He just got
transferred to Manhattan South. He should be able to hook us up.
380
00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:46,976
You mind running
that one down by yourself?
381
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,979
I got some paperwork at One P.P
I gotta take care of. Don't worry about it. I got it.
382
00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:53,448
Sorry to duck out on you.
Don't even worry about it, man. Go and do what you gotta do.
383
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:58,252
We've got drawers full of open cases.
Depends on how far back you wanna go.
384
00:22:58,310 --> 00:23:01,257
The gun we're looking at
was purchased three months ago.
385
00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:03,759
That should narrow it down.
386
00:23:03,816 --> 00:23:06,262
All right, here we go.
387
00:23:06,318 --> 00:23:09,265
This guy was capped
during a drive-by.
388
00:23:09,321 --> 00:23:13,167
Gunned down with a Tech-9.
Dealer named Ramon Padilla. That's not it.
389
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:17,970
A 33-year-old black male
shot three times while jogging in Central Park.
390
00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:20,874
What'd the shooter use?
A .38 revolver.
391
00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:22,879
Vic's name is Randall Gardner.
392
00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:25,381
Gardner. Gardner.
You know anything about him?
393
00:23:25,437 --> 00:23:27,917
He was loaded.
He was into real estate.
394
00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:30,419
His wife runs some kind
of high-end coffee shop as a hobby.
395
00:23:30,476 --> 00:23:32,422
Yeah. Gardner's Caf?.
Right.
396
00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:34,958
You look at her?
The first thing we thought of.
397
00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:37,961
But she was alibied real tight,
and we could not make it a for-hire.
398
00:23:38,017 --> 00:23:39,894
Let me get a look at the ballistics.
399
00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:42,398
So, you familiar
with this Belinda Gardner?
400
00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:44,900
Yeah. We arrested our suspect
in her coffee shop.
401
00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:47,961
I'll fill you in, but I gotta
give the D.A. a heads-up.
402
00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:53,576
My husband and I left together that morning.
403
00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:56,909
I went to my yoga class
Randall went running in Central Park.
404
00:23:56,969 --> 00:24:01,543
When I came back home,
the police were waiting for me. It was awful.
405
00:24:01,607 --> 00:24:04,986
Did he run the same time every morning?
That's right.
406
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:10,118
I already told all of this
to the police, Ms. Southerlyn. Three or four times, in fact.
407
00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:13,493
There was a woman
who was arrested at your caf?.
408
00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:15,498
Adele Byrne.
409
00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:17,500
Did you know her very well?
410
00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:21,129
Not outside the cafe.
She's a regular customer.
411
00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:22,900
We chat.
412
00:24:22,962 --> 00:24:24,908
She lost her husband too.
Yes.
413
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:28,935
I gather the police
think she might have had something to do with his death.
414
00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:31,345
He was shot the same week
that your husband was.
415
00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:34,475
I know.
Quite a bizarre coincidence.
416
00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,817
Turns out her husband
was having an affair.
417
00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:40,957
What are you implying?
418
00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:44,460
Just wondering if that might be
another thing that you share with Ms. Byrne.
419
00:24:46,619 --> 00:24:50,726
My husband was absolutely
faithful to me, Ms. Southerlyn.
420
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:55,135
Neither of us ever strayed.
We took our vows quite seriously.
421
00:24:57,262 --> 00:25:00,209
Adele Byrne and Belinda Gardner
knew each other from Gardner's Cafe.
422
00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:02,711
Their husbands were shot
four days apart.
423
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:05,715
I take it you think
this can't be a coincidence.
424
00:25:05,771 --> 00:25:07,717
By itself, maybe.
425
00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:12,381
But here's the kicker:
Adele Byrne's gun wasn't the one that killed her husband.
426
00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:15,391
I had Ballistics run the slug
that killed Randall Gardner.
427
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:19,691
That slug is a dead-on match.
It definitely came from Adele Byrne's gun.
428
00:25:19,752 --> 00:25:22,198
So Adele Byrne killed Randall Gardner.
429
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:26,066
A man she didn't know
and had absolutely no occasion to cross paths with.
430
00:25:26,125 --> 00:25:29,072
I'll bet you all a steak dinner
that Belinda Gardner killed John Byrne.
431
00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:33,372
Two women who don't know each other
meet in a cafe and agree to kill each other's husbands.
432
00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:35,673
It's something
out of Alfred Hitchcock.
433
00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:39,614
We know Adele's Byrne's motive...
she caught her husband cheating on her.
434
00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:43,176
Why did Belinda Gardner
want Mr. Gardner dead?
435
00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:46,451
That's the part
we haven't figured out yet.
436
00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:53,062
Randall bought me this place
when he flipped the building.
437
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:55,064
It's pretty cool, right?
438
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:59,398
Your brother must have been
a very generous man. He was the best.
439
00:25:59,458 --> 00:26:03,406
Trying to make it as a painter,
but I've sold, like, three pieces.
440
00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:07,410
If it wasn't for Randall,
I'd be living in a rented room somewhere in bridge-and-tunnel land.
441
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:10,572
Oh, and studio space?
Yeah. Forget it.
442
00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:13,242
Was he as generous with his wife?
443
00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:15,251
Belinda?
444
00:26:15,307 --> 00:26:17,253
Depends on who you ask.
445
00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:19,585
Doesn't sound like
a ringing endorsement.
446
00:26:19,645 --> 00:26:22,091
I'm sorry. I just never
really liked that woman.
447
00:26:22,147 --> 00:26:24,718
She married Randall for his money.
448
00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:28,731
- How can you be so sure?
- She met him in Vegas at a real estate developers' conference.
449
00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:31,233
[Chuckles]
Happy coincidence?
450
00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,827
Well, if you ask me,
she targeted him.
451
00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:38,034
For her it wasn't a marriage
so much as it was a business transaction.
452
00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,974
Do you think she was unfaithful?
453
00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:44,378
She liked my brother's money too much.
She wouldn't 't risk getting prenuppeed in a divorce.
454
00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:47,383
She's one of those women
whose real profession is shopping.
455
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,214
Clothing, jewelry?
456
00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,550
And when she wasn't
buying $800 sandals,
457
00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:55,558
it was massages, facials, fancy spas.
458
00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:59,084
How did she manage that regimen
and her cafe at the same time?
459
00:26:59,151 --> 00:27:02,530
Randall bought her that place
to keep her out of Bendel's.
460
00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:06,126
When that didn't work, he got fed up
and put her on an allowance too.
461
00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:08,603
Really put a crimp in her lifestyle.
462
00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:13,234
She's gonna walk away with
a big chunk of his estate now.
463
00:27:13,298 --> 00:27:16,768
I'm sure you told all of this
to the police who investigated your brother's murder.
464
00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,281
Believe me, I did.
465
00:27:19,338 --> 00:27:23,809
But she had an ironclad alibi.
Sol guess the bitch just got lucky.
466
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:28,024
I talked to Randall Gardner's
T&E lawyer.
467
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,527
Belinda stands to inherit half of his estate.
Which is how much?
468
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:35,360
Her share comes to $13 million
after taxes.
469
00:27:35,421 --> 00:27:38,732
Okay, but it's not like she was cutting
coupons while Gardner was alive.
470
00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:42,704
Despite his best efforts.
He was trying to keep her on a short leash financially.
471
00:27:42,761 --> 00:27:46,368
So Belinda wanted off the leash,
and Adele Byrne wanted to punish her cheating spouse.
472
00:27:46,432 --> 00:27:48,378
They solved
each other's problems.
473
00:27:48,433 --> 00:27:50,379
Quid pro quo.
474
00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:53,382
It's a pretty ingenious plan.
I'll be damned if they're gonna get away with it.
475
00:27:53,438 --> 00:27:55,440
Pick her up.
476
00:27:57,843 --> 00:28:01,120
Jack, why drag me down here
if you're convinced Adele didn't kill her husband?
477
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,592
That doesn't mean
we're not gonna prosecute her.
478
00:28:03,649 --> 00:28:08,394
She cut a few corners to buy her gun.
Okay, we surrender. What's the fine? You take credit cards, right?
479
00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:12,401
We're charging your client
with the murder of Randall Gardner.
480
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,866
I didn't even know Randall Gardner.
481
00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:19,307
Why would Adele murder
a man she doesn't know?
482
00:28:19,364 --> 00:28:21,310
She conspired with Belinda Gardner.
483
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:23,312
They murdered each other's husbands.
484
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:27,373
The slugs in Mr. Gardner
came from your client's .38.
485
00:28:29,208 --> 00:28:32,712
I've never even met the man.
I don't know anyone named John Byrne.
486
00:28:32,778 --> 00:28:35,054
His wife is a regular customer of yours.
487
00:28:35,113 --> 00:28:37,059
And that's a crime?
488
00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:41,495
You don't have a murder weapon,
and you have absolutely no forensics.
489
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:45,763
For the last time,
that gun was stolen from me.
490
00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:48,634
You have absolutely no proof
she's the shooter.
491
00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:52,164
Our motion to dismiss will be on
your desk end of business.
492
00:28:55,501 --> 00:28:57,447
This is a house of cards,
Your Honor.
493
00:28:57,502 --> 00:29:01,040
The prosecution against Adele Byrne
is predicated on the one against Mrs. Gardner.
494
00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:04,553
And the prosecution
against Mrs. Gardner is meaningless without Mrs. Byrne.
495
00:29:04,610 --> 00:29:07,056
You seem to have
a catch-22, Mr. McCoy.
496
00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:10,059
You can't prove one murder
without proving the other first.
497
00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:12,561
But we can prove them both
at the same time.
498
00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:17,328
C.P.L. 200.40 permits joinder of defendants
where there's evidence of a common scheme.
499
00:29:17,389 --> 00:29:19,335
Two murders, one trial.
500
00:29:19,391 --> 00:29:23,339
You can't consolidate two cases
that couldn't have been brought individually.
501
00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:26,376
We can if we add a conspiracy
count to both indictments.
502
00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:30,038
Where's the criminal agreement,
Mr. McCoy? Where's your proof?
503
00:29:30,102 --> 00:29:32,446
He has none.
It's all speculation.
504
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:35,883
- You're gonna dismiss two murders?
- Who said anything about dismissing?
505
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:38,888
Apart from the defense lawyers,
I mean.
506
00:29:38,944 --> 00:29:44,360
If Mr. McCoy thinks he can prove
one murder independent of the other, I'm more than willing to let him try.
507
00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:46,157
Separate trials.
508
00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:48,630
- Your Honor...
- Let the games begin.
509
00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:53,136
Can you convict 'em
if you try each woman separately?
510
00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:56,139
I can prove Adele Byrne
shot Randall Gardner.
511
00:29:56,195 --> 00:29:59,142
You can prove somebody
used her gun to shoot him.
512
00:29:59,197 --> 00:30:04,146
The bigger problem is the gun
that Belinda Gardner used to shoot John Byrne.
513
00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:06,148
You don't have it.
514
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:08,651
Because she did a better job
ditching it.
515
00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:11,415
Which is why I'll try Mrs. Gardner last.
516
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:14,923
That case will go a lot easier
after Adele Byrne gets convicted.
517
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,927
What if she gets acquitted?
Have you thought about that?
518
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:21,931
I mean, if you lose
there's not a jury in the world that'll convict Belinda Gardner.
519
00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:24,934
You think I'm putting
all my eggs in one basket.
520
00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:28,995
Consecutive trials make the first
one an all-or-nothing shot.
521
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:32,839
So why not try them
simultaneously?
522
00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:35,970
Just explain to me how I can be
in two courtrooms at once.
523
00:30:36,969 --> 00:30:38,846
Keep it as simple as you can.
524
00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:41,851
Adele Byrne's bullets
ended up in Randall Gardner.
525
00:30:41,907 --> 00:30:45,411
What about you?
At least I have a murder weapon. I have motive and opportunity.
526
00:30:45,477 --> 00:30:47,923
The circumstances
speak for themselves.
527
00:30:47,979 --> 00:30:50,926
Did you notice an Arnold Barker
on their witness list?
528
00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:53,986
The director of the Kent Foundation.
Why is he on their list?
529
00:30:55,053 --> 00:30:57,329
That's where John Byrne's
girlfriend worked.
530
00:30:57,389 --> 00:31:00,734
Belinda Gardner's lawyer's gonna make
an issue out of John Byrne's infidelities.
531
00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:02,738
Create reasonable doubt?
532
00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:05,798
When all else fails,
blame the other woman.
533
00:31:09,835 --> 00:31:14,079
Do you recognize
what's been previously introduced as People's six, Mr. Gundrozach?
534
00:31:14,139 --> 00:31:18,212
Yeah, that's the gun I sold.
A Smith & Wesson .38.
535
00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:21,224
Is the person you sold the gun to
in the courtroom today?
536
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,226
She's sitting right there.
537
00:31:23,281 --> 00:31:27,696
Let the record reflect the witness is
indicating the defendant, Adele Byrne.
538
00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:30,757
Do you have sales records
reflecting this transaction?
539
00:31:31,957 --> 00:31:37,168
Kind of. My records show
that I sold a gun... to myself.
540
00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:39,573
Why did you do that?
541
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:42,475
She really didn't want to buy it
under her own name,
542
00:31:42,534 --> 00:31:44,480
so I bought it for her.
543
00:31:44,536 --> 00:31:46,482
Did you recommend
this model to her?
544
00:31:46,538 --> 00:31:49,781
She came in asking for that particular gun.
545
00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:52,151
S&W .38.
546
00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:54,588
She was real specific.
547
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:58,151
Initially, we suspected the victim's wife, Adele,
548
00:31:58,216 --> 00:32:01,459
because she purchased
the Smith & Wesson .38 in Vermont.
549
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,796
But you didn't charge her with Mr. Byrne's murder.
550
00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:07,029
Our ballistics established
that her gun didn't match.
551
00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:10,938
It did, however, match
the bullet found in Randall Gardner.
552
00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:12,942
[McCoy] The husband of the defendant.
553
00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:16,309
How did this change your theory
about John Byrne's murder?
554
00:32:16,368 --> 00:32:20,646
Well, we considered the possibility that
the two wives killed each other's husbands.
555
00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:26,178
What connection, if any, were you able
to establish between the defendant and Adele Byrne to support that?
556
00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,190
Well, one thing is,
557
00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:31,193
Mrs. Byrne goes to
the defendant's caf? three times a week.
558
00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:35,857
The other thing is,
the defendant's husband was killed the same week as Mr. Byrne.
559
00:32:35,921 --> 00:32:37,923
- How?
- He was shot.
560
00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,935
Also with a .38.
561
00:32:44,529 --> 00:32:47,135
So, Detective, by your logic,
562
00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:49,645
since I also frequent Gardner's Cafe,
563
00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:53,649
if my wife turns up dead
I can expect a visit from the police.
564
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:57,380
You can if you purchased
a murder weapon.
565
00:32:57,442 --> 00:32:59,444
Well, did you find the gun...
566
00:32:59,511 --> 00:33:02,685
that you allege my client used
to kill John Byrne?
567
00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:04,920
No.
568
00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:08,658
Oh, so, in other words,
the only evidence that you have against my client...
569
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,826
is that Adele Byrne bought a gun,
570
00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:14,564
a person who is not
on trial in this courtroom.
571
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,506
Tell me, Detective,
572
00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:20,941
um, did Mrs. Byrne offer
an explanation for that purchase?
573
00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:24,845
She said she bought it for protection.
574
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:33,116
There's been a lot of stuff in the papers
lately about home invasions, rapes.
575
00:33:33,178 --> 00:33:36,591
John worked late a lot.
I was home alone. I was scared.
576
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,628
Had you ever fired a gun before?
No.
577
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:43,723
And I still haven't.
The gun was stolen a few weeks after I got it. I reported it to the police.
578
00:33:43,789 --> 00:33:47,236
The prosecution contends
you used it to shoot Randall Gardner
579
00:33:47,292 --> 00:33:50,466
I never even met the man.
And Belinda Gardner?
580
00:33:50,529 --> 00:33:52,975
Sure, I... I went into her caf?.
581
00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:56,103
But the only time I ever talked to her
was to order coffee.
582
00:33:56,168 --> 00:33:59,274
Mrs. Byrne, did you conspire with her
to kill each other's husbands?
583
00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:01,146
Absolutely not.
584
00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:05,086
And where were you at the time
Randall Gardner was shot?
585
00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:08,283
I was at work in Riverside Park.
586
00:34:10,348 --> 00:34:12,589
Where the police
found the murder weapon?
587
00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:15,791
It's a big public park,
Ms. Southerlyn.
588
00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:19,825
So it's just a coincidence
that Randall Gardner was killed with your gun.
589
00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:23,930
It's a violent city.
That's why I bought the gun in the first place.
590
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,168
The gun that you claim was stolen.
It was.
591
00:34:26,231 --> 00:34:28,905
I filed a report with the police.
592
00:34:28,967 --> 00:34:31,573
Yeah, you covered all of your bases.
Objection!
593
00:34:31,636 --> 00:34:33,638
[Adele]
I don't know what you're talking about.
594
00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:39,087
There's nothing in that report about a gun.
You reported that your purse was stolen. Why didn't you mention the gun?
595
00:34:39,144 --> 00:34:42,182
I didn't want to admit
that I'd bought a gun illegally.
596
00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,386
So that's one felony
you admit to lying about.
597
00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:46,986
Does it get easier the second time around?
Objection!
598
00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,861
Sustained.
599
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,661
Manners, Ms. Southerlyn.
600
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,536
Actually, that's not
the only lie you told, was it?
601
00:34:54,593 --> 00:34:58,700
You also told the police
that you didn't know your husband was being unfaithful to you.
602
00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:03,970
I didn't think John's infidelities
had anything to do with his murder.
603
00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:06,572
Except to give you
a motive to kill him.
604
00:35:06,638 --> 00:35:08,640
[Attorney] Your Honor!
605
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:14,956
Do you know a woman
named Gloria Regelson, Mr. Barker?
606
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:18,722
She's a secretary who works with me
at the Kent Foundation.
607
00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:23,061
And, um, what was her relationship
with the victim, John Byrne?
608
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:27,331
John delivered packages to our office
on a daily basis.
609
00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:31,363
I've since learned that Gloria was
having a romantic relationship with him.
610
00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:35,535
Did you ever see them together,
Mr. Barker?
611
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,046
I saw them leaving the building together once.
612
00:35:38,103 --> 00:35:43,485
I didn't think much of it at the time, but in
retrospect they were acting... rather friendly.
613
00:35:43,541 --> 00:35:48,991
Ah. I, um, want to direct your attention,
Mr. Barker, to April 20.
614
00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:52,722
That's the day after
the victim in this case was murdered
615
00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:55,731
Anything unusual happen
at the Kent Foundation?
616
00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:58,734
A member of our custodial staff
came to me...
617
00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:02,067
and reported that
he'd found a gun in a trash can.
618
00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:06,041
It had been stuffed in the bottom of the can,
wrapped in a brown paper bag.
619
00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:09,374
Did Gloria Regelson have access
to this trash can?
620
00:36:09,434 --> 00:36:14,213
- Of course.
- I see. What, if anything, did you do with this gun, Mr. Barker?
621
00:36:14,272 --> 00:36:17,617
The only thing I could think to do.
I reported it to the police, and they took it.
622
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:22,125
Your Honor, at this time the defense moves
to compel the People to produce the gun...
623
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,626
seized by the N.Y.P.D.
at the Kent Foundation.
624
00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:28,631
- Defense hasn't established relevance.
- A simple ballistics test will do that.
625
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:31,964
However, since I do not have access
to the gun and the police do...
626
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,971
The People will see to it that the gun found at
the Kent Foundation's offices...
627
00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:38,268
will be produced for ballistics testing.
628
00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:40,276
[Gavel Bangs]
629
00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:46,144
So, where the hell is this gun?
We were able to locate the gun at the property clerk's office.
630
00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:48,150
A .38 Smith & Wesson.
631
00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,152
Great.
What'd the ballistics test show?
632
00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,154
Just what the defense wanted.
633
00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:56,090
The gun found at the Kent Foundation
was used to shoot John Byrne.
634
00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:59,185
- Can we tie it to Belinda Gardner?
- Believe me, I tried.
635
00:36:59,250 --> 00:37:01,992
The trash can where the gun was found...
636
00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:05,000
was in an area open to the public
that got a lot of foot traffic.
637
00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:08,003
So Belinda Gardner
could have planted the gun.
638
00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:10,665
If only I could prove it.
None of the staff remembers seeing her.
639
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,766
I'm sure the gun's untraceable.
640
00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:16,904
The serial number was filed off
Probably bought on the street.
641
00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:22,179
You gotta give these girls credit for one thing...
they sure weren't standing behind the door when the good Lord handed out the brains.
642
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,187
Gloria Regelson is the perfect patsy.
643
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:29,453
She had an affair with Byrne,
and now the murder weapon turns up at her workplace.
644
00:37:29,514 --> 00:37:33,087
A fact that I'm sure you'll address on cross.
For all the good it'll do.
645
00:37:33,151 --> 00:37:35,427
I hope your trial's going better.
646
00:37:35,487 --> 00:37:37,660
It'd be hard for it not to.
647
00:37:37,722 --> 00:37:41,932
How about a continuance
to buy yourself time to prove that Belinda Gardner planted the gun?
648
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:45,440
They don't grant continuances
just because you're getting your butt kicked.
649
00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:48,501
It's time for both of you
to face the music.
650
00:37:53,572 --> 00:37:56,985
Mr. Foreperson,
has the jury reached a verdict?
651
00:37:57,042 --> 00:37:59,113
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
652
00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:02,556
We find the defendant,
Adele Byrne, guilty...
653
00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:04,560
of second degree murder.
654
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:06,618
[Spectators Murmuring]
655
00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:12,701
Has the jury reached a verdict?
[Woman] We have, Your Honor
656
00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:15,533
In the matter of the
People v. Belinda Gardner,
657
00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:19,166
we find the defendant
not guilty on all counts.
658
00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,903
[Spectators Murmuring]
659
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,586
I suppose you're about to say
the glass is half full.
660
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:34,590
You knew it was gonna be
a tough case from the start, Jack. Don't count me out yet.
661
00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:36,990
I've still got one more at-bat.
662
00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:44,756
The ink on the verdict is barely dry
and here you are gloating.
663
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:48,566
We're not here for that.
This isn't quite over yet.
664
00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:53,006
You're damn right it isn't.
I've informed Adele she has numerous grounds for appeal.
665
00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:55,442
I'm hard-pressed
to think of a single one.
666
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:59,209
The only hope your client has
is leniency at sentencing.
667
00:38:59,270 --> 00:39:03,116
Belinda Gardner, on the other hand,
is celebrating at the Four Seasons.
668
00:39:03,174 --> 00:39:06,018
[Attorney] We're not conceding
any relationship with Mrs. Gardner.
669
00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:08,023
Too bad.
670
00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:10,616
I was hoping to get a question answered.
671
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:15,290
Specifically, how'd they choose
Belinda Gardner's gun as the one to plant at the Kent Foundation...
672
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:18,493
when they could just as easily
have planted Adele's?
673
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:22,035
How'd that work, Ms. Byrne?
674
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:27,600
Belinda Gardner gets the patsy,
while the working girl gets 25-to-life?
675
00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:31,272
Does that seem fair to you?
676
00:39:32,337 --> 00:39:34,283
I suppose...
677
00:39:34,339 --> 00:39:37,377
you can always
take your chances on appeal.
678
00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:50,822
What do you want to know,
Mr. McCoy?
679
00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:57,604
Your Honor, this is outrageous.
Double jeopardy protects my client from further prosecution.
680
00:39:57,662 --> 00:40:00,609
Jeopardy only attached
as to John Byrne's murder.
681
00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:03,612
We're indicting Mrs. Gardner
for the murder of her husband.
682
00:40:03,668 --> 00:40:07,616
Which is even more ridiculous,
considering Belinda Gardner didn't murder her husband
683
00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:10,118
A jury just concluded Adele Byrne did.
684
00:40:10,175 --> 00:40:13,122
Mrs. Gardner didn't have to pull the trigger.
685
00:40:13,178 --> 00:40:16,625
In fact, we're going to up the ante.
We're charging her with murder, first-degree.
686
00:40:16,681 --> 00:40:20,857
Oh, this should be good
In fact, it'd better be.
687
00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:23,695
First-degree murder
includes murder-for-hire...
688
00:40:23,755 --> 00:40:28,033
and applies to both the shooter
and the contracting party.
689
00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:31,869
Where the murder is for,
and I quote, �pecuniary gain," which means money.
690
00:40:31,930 --> 00:40:35,400
Or did the laws change while I was asleep?
691
00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:38,003
People v. American Motor Club,
and I quote:
692
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:42,950
�The benefit of pecuniary value
need not be money. It includes any service with monetary value
693
00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:46,978
Oh, so murder-for-hire is a service?
Is that what you think?
694
00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:49,787
No. I've prosecuted enough hit men.
I know for certain.
695
00:40:49,848 --> 00:40:52,294
And there is no requirement
the service be legal.
696
00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:54,626
Contract killings in exchange
for drugs, for example.
697
00:40:54,686 --> 00:40:57,360
[Judge] I have to agree.
Motion granted.
698
00:40:57,422 --> 00:40:59,800
They've got you, Mr. Solomon.
699
00:40:59,858 --> 00:41:01,804
[Gavel Bangs]
700
00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:09,573
When Adele Byrne
comes up for sentencing, we're recommending 20-to-life.
701
00:41:09,634 --> 00:41:11,580
What's good for the goose.
702
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,843
Sure beats life without parole.
703
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:19,254
Fine.
704
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:22,154
Twelve people still acquitted me.
705
00:41:22,213 --> 00:41:24,159
Yeah.
706
00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:26,525
That's gotta burn.
707
00:41:29,821 --> 00:41:31,767
Once that guilty verdict came in...
708
00:41:31,823 --> 00:41:34,770
Belinda Gardner had to know that
Adele Byrne was gonna give her up.
709
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:39,036
That was the fatal flaw in their whole scheme...
they were strangers.
710
00:41:39,097 --> 00:41:41,771
Well, it's nice to go out on a win.
711
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,004
[Grunts]
712
00:41:47,438 --> 00:41:49,384
Lieu.
713
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,442
[Inaudible]
714
00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:41,337
[Howling]
715
00:42:41,387 --> 00:42:45,937
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