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In the criminal justice system,

the people are represented

by two separate, yet
equally important groups:

the police, who
investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

Here we go again.

Yesterday, there were 15 tents.

Now there are double the amount.

I'm more worried about the fact

that these kids
aren't going to class.

My journalism seminar this
morning was half empty.

That's because they
believe that the rules

don't apply to them.

Making poor choices is all
part of the college experience.

Sure, but there have
to be consequences.

President Redd should
be calling in the cops.

Look, I don't agree
with these protesters.

Far from it.

But we can't arrest
our own students.

Why not?

Our own students
are being harassed.

You're not going this way.

Go back the other way!
- Let me through!

Hey. Hey! Leave him alone.

- Man, I don't have time.
- Hey, hey, Hey.

Hey. Hey. Come on.

I'm cool. I'm cool.

What do we got?

Charles Bennett, 43 years old.

Blunt force trauma to the head.

Okay.

You guys done?
- Yeah. Go ahead.

Oh.

Oh, rigor hasn't
even set in yet.

MLI says he died sometime
within the past hour.

Any signs of forced entry?

Door locks are intact.

How about video street cam?

Canvassers are out looking.

Who else lives her?

His wife.

Housekeeper says she's
in the Berkshires.

I'm guessing she's the
one who found the body.

- Mm-hmm.
- We recover a weapon?

Not yet.

Well, could
be a golf club.

This belongs to a putter.

Well, the killer had one hell
of a stroke, that's for sure.

I got here a few
minutes after 9:00,

and he was laying on the floor.

And when you were
outside, did you notice

anyone in the immediate area?

A man, a couple of doors down,

was walking away from the house.

He was carrying a golf club.

Can you describe this man?

I didn't really see his
face, but he was white.

Okay.

How about age or hair color?

Dark hair.

Young, in his 20s.

And he was, like, your height?

Do you recall what
he was wearing?

A gray sweatshirt with
some kind of emblem

on the sleeve, maybe a
strawberry or a cherry.

Can you tell me what
happened over here?

A few days ago, someone
broke the window.

Was anyone hurt?

No one was home.

Was there anything taken?

Just the flag.

A flag?

It was in the window, blue
and white with a star.

You mean the Israeli flag.

Is Professor Bennett's
wife a judge?

This morning, Charles Bennett,
a journalism professor

at Hudson University,
was found bludgeoned

to death in his home.

Professor Bennett was married

to the Honorable Judge
Madeline Bennett,

who sits on New
York's Supreme Court.

This investigation is ongoing,
and we are doing everything

in our power to
identify and apprehend

the person responsible.

Now Mayor Payne would
like to say a few words.

Thank you.

First of all, I'd like
to express my condolences

to Judge Bennett.

She's a dedicated
jurist who's ruled on

some of the toughest cases
this city has ever seen.

I promise you, the
NYPD will find out

who committed this
senseless act of violence,

and the perpetrator
will be punished.

Do you believe the
attack was personal?

Right now, it's too
early to speculate,

but everything is on the table.

And is it possible that
the murder is tied to one

of Judge Bennett's cases?

Again, we're
following every lead.

We'll keep you posted.
- Thank you all for coming.

- Nick.
- Wendy.

Hey, I'm so sorry.

I know you and Judge
Bennett are close.

She's on her way
back to the city now.

I wanted to see if
there were any updates.

Wendy Carris, this
is Jessica Brady.

Hi.

Wendy's second chaired a few
of my cases back in the day.

Lieutenant Brady's
overseeing the investigation.

This case is in good hands.

We're gonna get the
bastard who did this.

This thing is turning
into a circus.

My phone is exploding.

Blowing up.

The commissioner, the chief
justice, the governor.

It's not every day a
judge's husband is killed.

Too bad they don't pay this
much attention when it's

a kid from the projects, huh?

Find anything?

Yeah, I got some
doorbell cam footage

from one of the neighbors,

corroborates the
housekeeper's story.

Looks like she crossed
paths with this guy

right around the
time of the murder.

Is that the golf
club in his hand?

Yeah, looks like it.

There's the logo on
his sweatshirt too.

A watermelon?

Means you support the
Palestinian people.

Israeli flag,
Palestinian supporter,

is there a connection here?

How are you doing on
the broken window?

Bennett's filed a police report.

Suspect?

Fits the description too.

27 years old, 6
feet, brown hair.

Male, white, lives across
the street from the Bennetts.

Was he pinched?

Arrested, arraigned,
and released yesterday.

Rap sheet?

Trespassing and aggravated
assault on a police officer.

How about that?
- How about that?

I mean, you gotta
love bail reform.

A guy with a history of violence

breaks into a man's home,
steals his private property,

and what happens? Nothing.

Can you get with his PO
and find out where he's at?

Put an Israeli flag
in your window,

you have to expect
people are gonna react.

What is that supposed to mean?

It's a symbol of hate.

Or it's a sign that you
recognize Israel's right

to exist and that you support
the innocent people that

were slaughtered on October 7th.

- Here we go.
- What?

There's only one way to
look at something like this?

Sometimes, yes.

This is one of those times.

Put that down.

If you think I actually
killed Charlie Bennett,

you're crazy.

Really? With your rap sheet?

Assault, trespassing.

I had no beef with Charlie.

But his wife, that judge?

She couldn't go ten
minutes without spouting

her pro-Israel propaganda.

Where were you this
morning at 9:00 a.m.?

In Soho.

I was having breakfast
with an art dealer.

We're gonna need the
name of that restaurant.

Sadelle's.

All right. We'll be in touch.

Bennett's wife's back in town.

I came as fast as I could.

You were in the Berkshires?

Mm.

Uh, yeah. Canyon Ranch.

Um, my... my husband
insisted that I just

take some time for myself.

This is a nightmare.

I... who would do
something like this?

There was no sign
of forced entry,

so it appears that your husband
may have known his killer.

Was your husband
having any issues?

Legal, professional, financial?

He's a journalism professor.

He did... he did say
that he and his students,

they're working on this big
story for the school paper.

And he said that, uh,

it was gonna make a lot
of people very upset.

What happened to Charlie
Bennett was tragic.

I was just about to
release a statement

to the Hudson community.

We know there's no
love lost between you

and Professor Bennett.

We read your email exchanges.

"Ruin me, and I'll ruin you."

That is a quote.

We were trying to
iron out some issues.

Things got heated.

That's one way to describe it.

Another would be that
you threatened him.

How the hell would you
feel if someone tried

to sink your entire career
over something that happened

over three decades ago?

I'd like to speak to a lawyer.

Good.

They can meet you
down at the precinct.

You're gonna regret this.

Does the police
commissioner know

you've dragged the president
of Hudson University down

into an interrogation room,

treated him like
a common criminal?

Not sure, but you're more than

welcome to give him a call.

He'll probably just recommend
that you answer our questions.

Look, we already know that
you met with Professor Bennett

one hour before he was killed.

Charlie and I had
breakfast this morning.

To discuss the plagiarism
investigation, am I right?

I tried to reason with him.

After everything I've
done for the school.

I raised over a billion dollars,

cut the acceptance rate in half.

So you asked him
to kill the story.

I asked him to consider
whether his article

was in the best interests
of the university.

How did he take that?

He said his only objective
was to expose the truth,

didn't care about
the consequences.

I made that bastard.

He was working at a dying
newspaper in Hartford

when I brought him on board.

So, yeah, I was angry.

But I didn't murder him.

All right, then where did you go

after the two of
you had breakfast?

Townhouse on 73rd and Madison.

Had to meet with a donor.

Any idea where
Bennett was headed?

Saw him jump in a taxi.

Verified Redd's alibi,
spoke to the donor

and checked the surveillance
cameras at her office.

Okay, so we know what Redd
did after the breakfast.

What about Bennett?

He took a cab to the
university athletic complex.

He had a squash game
scheduled for 9:00.

Isn't that right around
the time he was killed?

Yeah, he obviously
never made it there.

Well, let's try to find out who

he was supposed to play with.

I had to cancel at
the last minute.

Our nanny got sick, and my
wife had a client meeting.

Look, we think your brother
may have known his killer.

Was there anyone he was
having problems with?

Friends?

Colleagues, family?

The only person he was having
problems with was Madeline.

Can you elaborate?

He kept saying things
were getting complicated.

Look, I'm sure that
this is nothing.

But he said that she had gotten
violent with him a few times.

Violent?

Did he explain what
he meant by that?

No.

When I asked, he said
he didn't wanna talk

about his wife anymore.

Will you excuse me?

I just have to
talk to the, uh...

Hi.

Quite a crowd.

Yeah, well, you gotta
kiss a lot of rings

to make it to the bench.

What's up?

Um, her alibi didn't check out.

She wasn't in the Berkshires?

Well, we have a receipt
and video that puts her

at a gas station in
Great Barrington.

Then what's the problem?

Well, we checked with the spa
she claimed she was staying at,

and they have no
record of her, so.

Do you think there's
any chance that she...

I don't know her
that well, Jess.

But my guess is, that
is highly unlikely.

We still need to talk to her.

Well, let's wait until tomorrow.

She just gave her husband's
eulogy, for God's sake.

I get it, but she lied.

She wasn't at the spa.

You have definitive proof

she was 150 miles away
when he was killed.

That doesn't mean
she wasn't involved.

I mean, there's
gotta be a reason why

a judge would lie to the
detectives investigating

her husband's murder.

All I'm saying is, let's
wait until tomorrow.

Mayor's gone all in on this.

The sooner we find out if she's
hiding something, the better.

All right.

Let's see what she has to say.

Could someone please tell me
what the hell is going on?

Did you find who killed Charlie?

We've got a few
follow-up questions.

Oh.

- Would you like a seat?
- No.

Do you recognize this man?

I can't see his face.

Does anything about
him seem familiar?

His build, his gait, his hair?

I don't know. I don't know.

Well, he was seen
outside your home

moments after your
husband was killed.

So, Judge, we have to ask.

Were you and Charlie
having any problems?

That's why you dragged
me down here, hmm?

So that you could show me
some indecipherable video,

and suggest that I had something

to do with my husband's death.

Oh, I'm not suggesting
that at all.

I'm simply asking...

No, I know what you're asking.

Okay, well, if you know what
I'm asking, then tell us.

Were there any problems?

If you are asking me if
I am having an affair,

the answer is no.

So then why did you lie
about where you were

when your husband was killed?

She's being evasive.

Or she's exhausted
because her damn husband

was just murdered.

I told you, I was
in the Berkshires.

No.

No, you told us that you
were at Canyon Ranch.

But we checked, and
that's not true.

Let's try this again, Judge.

Where were you when
your husband was killed?

I'm not answering
any more questions.

Do you understand?

Am I free to leave?

Give us a minute.

I wanna keep her for a while.

Based on what?

Based on, we're allowed
to hold her for 72 hours.

Only if you plan
to make an arrest,

but you don't have any...

I can charge her
with obstruction.

Oh, come on, Jess.

Look, I know she's a judge,
that she has important friends.

There is nothing
political about this.

We're under the microscope.

Every move we make is
gonna be scrutinized.

And you're not the
one who has to defend

these decisions in court.

But a good man was killed.

It doesn't appear to be a
home invasion or a robbery.

His finances are clean.

He has no real haters.

He has no known enemies.

And his wife is
lying to the police.

So, I would be
laughed out of town

if I didn't take a
hard look at her.

If it turns out she's involved,

you get her back in here
and charge her then.

In the meantime, let her go.

Okay.

I wanna hold the judge
until her lawyer gets here.

Copy that.

I've been going
through her devices.

Nothing that points
to an affair so far.

Yeah, her phone records
are interesting, though.

Check this out... she's
got four missed calls,

all from the same number,

all on the morning
of the murder.

And it looks like the
caller left a voicemail.

I know you don't
wanna talk to me,

but I wanna talk to you.

You owe me that.

I have student loans.

I just rented a new apartment.

You know what? I'm
coming to talk to you.

Call came in 30 minutes

before her husband
was found dead.

Maybe Judge Bennett
was the target

because of her position on
Israel or one of her cases?

Did she ever call the guy back?

Looks like she didn't
even check the voicemail.

Well, run his number.

Comes back to a Thomas
Norton, 24 years old,

6'1", brown hair.

Fits the description.

My client demands
to be released now.

I got a couple more questions.

Forget it. She's
not cooperating.

Judge Bennett, do you
recognize this man?

Lieutenant.

Yeah, that's, uh,
that's Thomas Norton.

Why?

What does he have to
do with any of this?

He called you several times
the day of the murder.

Wait. You... you
got into my phone?

You lie to the police,

there's going to
be consequences.

Hold on. Who signed
off on that warrant?

Look, Tom Norton
left you a voicemail

30 minutes before your
husband was killed,

saying he was going
over to your house.

Now, how do you know him?

He's a third-year law school
student at Hudson University.

He was supposed to
clerk for me next year.

Supposed to?

- Yeah, I withdrew the offer.
- Why?

Because he's involved in the
anti-Israel protests on campus.

So you fired him because
of his political beliefs?

I sure did.

Yeah.

Are you saying that Thomas...

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

No.

No more war! No more war!

Excuse me.

Looking for Tom Norton.

Cops aren't welcome here.

Excuse me.

You ever seen this guy?

Never seen him.

I bet you haven't.

There he is.

Yeah.

Oh, no, no, no.

Doesn't work that way, buddy.

Thomas.

Thomas!

Come out of there.
We wanna talk to you.

Hands!

- Out.
- You have no right.

- See that? The sweatshirt?
- Sure do.

Hey, hey! Come on!

Come out of there right now.

- Okay.
- Out.

All right. Hey, hey.

Whoa.
- Don't move.

You are under arrest for the
murder of Charles Bennett.

- Let him go.
- Let him go.

Move!

The motive seems pretty clear,

but can we actually place
Norton at the crime scene?

The housekeeper saw someone
fitting his description

in front of the house around
the time of the killings,

and the video backs that up.

And the sweatshirt in the
video was in Norton's tent

when he was arrested.

We booked him on murder two.

You think that's the
appropriate charge?

I don't.

Evidence shows Norton went to
the house to talk to the judge,

not to kill anyone.

And when he realized
she wasn't home,

he got into some kind of
argument with her husband,

and he grabbed a golf
club and hit him.

You're saying this was a
heat-of-the-moment killing?

An idealistic student
who let his emotions

get the better of him.
Legally, that's manslaughter.

Murderous intent
doesn't require a lot

of deliberation or planning.

That's why it's murder two.

I disagree.

A New York Supreme
Court judge was

the target of Norton's anger.

He went to her home.

He was unwanted and uninvited.

I wanna send a
message that going

after a judge or a
judge's family member

has extreme consequences.

Charge murder one.

Calling docket ending in 6701,

People v. Thomas Norton,

charging murder in
the first degree.

How do you plead?

Not guilty.

Order. Order.

If you shout out again,
I'll have you removed.

Just let him go. He
didn't do anything.

Court officer,
remove that woman.

This isn't justice.

Order! Order!

Anyone else wanna test me?

I'll hear the people on bail.

Yes, Your Honor, this
was a brutal assault

on an esteemed member
of the Hudson community.

And we have a strong
circumstantial case.

The defendant is
from North Carolina.

He has no roots
to this community.

The people seek remand.

My client is a
third-year law student,

qualified to represent clients

under the Student
Practice Order.

He'd like to say a few
words on his own behalf.

I just wanna say, I
didn't murder anyone.

The police never found a weapon.

No one ever identified
me as the killer.

I believe I'm being targeted
because I'm an activist

who has spoken out on behalf
of the Palestinian people.

Order, order!

Mr. Norton, this is
not the time or place

for a political speech.

Do you have an
eyewitness, Ms. Maroun?

We have something better.

We have a video showing
the defendant leaving

the crime scene wearing an
identifiable sweatshirt,

the same sweatshirt that
was recovered by police

when they arrested him.

I've never been in trouble
with the law before.

I'm not a flight risk.

My parents are here, and
they can post $100,000 bail.

That won't be necessary.

You're hereby
remanded. Next case.

Ms. Maroun?

The People's entire
case rises and falls

on my client's sweatshirt.

And this sweatshirt
was the product

of an illegal
search and seizure.

It should be excluded on
Fourth Amendment grounds.

The Fourth Amendment
doesn't apply.

The sweatshirt was taken from
a tent on the Hudson campus.

The defendant has no
reasonable expectation

of privacy in the encampment.

- But I was living there.
- Control your client.

The fact is, the tent was not
the defendant's residence.

He has a dorm room.

He had been sleeping in the tent

for the last couple of weeks.
- Illegally.

And the court, in Morillo
v. City of New York,

ruled that a trespasser
has no legitimate

expectation of privacy.

He has not been charged
with trespassing.

The police should have
sought a search warrant.

This was a chaotic situation.

Sealing off the tent
and getting a warrant

would have been impossible.

I find the defendant had
a reasonable expectation

of privacy in his tent.

Motion is granted.

That sweatshirt was our only
way to tie Norton to the scene.

Can't the housekeeper
put him there?

She didn't see his face.

What about the video?

I looked over all the video
from near the crime scene,

and Norton isn't
identifiable in any of it.

Where was he before he
got to Bennett's house?

Right here, the encampment.

When was this taken?

Time stamp says 8:22 a.m.

Which means he left the
campus about a half an hour

before the murder.

Who's that? Have
we talked to her?

Did you see him that day?

We walked together
for a few blocks.

What did you guys talk about?

The plight of the Palestinians.

Where'd you leave him?

Around 136th and Saint Nicholas.

That's... that's one block
from the Bennetts' house.

Do you remember
what he was wearing?

A sweatshirt with a
watermelon logo on the sleeve.

I'm gonna need you to testify.

I'm from Venezuela.

It's okay if you're
undocumented.

We don't report...

I'm here on a student visa.

The school warned us, if we
take part in the encampments,

we could lose our
scholarship, get suspended,

or even be expelled.

And if that happens,
I'll be deported.

Please, don't make me testify.

Thank you.

I don't understand where
you're coming from, Sam.

Daniela Rojas is the only person

who can put Norton
near the crime scene.

We have the doorbell video

and the housekeeper's testimony.

That's good, but
it's only useful

to corroborate
Daniela's testimony.

Plus, she can identify
the sweatshirt.

So she needs to testify.

No, she's here on a
student visa, Nolan.

Look, if she testifies,
she's gonna have to admit

that she was part
of the encampment.

And she... she
could get expelled,

and that means she
could get deported.

I know you have sympathy
for the protesters.

Yeah, I do.

But this has nothing
to do with that.

I'm just trying
to be reasonable.

Look, why ruin a kid's
life if we don't have to?

I will do my best to
protect her on cross.

But she is the one
who chose to protest

and to camp out after
her school prohibited it.

Are you serious?

She chose to violate her
school's code of conduct.

That's on her, not us.

Miss Rojas, is this a photograph

of you and the defendant
leaving the campus together?

Yes, I was going to
my job at the library.

And you parted ways a block
from the Bennetts' home?

- Yes.
- At what time?

About 8:30, 8:35.

That is a few minutes
before the murder.

Could you describe what
the defendant was wearing?

A gray sweatshirt with
a watermelon logo.

Thank you. Nothing further.

You participated in the
protest, didn't you?

Objection, relevance.

Overruled.

Yes, I was a part
of the protest.

And as a result, you're facing

expulsion from school and
deportation from this country?

I am.

Ms. Maroun showed up at
the 11th hour and asked you

to testify, didn't she,

after she realized the people
were losing their case?

Objection, inflammatory.
Misleading, no foundation.

Overruled, it's fair game.

Ms. Maroun offered to
help you with your visa,

and in exchange, you
agreed to make up a story

and place my client
near the crime scene.

Isn't that what happened?

Objection, Miss Rojas's
issues with immigration

are the consequence of her
participation in this trial,

not the other way around.

Overruled.

Are you or are you not hoping

that these prosecutors will
help you stay in school

and remain in this country?

I mean, that would be
great if they could help.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Brief redirect.

Miss Rojas, has any member
of the prosecution team

offered you any promises,
inducements, or rewards

in exchange for your
testimony here today?

No.

In fact, I'm pretty sure
you just screwed me.

Miss Rojas.

I'm just telling the truth.

Nothing further.

Let's talk to Bennett again.

I wanna go over her
testimony one more time.

The most important thing
is to tell the jury

about your conversation
with Norton.

Um, well, it was
short and sweet.

I told him I was
withdrawing my offer

because I disagreed with
his anti-Israeli activism.

And how did he respond?

He was very confused.
He was angry.

He said he had the right to
express any opinions he wanted.

He cited the First
Amendment and all.

And I agreed, of
course, and said,

that doesn't mean that
I don't have the right

to withdraw his offer.

We're also gonna be
playing his voicemail,

the one stating
that he was planning

to come to your house.

So we'll need you to
authenticate his voice.

As for cross, the defense
attorney is pretty aggressive,

so if there's anything...

You don't really
need me to testify.

Excuse me?

You can introduce most of
the evidence without me.

No.

You're the only one who
knows that you revoked

his job offer, which was
the basis for his anger,

for his rage.

So without your testimony,
none of this will make sense.

Sorry, I'm confused.

I'm not going to testify.

We are counting on you.

Like I just said, we
will have a hard time

winning this without you.

I'm not going to testify.

Now, please leave.

We got a problem.

Bennett is refusing to testify.

What?

Why?

She didn't explain,
but she's serious.

She kicked us out
of her damn house.

You wanna subpoena her?

The defense will
have a field day.

They'll make a huge deal
out of the fact that we...

we had to compel the
victim's own wife to testify?

Can you win without her?

I'm not sure.

Let me look into it.

Thanks for meeting me, Wendy.

Sounded urgent.

Have you spoken with
Madeline recently?

Well, I talk with her every day.

We had dinner last night.

I need to know what
the hell's going on,

why she's refusing to testify.

I know I'm asking you to
betray her confidence.

But we need her.

We can't win this
case without her.

I can't imagine you wanna see

Charlie Bennett's
killer walk free.

One way or another, we are
gonna put her on the stand.

And it'll be better for
everyone, including Madeline,

if we're prepared.

But we can't prepare
if we don't know

what the hell she's gonna say.

She had a ski accident
a few years ago.

People will
understand, Madeline.

Millions of people are
battling an opioid addiction...

bankers, doctors, judges.

If I testify, I lose my job.

I lose my reputation.

And if you don't, the man
who murdered your husband

could walk free.

And I can't let that happen.

I know that I'm the reason

that Charlie is dead.

I have to live with that every
single day, every single day.

Nothing I do is
gonna change that.

Nick, nothing.

But my career, well,
that's all I have left.

It's the only good
thing in my life.

Please don't take
that away from me.

I was hoping this
wouldn't be necessary.

You've been served.

Hey, Nick.

Nick, can I have a word?

Morning, Mr. Mayor.

Hop in.

You've been thrown a lot of
curveballs the past few months.

But, uh, doing a great job.

I appreciate that,
Mr. Mayor. That means a lot.

Let me give you a
piece of advice.

Okay.

Always keep the big
picture in mind.

Madeline Bennett has
been a good judge.

She's done great
things for this city.

She is a dedicated,
competent jurist,

and her decisions have
always held up on appeal.

She told you about
her situation?

She knows we all share
a common interest,

the good of the city.

We need her to testify.

Nick, this is bigger
than any one case.

If her addiction is revealed,
her cases will be overturned

and hundreds of dangerous
felons will be released...

terrorists, drug traffickers,
child pornography...

That is not relevant
to this case.

Well, of course it is.

Put her on the stand,

you'll win the battle
but lose the war.

Sorry, guys.

There's been a change of plans.

What do you mean?

Call defense counsel
and offer a plea.

Man one.

Well, wait.

You just served her
with a subpoena.

Nick, we can win this.

We just need
Madeline to testify.

That's not a realistic
alternative at the moment.

With all due respect, what
the hell is going on, Nick?

Things have changed.

Since last night?

- I did some more thinking...
- And what? You...

You're trying to
protect Bennett?

You're trying to keep her from
getting destroyed in the press?

This has nothing to do
with me protecting Bennett.

You know, one of our
witnesses, Daniela Rojas,

didn't wanna testify,
either, but we compelled her

to take the stand,
and because of that,

she has been thrown
out of school,

and she may very well be
kicked out of the damn country.

But we did what we had to
do for the good of the case.

But when a judge refuses
to testify, we...

we what, what?

We... we look the other way?

We give her a free pass?

I'm doing what I think is best

for the people of this
city, the people I serve.

Make the deal.

Everyone settle,
please. Settle.

You may proceed
with the allocution.

Mr. Norton, is it true
that on September 10, 2024,

you beat Charles Bennett with
a golf club, causing his death?

Yes.

Please tell the
court what happened.

I went to see Judge
Bennett to talk about why

she revoked my job offer.

- You were upset?
- Yes.

I feel really
strongly about Gaza,

and I thought I was being
punished for my beliefs.

And when you arrived
at the Bennetts' home,

Professor Bennett
wouldn't let you in.

He said his wife wasn't home.

I didn't believe him.

So I pushed my way
in, and he punched me.

So I grabbed a golf club and
started swinging it at him.

Are you pleading guilty
because you are guilty

and for no other reason?

Yes.

I realize what I did was wrong.

And I'm willing to
accept the consequences.

I wish to God I never did this.

I'm so sorry.

I really am.

What's the joint
sentencing recommendation?

That the sentence be
reduced to manslaughter

and the defendant serve
12 years in state prison.

I'll accept that.

Mr. Norton, you
will be sentenced

to 12 years in state
prison in six weeks,

when we reconvene
for sentencing.

This court is adjourned.

You're a sellout, Price.

Thank you, Nick.

I really appreciate
what you did for me.

I didn't do it for you.