All language subtitles for Law and orer S12E22 - Attorney Client

NARRATOR:
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.

I wish you hadn't
have told them.

I hate it when
the waiters sing.

You only get to hear
Happy Birthday
once a year.

You should enjoy it.

There is nothing
enjoyable about
turning 40.

Oh, come on.
Time's just an illusion.

Feels pretty real to me.

Then how come
some people seem young

when they're old
and vice versa?

Plastic surgery?

(LAUGHS) It's how
we perceive time.

According to Einstein,

past, present and future
are all happening
at the same time.

(sun SHOTS)

Give me your phone!

(CAR HORN BLARING)
Not in the future, now!

Marjorie Jensen.
Address on the license
is this building.

Registration
in the glove box shows

the car's registered
to a Harold Jensen,
same address.

So, she was coming
out of her garage.

Yeah, it looks like
she took two in the head
one on the forearm.

It's a defensive wound.

She sees the guy,
she puts her arm up.

Nice car.

It could have been
a carjacking.
Somebody scared 'em off.

Yeah, the couple
I talked to said
the horn was blaring.

Listen, if he tried
to get her out of the car,

you might get some prints
off the driver's door.

Off the front end, too.
Hood ornament's missing.

Perp probably took it
as a souvenir.

Gave up on the car,
figured he ought to get
something for his trouble.

When are people gonna learn?
Just give up the car.
It's not worth a life.

Spoken like somebody
who never owned a Jag.

The Jag was my car.

Marjorie only borrowed it
tonight because hers
was in the shop.

We're very sorry
for your loss,
Mr. Jensen.

She begged me
to get a Volvo.

But I had to get
a flashy car.

Clients judge how good
an attorney you are
by the car you drive.

What kind of practice
do you have?

Criminal defense.
I devote my life
to defending these people.

Guess I'm not immune, huh?

What time did your wife
leave the apartment
this evening?

Must have been
around 8:30 or so.

Did you know
where she was going?

She said she was meeting
a friend for a drink.

Did she mention a name?

I'm up to my eyeballs
in work.

I barely looked up
to say good-bye.

Do you normally use
your car in the evenings?

Not if I'm on trial.

You're on trial?

I'm gonna put
a client of mine
on the stand tomorrow.

ED: What type of case?

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(SCOFFS) It's a homicide.

A Chinese gang shooting.

Do you have
any leads at all?

We're working on it, sir.

We'll let you know
of any developments.

Meanwhile,
you ought to get some rest.

I wish I could,
I got this case tomorrow.

Well, I'm sure the judge
will give you a continuance
considering the circumstances.

My client's been
in custody for over a year.

No matter
what's happened,

I still have
an obligation to him.

I know how that must
sound to you,

being on the opposite side
and everything, but...

Oh, no, we understand.

When you do catch
whoever did this,

please make sure to do
everything by the book.

I don't want some lawyer
like me getting this case
thrown out on a technicality.

We've been there.

Ballistics says
it was a .22
Smith and Wesson.

Never recovered.

The only prints
on the car belong
to the Jensens.

And the security camera
didn't pick up

any activity
at the garage exit.

Well, the canvass
turn up anything?

ED: People blow their
car horns all the time.
Nobody pays attention.

Well, if someone
wanted to carjack her

and the street was
that deserted,

why didn't they just
go through with it?

Especially if they were
serious enough
to use three bullets.

Did anyone else know
that Marjorie Jensen

would be driving
her husband's car last night?

No. She decided to go out
at the last minute,
according to him.

And those windows
were tinted,

so the shooter
could have thought

he was taking aim
at Harold Jensen.

A defense attorney's
bound to make some enemies.

It could be a long list.

You say he's in the middle
of a murder trial?

That's where
we're gonna start.

The case is a gang shooting
where a little girl
got hit in the cross-fire.

My client's Johnny Liu.

And he qualified
for legal aid?

It's a side benefit
for gang bangers.

No reportable income
and free counsel.

That doesn't
make him guilty.

Jensen's got
the co-defendant,
Frank Tsung,

who's claiming
my client framed him.

It's one of these.

Scarecrow?

Antagonistic defenses.

Antagonistic enough
for your client to want

Jensen out of the way?

You've got to be
kidding me.

Phone records
from The Tombs indicate

that your client called
his house the minute
he got back from court.

Yeah, to his family.

Or he was calling to relay
some information to someone?

I don't think so.

Why whack Jensen?
Why not the D.A.?

Well, you kill a D.A.,
somebody might actually care.

You're not a little
bit concerned that if
your boy's behind all this,

and things don't go well,
you might be the next target?

I better make sure
he's found
not guilty this time.

If you'll excuse me.

Guy needs to use
some of his
vacation days.

Disciplinary Committee
gets complaints on attorneys

that range from trivial
all the way up to
serious infractions.

Such as?

Misappropriation of funds,
substance abuse, you name it.

And if you do find a problem,
you conduct a hearing, right?

That's right.

But none of the complaints
against Mr. Jensen

ever resulted
in disciplinary action.

Complaints?
As in plural?

That's not unusual,
especially with
the criminal attorneys.

Someone sitting in prison
with a lot of time
on their hands

usually has
an axe to grind.

Well, what was the nature
of the complaints
against Mr. Jensen?

Case neglect,
incompetence at trial,

the types of things
someone who's convicted
usually claims.

We're gonna need
the names of Jensen's
unsatisfied customers.

I'll make you a list
of these complaints.

Wait, wait, wait.
What about these?

Oh. Those are all
from the same person,
Leon Griggs.

MORTON: Mr. Jensen says
it's all privileged.

Everything I hear
in this office.

Do you realize
Mr. Jensen's life
could be at stake?

Miss Morton,
if he gets killed,

and you could have
stopped it...

Mr. Griggs was
on parole for a shooting

when he was picked up
for a theft.

According to his record,
it was a carjacking.

Then you know that
there wasn't much
that Mr. Jensen could do.

Have you heard
from Mr. Griggs recently?

He wrote us like clockwork.

His letters started
to get so abusive that
I stopped opening them.

Look, the guy's stupid enough

to go around stealing
hood ornaments
when he's on parole.

What did he expect?

Griggs' phone calls
from prison show anything?

I'm on hold.

I pulled the original jacket
from Griggs' first case.
He used a .22.

At least
the guy's consistent.

It wasn't the murder
weapon, though.

It said that that was
R and D'd when
his appeal was denied.

Ah, okay. Thanks.

Well, he didn't make
any phone calls because
he's no longer incarcerated.

He's out?

As of March 5th.
Work release.

Didn't take him long
to get started again.

Go talk to his
parole officer.

How come I get
all the winners?

You have any problems
with him yet?

Other than him
probably killing
somebody already?

No, no.
He's been an angel.

Whoa!
It says here Griggs
was supposed to attend

a 12-step meeting
the night of the shooting.

Yeah, that was
one of the conditions
of his release.

Marjorie Jensen
was shot between
8:30 and 9:00 that night.

BRISCOE: Do you know
if Griggs showed up there?

If he didn't,
I wouldn't get

formal notification
for another week.

Have you got the number
for that program?

It's the Mission House
on Avenue A.

Guy's out of prison a week!

He probably stumbled
on the first step.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Leon Griggs?

Do I know you?

(SIGHS) Man,
I done my time.

Oh, not all your time
You forget about
your meeting?

You two come down here
'cause I missed a meeting?

Some people
take parole kind of
seriously, Mr. Griggs.

Yeah, especially
when a parolee
commits a murder.

Murder?
What you talking about?

The party's over, Leon.

What?

Man... I demand
to see a lawyer.

All right.
Just try not to
shoot this one.

What basis do you have
for these accusations?

How about
we could wallpaper

the entire precinct with
the threatening letters

your client sent
to Harold Jensen?

(SCOFFS) I was mad 'cause
he screwed up my case.

Why would I shoot his wife?

Maybe 'cause
you thought it was him?

Yeah, you know, those
tinted windows are nice,

but sometimes
you can't tell who's inside.

And bad move taking
the hood ornament.

BRISCOE: Just like
old times, huh, Leon?

If you look at his record,
you'll see Mr. Griggs

only takes hood ornaments
from Mercedes.

Oh, well, in that case,
let's release him.

If you have
something tangible to link
Mr. Griggs to the shooting,

let's hear it.
Otherwise...

Otherwise we get your client
on a parole violation!

SPENCER: My client
can explain why
he missed his meeting.

All right. We're all ears.

I got a call from an old
buddy of mine named Louis.

Actually,
it was a friend of his,

saying Louis wasn't
doing real good
and could I come by.

And he heard I was out.

Who was this friend?

I don't know.
I never met him before.

He just said Louis
told him to call me.

Louis was shot
a few years ago.

He's confined to a wheelchair
and he gets depressed.

So, Louis and this friend
will say that

you were with them
between 8:30 and 9:00?

(SIGHS) See, I must have
wrote the address down
wrong or something...

Because where I went
was an abandoned building.

Leon, that was
five minutes of my life
I'll never get back.

And I stopped for
a pack of smokes
and a lottery ticket

on the way to try
to find Louis.
That bodega's across town.

I'm sure you'll find his face
on that security video.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(SIGHING)
If that checks out,
where are we?

Square one.

Some coincidence, huh?

The missing hood ornament,
all those prior threats,
that wild goose chase story.

Just the same,
if Leon Griggs is on that
security camera tape

during the time
of the murder,
he's not our guy.

So what now?
You want us to go back

and look into every client
Jensen ever had?

Well, that would be
almost impossible
without Jensen's cooperation.

But we're not going
to get that from
a defense attorney.

Well, if he was
the devoted husband
he says he was,

you'd think
he'd do more to help.

BRISCOE: So,
you didn't see him
leave that night?

Didn't see the wife either.

She must have taken
the elevator straight
down to the garage.

Hey, what was
their relationship like?

There's been
a few rough patches
but they seem to work it out.

What kind of
rough patches?

Mr. Jensen works long hours,
and I remember sometimes
she'd get mad about that.

How often was that?

Last six months.

I heard her tell him once
she was sick of being
alone so much. Cab?

But she didn't do
anything about it?

She started going out
a lot more herself,
mixing it up.

What do you mean?

(BLOWS WHISTLE)

I heard her tell
the cabbie last week
she wanted to go to Jack's

that dive bar
up on East 119th?

Was that unusual?
Yeah.

Mrs. J was more
the tea room type.

I figured she wanted
to live a little.

I wouldn't forget her.
It's not the type
we usually get in here.

She came in
a few nights ago.
What did she do?

Got herself killed.

Don't look at me.

Well, we just need you
to tell us anything
you can remember.

All I know is
she came in
here by herself.

She looked
real uncomfortable.

BRISCOE:
Did anybody join her?

I think there was
one guy who came in,
looked like she knew him.

What makes you
think that?

Well, as soon
as he came in,
they went off and sat

at one of those
corner tables.
Real intimate.

You know the guy?

Never seen him
before either.

But he definitely
did not look her type.

Why do you say that?

In the first place,
he was sort of
sleazy-looking,

and he was
a lot younger than her.

Did he by any chance
use a credit card
to pay for drinks?

She paid. Whatever
floats your boat, huh?

Saks, Barneys.

Mrs. Jensen
had expensive taste.

So, she liked shoes.
Anything to link her
to our mystery man?

No, but check this out
Harold Jensen bought

over $40,000
worth of jewelry
in the past six months.

Well, if he was gonna
leave her alone all the time,

at least she looked good.

Yeah. And he also charged
a trip to Las Vegas
on his personal card,

not the joint account,
two tickets, round trip.

Marjorie Jensen was
in New York that weekend.

Jensen's secretary said
he went alone
to some legal seminar.

So, Jensen's
long work hours
weren't all work.

Let's find out
who got that jewelry.

You know, we could check
with the hotel in Vegas.

If you were with somebody,
the eye in the sky's
gonna have it on tape.

Why don't you
just save us some time
and tell us the truth?

Look, I have been
telling you the truth.

How about the whole
truth and nothing
but the truth, Counselor?

You know, we'd ask
if you wanted a lawyer,
but you are one.

What is it
you want to know?

How about starting with
who's wearing
the diamond ankle bracelet?

She was a prostitute
and a dancer.

I met her
at arraignments one night.

We had a relationship,
but it's over.

You should have
told us about this before.

I didn't think
she had anything to do
with Marjorie being killed.

Or maybe you've been
around the block before,

and you thought
it would make us
look at you a little harder?

Look, I thought
I was the target.

You saw the letters I get.

ED: When did this end?

About a month ago.

How'd she take it?

Not well.
She threatened
to kill herself.

BRISCOE:
Or somebody else?

No, I can't believe
Jasmine would do
anything like that.

Yeah, that's what
they said about Amy Fisher.

We're looking
for a stripper
named Jasmine Blake.

Exotic dancer.
Who's asking?

If you don't mind,
I'm about to go on.

Hey, we're not sure
where you're going yet.

Look, I don't
turn tricks anymore.

We need to talk to you
about Harold Jensen.

Harold?
What about Harold?

ED: Actually,
it's about his wife.

Oh, so you know about it?

I saw it in the papers.

What?
You think I can't read?

How about you just
tell us where you were

last Tuesday night
between 8:00 and 9:00?

Here, just like every night
except Sundays and Mondays.
Two shows on Saturday.

You want to check that out?
There are plenty of guys
you can ask.

BRISCOE: How long
were you involved
with Mr. Jensen?

Hey, we can have
this conversation here

or we can take a trip,
and I don't mean to Vegas.

Harold and I were
seeing each other
for about six months.

We heard you were
pretty upset
about the break-up.

He told us
you threatened
to take your own life.

That wasn't true.

What I said was
I was afraid for my life.

Afraid of what?

My ex-boyfriend,
Bobby Caldwell.

See, Bobby got real mad

when he found out
about Harold.

He threatened
all kinds of things.
That's why Harold left me.

He was afraid of
Bobby, too.

Bobby threatened Harold?

He said that
he was going to
tell his wife about us,

you know,
to break us up.

And then, if I didn't work,

he said he was gonna
go after Harold.

"One hour nap special."

Sounds like one of
my honeymoons.

Bobby Caldwell
stays in 219.

All right, thanks.

Hey, Caldwell!
You got some people here!

ED: Police!

Hey!

(CAR HORN HONKING)

BRISCOE: You got him, Ed?

Bad move, bro'. Bad move!

This guy thinks
he's Spiderman.

Yeah, only without
the super powers. Huh?

You recognize
this woman, Bobby?

No? Maybe you better
take a closer look.

Because the two bullets
in her head kind of
messed up her hairdo.

The guy at Jack's Club said
the two of you had

a couple of drinks
a little while ago.

Come on, Bobby,
your ex-girlfriend
already gave you up.

You talked to Jasmine? When?

BRISCOE: Right before
we came to see you.

And she gave me up
for what?

No, no. She couldn't have
told you that.

I had nothing to do
with this!

She says that you're
the jealous type, Bobby

that you wanted to
break her and Harold up,

and if you couldn't,
you were gonna kill him.

Only you capped
the wrong Jensen, genius.

She's lyin', man!

We tossed your room, man.
We found a note with
the make and license

of that car that
she was driving
the night she was killed.

Look, I was supposed
to meet her that night.

BRISCOE: Mrs. Jensen?

We had an arrangement.
That's why we met
at Jack's before.

What kind of arrangement?

I took some pictures of
Jensen and Jasmine.

I figured
it was easy money,

selling the wife evidence
she could use in a divorce.

When Jasmine found out,
she wanted a cut.

And I'll tell you
another thing,

anybody wanted
this bitch dead,
it was that bitch!

The working theory is,
Caldwell killed the wife,
thinking it was the husband.

What does Caldwell
say about that?

Well, he admits
selling pictures
to Mrs. Jensen,

but claims it was
Jasmine who really
wanted her out of the way.

So she could end up
with Harold?

Well, the problem there is,

Briscoe and Green
confirmed her alibi.

So, she gets
someone else
to do the job.

Right now, Caldwell
is the only one

who had information
on the car

the victim was driving
the night she was killed.

Well, what about
a direct link?

Do we have anything
like traces of blood
on Caldwell's clothing?

The lab's working on it.
So far, nothing.

Where's Caldwell now?

Central booking.

This girlfriend
could be trying to
get herself out of this

by putting it all
on Caldwell.

Or the whole thing
could be a conspiracy
between them both

to take the wife
out of the picture.

Well, if it is,
we're gonna need

more than their
uncorroborated
statements to prove it.

Excuse me.
They told me at the door
that you're the manager?

Yeah, six shows a week,
two on Saturday.

You got to talk
to Joe in the back.
He takes care of the hiring.

Whoa, whoa, hey.
Honest mistake.

I have some questions
about Jasmine Blake.

Is she in
some sort of trouble?

I just need to know
if someone's seen her
with this man recently?

He doesn't look familiar.

But you might wanna
talk to Gabriela.

She's pretty tight
with Jasmine.

Joe in the back can
get you the address
of her day job.

CRUZ: No one here knows.

I'm not trying
to jeopardize
your employment.

I just need to know
about Jasmine Blake.

We used to live together.

Not anymore?

Not since she got her hooks
in this lawyer guy.

Harold Jensen?

Now it's like
she barely even knows me.

I take it you two
aren't close anymore.

A married man
who wants to cheat

pretty much gets
what he deserves.

But what she and that
low-life boyfriend
of hers were doing...

You knew Bobby Caldwell?

Bobby would crash
at our place.

He used to try to
look at me in the shower.
The guy's a creep.

So what were
Jasmine and Bobby doing?

They were playing the guy.

You know, taking money
from the lawyer,

and then seeing each other
behind his back?

When I told her that
she shouldn't be
doing this guy like that,

she told me she was
like Robin Hood,

taking from the rich
to give to the needy.

Me, I ain't never seen
a needy pimp.

When was the last time
you saw Bobby
and Jasmine together?

I don't know.
Last week, maybe?

I was told they broke up.

Who? Bobby and Jasmine? No.

He waits out back for her
almost every night she dances.

Which brings us back
to a conspiracy
between the two of them.

Right. They plan to take
the wife out of the picture,

Jasmine profits.

Trickle-down economics.
So does Caldwell.

Have her picked up.

Charge them both
with conspiracy,

then, let's put them
in a room together,

offer a deal and see
who bites first.

SERENA:
We now have evidence
that your client was lying.

She never broke off
her relationship with Bobby.

Oh, it's over now.

HELLMAN: Please.
That evidence
gets you nowhere.

We think it get us
to conspiracy.

The law is clear.
In order to establish
a conspiracy,

there has to be
an overt act
in furtherance.

Your client had the victim's
information in his room.

Together with his
statement to the police,

we can establish
he set up a meeting with her.

HELLMAN: Which means
he's the only one
you can tie this to.

No way!
You are not leaving me
holding the bag for this.

BERRY: That's enough.

One of you gets
life without parole.

The other gets 15 years.

The first one to tell us
what happened, wins.

I didn't have anything to do
with this and she knows it.

I don't know
what he's talking about.

You can't use the conspiracy
to establish the murder.

And without something
to connect them
to the murder,

there's no conspiracy.

It's a defense lawyer's
dream, actually.

Caldwell was selling
the wife information.

As long as she was
willing to pay for it,

I don't see an incentive
to kill her.

Yeah, but on the other hand,

Jasmine had every reason
to murder the wife,

so she could wind up
with Harold Jensen.

Except according to
Briscoe and Green,

Jensen claimed
they'd already broken up.

Did you confirm that?

Well, not with
Jasmine's ex-roommate.

She seemed to think
that Jasmine was
still seeing Jensen.

Well, you'd think
if the affair was over,
Jasmine would have told her.

Unless it wasn't over.
Jensen concealed
the affair from the start.

Does he have an alibi?

Home working
on a summation.

Let's re-investigate him.

I want to find out what else
he's been concealing.

I already told
those detectives
what I know.

Well, they asked
about client problems.

I'm more interested
in Harold Jensen's
personal business.

I just take care of
matters here at the office.

Look, I know that
you're loyal to
your boss, Miss Morton,

but this is a homicide
investigation.

If you don't cooperate,
you may find that you need
a criminal attorney yourself.

I don't know why
you're doing this to him.

You should see
how he tries to help people.

He already admitted
to his affair
with Jasmine Blake.

It went too far
between them.

He knew that
and he was breaking it off.

He told you that?

I overheard him telling
Mrs. Jensen on the phone.

When was that?

A few weeks ago.

But you should be
going after the man

who wrote all these
terrible letters
to Mr. Jensen.

Leon Griggs? The police
already cleared him.

I don't care.
All I know is

Mr. Jensen was
scared of something
exactly like this happening.

Your boss
specifically told you

he thought Griggs
would be a threat?

And he had me call to check
on his release dates
several times,

so he could protect himself.

Jensen checked on
Griggs' release date

three times
in the last four months.

If he really thought
Griggs was dangerous,

why didn't he tell
Briscoe and Green?

Well, according to them,
he didn't want to implicate
his innocent clients.

But if he believed
Griggs was guilty,
it makes no sense.

Unless Jensen
wasn't checking
to protect himself.

Have you got the report
from Griggs' original case?

Yeah. Look, we know that
Griggs couldn't have
killed Mrs. Jensen

because he's on
the security tape
at the bodega.

Griggs got lucky
that he was able
to establish an alibi.

But someone sent him
to that abandoned building.

Jensen set Griggs up.

Who would know
how to do that better
than his attorney?

Jensen knew about
the hood ornaments,

knew Griggs used a .22.

Where would Jensen
get the gun?

He's a criminal
defense attorney.

How many gun cases
do you think he's handled?

And Griggs
would have been
a perfect patsy.

What about Jasmine Blake?

She was his Plan B.

Now, you think my client
was in a conspiracy
with a different person.

We believe Harold Jensen
tried to frame

a former client
for the murder.

We know your client
was still involved with him.

JACK: Once we tie Jensen
to the phone call
to Leon Griggs,

sending him to that
abandoned building,

he's going down for this.

The only question is,
whether you'll be
taking the trip with him.

What's on the table?

Let's hear what
she has to say first.

He was more than willing
to point the police
in your direction

in the first place.
What do you think
he's gonna do now?

Um...

It was his idea all along.

To kill his wife?

She found out about us
when Bobby tried
to sell her those pictures.

Once that happened,
Harold said she had to go.

I tried to tell them
you were on with a client.

Harold Jensen,
you are under arrest

for the murder of
Marjorie Jensen.

What are you
talking about?

It was your girlfriend
that did the talking.

I'm on a call right now.

Don't worry about it.

If your client's in jail,
you'll see him in person
in about an hour.

If you're gonna take
the word of a stripper,

who's already admitted lying,
over a respected attorney...

Your client tried to
set up a man for murder,

using information
that he learned

while he represented him
as his lawyer.

I think he's lost
any claim to respect.

And when it failed,
he tried to implicate
his lover.

This is just so typical.

SWAN: Harold...
No, I may not have
gone to Harvard,

but I know how
these guys operate.

They need a conviction,
another notch in their belt,
so they come after me.

Going on the offensive
is the oldest trick
in the book, Counselor.

Accuse the prosecution,
create a smokescreen
to distract from the truth.

The truth is
you're probably salivating

at the thought
of prosecuting
a defense attorney.

All right, that's enough.

You've got your
dream case, huh, McCoy?

I'll let you tell your client
to save his theatrics
for the courtroom.

There's no plea offer.

JENSEN: And you can
save your theatrics

when I sue you for
malicious prosecution.

Mr. Jensen represented me
on a gun case
a few years back.

JACK: And you plead guilty
to those charges?

I was released about
a year ago.

Have you had any contact with
Mr. Jensen since that time?

About two months ago.

I work in my cousin's
carpet store.
And Mr. Jensen came in.

At first I thought
it was just a coincidence.

But then he said
he remembered me

telling him
I could hook him up.

How do you mean,
"hook him up"?

I told him,
if he ever needed a piece,
all he had to do was ask.

He wanted you
to get him a gun?

Said it had to be
a .22 Smith and Wesson.

And did you
get him that gun?

Yeah, I did.
About a week later.

You don't work
for your cousin
anymore, do you?

STILES: No.

Because you're currently
in jail on a drug charge,
aren't you, Mr. Stiles?

Yes.

Tell the jury, then,
how the D.A. came to find you.

You found them, didn't you?

Well, I had information
I thought they'd be
interested in.

And in exchange
for your information,

the D.A.'s agreed
not to file

a parole violation
against you,
isn't that right?

We cut a deal.

And that's just what you do,
isn't it, Mr. Stiles?

Cut deals?

Same as when Mr. Jensen
represented you.

You gave up
some information
that time, too, didn't you?

Objection.

Funny how there's always
someone to rat out
when you need it.

I met Harold,
Mr. Jensen, in court.

I asked him for change
for the pay phone.

JACK: Did you
see him again after that?

A couple of weeks later,
he came to see me dance.

We started dating
after that.

How serious was it?

He talked about
leaving his wife.

But he didn't?

No.

He said that if he did,
she could get half of
everything he had.

Even his law practice.

So, he broke it off?

No. He told me
that he loved me,

and that
we would be together.

How was that
going to be possible?

He was going to
kill his wife.

He told you that?

She found out about us.

My boyfriend sold her
some pictures of us,
of Harold and me.

Anyway, he said
he needed to do
something pretty fast.

What was he going to do?

He was gonna
try and set up
some other guy,

but if the cops ever
came to ask me anything,

I was just supposed
to make them think that
Bobby was the one who did it.

That he was going to
make it look like
he was the target,

not his wife.

What was your role
going to be in this?

I was supposed to
find out when Bobby
was going to meet her.

Then, Harold said he would
take care of the rest.

The defendant told you
that he was going to
shoot his wife himself?

He was worried
that if he had
somebody else do it,

they could start
asking him for money.

You know,
blackmail him.

What about you?

Wasn't he worried
you could try
to blackmail him?

I loved him.

But you were still seeing
Bobby Caldwell, weren't you?

That's because
Bobby Caldwell
wasn't your boyfriend.

He was your pimp.
Isn't that right?

I wasn't turning
tricks anymore.

Of course you weren't.
Not with the money
Mr. Jensen was giving you.

Only he told you
he wanted to
break it off, didn't he?

No.

His secretary heard him
tell his wife he was
ending the affair with you.

Objection!
JUDGE: Sustained.

First you lie
to the police,

then you blame
Bobby Caldwell
for the crime...

I'm telling
the truth now.

That would be a first.
JACK: Objection!

Ask a question, Miss Swan.

You're only testifying
against my client

to protect yourself
from prosecution, aren't you?

The gravy train dried up
when my client broke off
your relationship

after his wife found out.

That's a lie.

You and Bobby Caldwell
are the ones who wanted

Marjorie Jensen
out of the way,

so you could get back
together with Harold.

He's the one who killed her.

Only all the evidence
points to you.

I used to talk
about my cases
to Jasmine sometimes.

Nothing privileged,

but she likes to hear
some of the war stories.

SWAN: And that's how
she would have known
about Leon Griggs?

Yes, I had gotten
threatening letters from
Mr. Griggs almost every week.

Naturally,
I talked about him a lot.

What about the .22
they're alleging you bought
to kill your wife?

Complete fiction.

When we first started
seeing each other,

Jasmine asked me
if I could tell her
where she can get a gun

that she could keep
in her purse.

She'd had some lunatic
follow her out of
the bar one night

and it scared her.

She said she'd feel
safer if she had it.

So, you helped her out?

I gave her
Lonnie Stiles' number

and said he might be
able to help.

Jasmine must have, um,

convinced him to tell
these lies about me.

Look,

I take full responsibility
for the affair.

But not the murder.

The affair was a mistake
and I tried to correct it.

I broke up with her
and I tried to
make it up to Marjorie.

Until the two of them
killed her.

You claim they cooked up
this whole elaborate scheme

to frame
a former client of yours?

I guess when Jasmine
found out that Leon
was getting released,

she figured it was
the perfect opportunity.

The only way
she knew his release date

is that you checked on it
three times.

Right. I was worried
about my safety

because of
the letters he wrote.

Then, why didn't you
tell the police?

I didn't want
to implicate him
in the murder

if he didn't have
anything to do with it.

I'm a defense attorney,
Mr. McCoy.

I hold the prosecution
to a burden of proof
every day.

How could I not do
the same for myself?

So, Jasmine Blake,
Bobby Caldwell,

and Lonnie Stiles
are framing you?

You know as well as I do
that witnesses commit perjury

to save themselves
every day.

Including you.

Objection!

JUDGE: Sustained.

JACK: You claim
you ended the affair
with Jasmine Blake,

but that is
not the truth, is it?

It's absolutely the truth.

On what date did it end?

Because photos
don't lie, Mr. Jensen.

These are the pictures
Bobby Caldwell took

of you and Jasmine
to sell to your wife.

Those were taken
before we broke up.

Which would be
on what date?

Are you really sure
that you checked through
them all, Mr. Jensen?

Your Honor, if we could
have a brief recess?

So her client can
conform his testimony?

Answer the question,
Mr. Jensen.

I'm not sure of
the exact date.

There's nobody left
to blame for that,
is there?

My client informs me
he's dissatisfied

with my representation
and he wants to
take over the case.

We're already
well into trial, Mr. Jensen.

I want to represent myself
and it's my right to do so!

I won't have
this trial delayed
or turned into a circus.

I'm ready to go forward
immediately with re-direct.

Of yourself?

He wants to
get up and make
a self-serving speech.

You know the old adage
about the attorney

representing himself
having a fool for a client.

I'm only a fool
if I let this trial continue

without standing up
for the truth.

JENSEN:
When I testified before,

about the affair
being over,

that wasn't the truth.

I wanted to tell you
but my attorney told me
that wouldn't be a good idea.

I listened
to some bad advice.

I was silent when
Mr. McCoy asked me
about the dates because...

(SIGHS)
I didn't want
to lie anymore.

I was still seeing Jasmine.

I was told that would
make me look guilty,

even though
I had nothing to do
with my wife's murder.

(SIGHS)

That's what
our system's come to.

That someone
would think a lie

would better reflect
the truth of a situation
than the actual truth.

I'm sorry about that.

And I'm taking over
my defense

so that doesn't
happen again.

Is that all, Mr. Jensen?

May I approach,
Your Honor?

Step LIP-

I have one more witness,
Your Honor.

Mr. McCoy.

I'll excuse the jury
for the day.

And then
we can take this up.

This is just
another stunt!

I have a right
to call Mr. McCoy.

He tried to prosecute
Caldwell and Jasmine
for the same crime.

I am entitled
to cross him on that.

The police testified
to the course
of the investigation.

But you were
lead counsel!

Mr. McCoy was
responsible for decisions
involving charging others

for the same
underlying facts.

Based on what
we knew at the time.

(CHUCKLING) It wasn't
until he realized that
he couldn't convict them

that he decided
to go after me.

That's argument, Counsel.
Not evidence.

I'm the attorney of record
in this case.

If I testify
I'd have to withdraw.

He's looking
for a mistrial.

Nice try, Counselor,
but I'm not granting
a mistrial.

Motion's denied.

But feel free to
argue your theory
in your closing.

Let me see
if I can get this straight.

One of my clients did it.

No, wait...

It was the stripper.

It was
the stripper's boyfriend.

No, wait, it was
the two of them together.

No, wait...

It was me.

Perhaps I should've
used charts and diagrams

to try to follow
all of that, but
I was confused myself.

Did Mr. McCoy
ever tell you
about those arrests?

Did he ever tell you that
he only came after me

once he saw he had
no case against them?

Of course he didn't.

Because it's all
about winning,

not about
finding the truth.

(SCOFFS)
I've been an attorney
for over 20 years.

I try cases in these
courtrooms every day.

I see firsthand how
the system doesn't work.

And now,
you've seen it, too.

When gamesmanship
takes the place of truth,

this is what you get.

I loved my wife.
We were married
for almost 25 years.

We never filed
for divorce. Ever.

I didn't commit this crime.

And the fact is,

the way you're
all looking at me,

you know, wondering,

means you aren't sure
I did it either.

Others were initially
investigated for this crime

because
the defendant, himself,

set up evidence
to incriminate them.

And despite what
he wants you to believe,

this case is not
about the system.

It's not about prosecutors
and defense attorneys.

It's about a vicious,
cold-blooded murder.

Harold Jensen is the one
who lost his moral compass.

He's used to
playing games in court,

and he couldn't
keep that separate
from his real life.

So, he tapped the resources
that were available to him,

his former clients,

to carry out a plan
to murder his wife,

so he wouldn't lose
his shirt in the divorce.

He tried to frame
one client for the murder,

he contacted another
to get the gun to do it.

When his plan to frame
Leon Griggs didn't work,

he set the police
on the trail

of Jasmine Blake
and Bobby Caldwell.

He set up the evidence,

the very
circumstantial evidence,

that implicated others.

Now, he wants to make
the jury an accomplice.

The defendant is being
prosecuted for one reason.

Because the evidence
establishes his guilt
beyond a reasonable doubt.

This isn't about the system
manipulating the truth,

it's about Harold Jensen
trying to manipulate
the system.

And the game

is over.

Has the jury
reached its verdict?

We have.

On the charge of
murder in the second degree,

we find the defendant,
Harold Jensen, guilty.

I need to talk to you.

What is it, Mr. Jensen?
I'm about out of patience.

I've got a deal to propose.

In case you hadn't noticed,
it's a little late for that.

I can give you enough
information on my clients
and their associates

to keep you busy
for years to come.

You want to sell out
your clients?

I can show you where
the bodies are buried.

Hell, I can give you a map
to the graveyard.

He offered to violate
his attorney-client
confidentiality?

Not just violate it,
forget it entirely.

If clients didn't want
to kill their lawyers
before now,

they would
if we made this deal.

He said he had information
on his client's associates.

That isn't confidential.

But he got his information
through his clients.

But if it helped
to generate
independent leads?

But how independent
could they be

if we wouldn't have
found them without
the confidential information?

It's possible
that confidentiality

may have been waived
if he played some role
in the misconduct.

This is just another
manipulation on his part.

But if it isn't?

What do you tell
the victims of the crimes
we might have prevented?

I don't think we can
rely on anything
Harold Jensen has said.

His credibility is zero.

No, even if his
information is right,

we can't assist an attorney

in violating his
professional duty
to his clients.

We decided not to
take you up on your offer.

I'm sorry to hear that.
Sure you won't reconsider?

The best I can do is
get you a window seat
on the bus ride to Sing Sing.

I think we'll be
seeing each other before that.

I've got a good appeal.

We both know I had a right
to call you as a witness

no matter what
that judge said.

The safest play for you
was to withdraw.

But your desire to win
got the best of you.

I was counting on that.

See you in court, McCoy.